SkyTran
SkyTran is a Personal Rapid Transit system from the company of the same name, formerly Unimodal Systems. The idea was first introduced by Douglas Malewicki in 1990 and is based on magnetic levitation . Stops should be on parallel lanes so that other vehicles do not have to be braked. The vehicles are supposed to change lanes themselves, without any mechanics on the track.
Following a cooperation agreement with NASA in February 2009, NASA could have tested software for dynamic control on a SkyTran test track to be set up in the NASA Research Park (NRP) in California . In 2017 a test track was negotiated at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida . The test track on a scale of 1: 2 was then created in the NRP.
In Israel , a test track was planned together with Israel Aerospace Industries on their premises at Ben Gurion Airport in 2014 and put into operation for the first time in 2018; two pilot projects have been in planning since 2018 and 2019 in Netanya (600 m) and Eilat (30 km) Test tracks are also being built in Mexico and Texas.
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- ↑ SkyTran: Automated Transit Network Development & Deployment Plan. Docket No. 11-ALT-1 2012-2013 Investment Plan.
- ^ Ames Research Center: NASA Partners to Revolutionize Personal Transportation. NASA Feature, February 9, 2009.
- ↑ James Dean: Space Coast could help develop futuristic, monorail-like mass transit - again. Florida Today, November 10, 2017.
- ↑ "Test Facility" on the SkyTran contact page , accessed on October 7, 2019.
- ^ Stuart Winer: Futuristic skytrain track to be built near Tel Aviv. The Times of Israel, June 24, 2014.
- ↑ a b Shoshanna Solomon: Eilat inks deal with skyTran, taking step toward futuristic pod transport system. The Times of Israel, April 4, 2019.