Elevated open-center transit guideway with open-mesh screen emergency walkway

A transit system, comprising:

• a plurality of upright columns having lower ends supported in the ground;
• a cross member located at an upper end of each of the columns;
• a pair of spaced-apart guideways extending between the columns and supported on the cross-members;
• a vehicle that is carried on the guideways;
• a plurality of beams extending between the guideways;
• and
• a plurality of mesh walkway plates extending between the guideways and supported by the beams for allowing passengers of the vehicle to disembark from the vehicle and the transit system in the event of a malfunction, the walkway plates allowing sunlight to pass through to the ground.

A transit system, comprising:

• a plurality of columns extending upward from the earth
• a cross member located at an upper end of each of the columns;
• a pair of spaced-apart guideways extending between the columns and supported on the cross-members, each of the guideways being an enclosure with a top, a bottom, an outer sidewall, and an inner sidewall, the inner sidewall having a longitudinally extending slot;
• each of the inner sidewalls having a longitudinally extending lip adjacent the bottom;
• a vehicle having wheels located within the enclosure between the inner and outer sidewall, the wheels being supported on axles that extend through the slots;
• a plurality of beams extending between the guideways;
• and
• a plurality of mesh walkway plates extending between the guideways and supported by the beams and the lips for allowing passengers of the vehicle to disembark from the vehicle and the transit system in the event of a malfunction, the walkway plates allowing sunlight to pass through to the ground.