High Traffic Capacity

Exceeds Light Rail Lines or Six-lane Freeways

Higher capacity and faster trips than freeways or light rail

6,800 Vehicles per Hour Capacity - In each direction

• Passenger service - Exceeds light rail trains at 2-min intervals!
• 26,000 per hour per direction for mass transit train service with 200 ft platforms
• 36,900 per hour per direction for mass transit train service with 300 ft platforms
• 40,800 per hour for future automated PAT service - At 65-mph cross-city speed
• 18,800 per hour for future automated PAT service - At 30-mph local loop speed
• Urban cargo service
• 10,237 tons per hour at 65-mph cross-city speed
• Dualmode automobile service - More than 6-lane freeway filled with cars!
• 6,800 cars per hour - (Constant speed without stops) 

Faster Trip Times than Light Rail or Buses

Personal automated transport (PAT) cars travel non-stop from boarding station to exit station at 65 and 30-mph speeds. Because they do not stop at stations along the route for ther passengers, the average speed approaches 65-mph from cross-city trips. By comparison, a 55-mph light rail train that must stop at all stations can offer average trip speeds of only 15- to 20-mph.

Initial Systems Manual Train Mode Capacity Exceeds Light Rail

MicroRail manual train mode with 20-car (200-ft, 260-pass) trains can move over 26,000 passengers per hour per direction for cross-city trips. With 300-ft platforms, capacity increases to 36,940 per hour/per direction. This is enabled by (1) short load/unload times and (2) close train spacing possible with frequent inside-the-rail box position reference uses.

Automated Fast Cargo Shipment

Fully automated MicroRail cargo moves within urban areas at 65-mph without stops from origin terminal destination terminal on a 24-hour per day basis. The small (1.5-ton) capacity containers can also be directly routed to the cargo destination.

Automated Fast Urban Automobile Travel

Automated MicroRail dualmode cars transport drivers and passengers non-stop at 65-mph from entry ramp to exit ramp. Car occupants arrive at ramps near their ultimate destinations.