Driving down the Mass Pike every morning, by myself, in my hybrid, I always wondered why wouldn’t someone build a Disney style monorail down the middle of the Turnpike. Thinking about it, I guess it is not much different from current rail systems in town. How about a more flexible approach, where you can travel where and WHEN you want, not on a train schedule but on your schedule and do it with privacy. Some numbers that back up the need for creative thinking for commuters.
- The need in for individual transit, there are 1.08 people per car in rush hour(s).
- The average American worker loses a workweek per year to congestion.
- 5 billion gallons of gas are wasted yearly in congestion (ASCE).
- Rush hour gets longer and slower every year.
- Gas is at record highs
- China used 40% of the world=E2=80=99s cement and 27% of the world’s steel last year. The average American uses 27 barrels of oil per year. The average Chinese uses 1 barrel per year. If they go to 2 barrels oil is unlikely to drop in price.
The 5 billion barrels sitting in traffic is the number that stands out for me, that is roughly equivalent to our oil imports per year in the US.
This company has a bunch of patents of a practical solution.
