| Now this is kind of not mass transportation but it | | | | than 1 lane. When you are on the guideway |
| is like the trains I mentioned above. It requires a | | | | system, you are free to do whatever your heart |
| whole retrofit of the highway system which to | | | | desires, whether that is reading a book, taking a |
| me is mass transit. Everybody has their own cars | | | | conference call, feeding your baby, or eating, the |
| so it is individual transportation but they all work in | | | | choice is up to you. Speeding up and slowing down |
| unison once they are on the highway. | | | | are done seamlessly so if you are drinking coffee |
| The site I used as a source is extremely long so | | | | you won't be jolted and your new suit won't be |
| I'll give you the summary which is still very long. | | | | ruined. |
| Basically, dual mode systems being proposed by | | | | Advantages of Dual Mode |
| various companies consists of special automatic | | | | There are many advantages to using dual mode |
| guideways with most of the artificial intelligence in | | | | but the major ones are: you will get to your |
| the guideway network as opposed to putting it in | | | | destination in much quicker time, traffic jams will |
| the cars like General Motors is suggesting. You will | | | | come to an end because cars are now travelling |
| use your own car if you have one but other cars | | | | at the same speed at least on the guideways, |
| like taxis as well as buses will use it ony if it is | | | | and it reduces traffic and parking spot problems in |
| equipped for dual mode. The guideways use | | | | cities. This website suggests that its proposed |
| magnetic levitation (maglev) and once your on it | | | | dual mode system will also reduce air traffic |
| your engine will be shut down so it not only saves | | | | because when you add up the time wasted |
| time but it saves money on wear and tear as | | | | through security checks, travel time to the |
| well as gas. It is better also because you don't | | | | airports, late flights, and what not, the guidways |
| have to go to the buses as Personal Rapid Transit | | | | will get you to your destination faster up to a |
| makes you do, you have the bus in your parking | | | | 1000 mile destination. The main benefit though to |
| spot or driveway. You leave whenever you want | | | | most people is that there is a reduced threat of |
| and once you're on the guideway you are free to | | | | terrorist attacks as well you get your own |
| do whatever you need to do, whether it is | | | | private car so basically your travelling in a better |
| grooming, taking a conference call, or whatever | | | | than first class atmosphere. It will also reduce air |
| you want to do. This system though is once | | | | freight planes as driverless freight containers will |
| made for the highways, but what this website | | | | be barelling down the guideways obviously not |
| suggests is that if you're going downtown you | | | | putting anybody in danger. Now the big issue |
| just park your car directly off the guideway | | | | today and this week at least in the GTA is street |
| which obviously reduces street traffic as well as | | | | racing. This will definitly push street racing to |
| street parking issues. | | | | extinction, although that is sad for me as I always |
| Getting on the System | | | | wanted to hop into a modified car and race down |
| There is an "entry stop" where you turn off the | | | | the city streets of Tokyo. Street racing will |
| engine, and tell the computer where you want to | | | | become extinct because after this system is |
| go. The computer is basically like a parking garage | | | | implemented, police cars can focus on the few |
| entrance where they also charge you based on | | | | regular streets that are left in the jurisdiction. As |
| how far you want to go. While you are telling the | | | | well, it will be extremely expensive to retrofit a |
| computer where you want go, another computer | | | | modified car to work on the guideway system, |
| checks all your part to make sure it is safe to | | | | unless they choose not to use it. As you can see |
| allow you onto the guideways as well as | | | | there are many advantages to building a |
| identifying your car through an onboard computer | | | | guideway system, overall saving the economy a |
| chip. Then, if you are accepted to use the | | | | lot of money because as many of you know, |
| guideways, you are shot up to guideway speed | | | | when people are late for work, depressed and |
| and found a place in the system by slowing down | | | | angry because of traffic, productivity goes way |
| cars and speeding up others ones for a short | | | | down resulting in money going down the drain. |
| amount of time to fit you in. If however you do | | | | Cost of the System for Builders and Users |
| not meet the standards of the guideway system, | | | | The cost of the system is virtually unknown with |
| you will be forced to back up and use the regular | | | | production costs going down by how much, but |
| roads. | | | | they estimate that each mile will cost 20-50 |
| Travelling on the System | | | | dollars, sorry 20-50 million dollars. Haha, got you |
| Once you are on the system and merged with | | | | there. It will probably be somewhat subsidised by |
| traffic, your vehicle will be accelerated to | | | | the government but with that they will probably |
| guideway speed which is 60mph in and around | | | | request some royalties and/or restrictions like |
| major cities and 200mph between major cities | | | | Highway 407 in Toronto. Cost for the users will |
| but in both these situations, cars will be travelling | | | | be less than it costs to get you around using |
| only 1 foot apart. Changing lanes will be done | | | | gasoline all by the time it's built. |
| automatically by the vehicle only if there is more | | | | |