Guideway transit system
OwnerTae Jin Parkinventor
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Abstract
A PRT (personal rapid transit) system, utilizing both course reservation and branch stop technologies and radically solving the various problems experienced in conventional roadway systems, conventional railway systems and prior art APM or PRT systems, is disclosed. The PRT system of this invention has tunnel-type dedicated guideways located aboveground, groundlevel or underground and is computer-controlled, thus allowing small-sized and standardized PRT vehicles to run along the guideways at high speeds without having any congestion delays. The PRT system thus remarkably increases transit capacity and transit efficiency, provides a comfortable and rapid transit means and radically solves traffic congestion in a large metropolitan region.
Claims3
A guideway transit system comprising:
- a main guideway having two floors including upper and lower floors with opposite traveling directions;
- said main guideway being connected to an intersecting main guideway through a three-way intersection or a four-way intersection, with each main guideway having a ceiling and a plurality of lanes and vehicles traveling along both main guideways and the intersections under the control of a management computer system;
- said three-way and four-way intersections are connected to a plurality of sub-guideways;
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- a plurality of terminals installed in locations connected to the sub-guideways and on the main guideways, whereby passengers are able to board or get off the vehicles only at said plurality of terminals connected to the sub-guideways.
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