THE REVOLUTIONARY DUALMODE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
 

“REV”

 

Contents

 


 

TITLE PAGE

 

DEDICATION

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 

 

FOREWORD

 

INTRODUCTION 

         

Chapter

     1.     DON’T TAKE AWAY MY CAR 

                    THE CONCEPT

                    THE BASICS

                    SKEPTICISM

                    CARS ARE GOOD

                    IT WILL BE DONE


     2.    QUOTATIONS ABOUT DUALMODE TRANSPORTATION 

 

     3.    WHY WE ARE WHERE WE ARE 

                    TRANSPORTATION PATHWAYS

                    MECHANIZATION and TECHNOLOGY

                    TRANSPORTATION ON TRACK

                    RAILROADS vs. AUTOMOBILES

                    OTHER DISADVANTAGES OF TRAINS

                    NOSTALGIA

                    STEAM ON THE FARMS AND STREETS

                    THE AUTOMOBILE: TODAY AND TOMORROW

                    PATCHES AREN’T WORKING

   

     4.    DUAL-MODE vs. SINGLE-MODE TRANSPORTATION 

                    DEFINITIONS

                    PALLETS AND TRUE DUALMODE CARS

                    WHAT WILL THE GUIDEWAY SYSTEM LOOK LIKE?

                    WHAT WILL THE DUALMODE CARS LOOK LIKE?

    

    5.    DUALMODE HISTORY

                     THE 1974 DUALMODE NATIONAL CONFERENCE

                     LATER

                     THE NATIONAL AUTOMATED HIGHWAY SYSTEM

                     THE DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS

                     THE AUTHOR’S INVOLVEMENT IN DUALMODE

                     SERENDIPITY

                     THE TIME IS RIPE

                     OBSCURITY

                     INDEPENDENT INVENTORS

    

     6.    ON THE STREETS

                    STREET-MODE BATTERIES

                    HYDROGEN AS A FUEL

                    FUEL CELLS

 ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEAN INTERNAL COMBUSTION

                    WHICH STREET POWER?

 

    7.    ON THE GUIDEWAYS 

                    TRAVELING ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    OVERHEAD GUIDEWAYS

                    WHEELS ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    BUILD MODERATE-SIZE GUIDEWAYS

                    TYPES OF VEHICLES

                    THE GUIDEWAY SYSTEM MUST BE EXTENSIVE

                    GUIDEWAY SPEED

                    THE REVOLUTIONARY DUALMODE SYSTEM, “REV”

                    STRINGS OF CARS ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    NOISE

                    CURVES

                    HILLS

                    THE GUIDEWAY COMPUTER SYSTEM

   

     8.     TRANSIT AND OTHER VEHICLES 

                    DUALMODE BUSES

                    GUIDEWAY-ONLY BUSES

 SUBSIDIES AND WELFARE

                    PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT

                    DUALMODE RENTAL CARS

 DUALMODE TAXIS

                    GUIDEWAY FREIGHT            

 

     9.    MAGNETIC LEVITATION AND PROPULSION 

                    LEVITATION ISN’T JUST A MAGIC TRICK

                    HOW MAGLEV WORKS

                    ENERGY REQUIRED FOR SUPPORT

                    INDUCTIVE MAGLEV

                    SUPERCONDUCTING MAGLEV

                    PERMANENT-MAGNET MAGLEV

                    OFFICIAL EVALUATION OF MAGLEV

 POWERING THE CARS ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS

 NO BRAKES ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    POWER SAVING

                    DISCLAIMER

 

    10.    THE CAPACITY OF THE GUIDEWAYS 

                    A COMMON FALLACY

 CONTINUOUS FLOW

                    GUIDEWAY CAPACITY VERSUS HIGHWAY CAPACITY

                    GUIDEWAY CAPACITY COMPARED TO BUSES AND TRAINS

                    DUALMODE GUIDEWAYS COMPARED TO JETS

                    GUIDEWAY SYSTEM EXPANSION

    

   11.    GETTING ONTO AND OFF OF THE GUIDEWAYS 

VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION

                    “DRIVER TO SYSTEM”

                    RETRACTING THE “LANDING GEAR” 

                    ENTRY RAMPS

 ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION

                    VELOCITY CONTROL FOR MERGE POSITIONING

                    EXIT RAMPS

 

    12.    GUIDANCE AND SWITCHING

                    THE WAY IT IS DONE IN TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES

                    THE GUIDEWAY GUIDANCE AND SWITCHING SYSTEM

 

    13.    AUTOMATIC PARKING 

                    THE SOLUTION

                    THE DETAILS

 

    14.    DUALMODE SYSTEM SAFETY 

                    HUMAN DRIVERS ARE ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN

                    LIMITING SPEED IN STREET MODE?

“DRIVERS” CAN’T CAUSE ACCIDENTS ON THE GUIDEWAYS

                    ROAD-RAGE CRIMES WON’T OCCUR

                    FEAR OF THE NEW AND UNKNOWN

                    POWER OUTAGES

                    LOCAL GUIDEWAY SHUTDOWNS

                    NAVIGATION AND MERGING

                    MAGNETIC LEVITATION IS SAFE

                    RADIATION

                    COMPUTER RELIABILITY

                    DUALMODE SAFETY COMPARED TO RAILROADS

                    WEATHER

                    NATURAL DISASTERS

                    SAFETY BY ELIMINATION

 

    15.    POWER AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

                    CONSERVATION

 GLOBAL WARMING

 POWER AND ENERGY

                    PETROLEUM DEPLETION

                    PEAK OIL PRODUCTION

                    COAL

                    ENERGY FOR THE GUIDEWAYS

                    BIOFUELS

                    POWER FROM THE WIND

                    SOLAR POWER

                    NUCLEAR POWER

                    OTHER NONSOLAR ENERGIES

                    HYDROELECTRIC POWER

                    THE BIG SAD PICTURE

 

    16.    URBAN SPRAWL: THE SUBURBS 

                    URBAN SPRAWL IS GOOD

                    DENSITY IS THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM

 

    17.    THE ECONOMICS OF OUR DUALMODE SYSTEM 

                    WHAT WILL IT COST?

                    USE FACTOR

                    DUALMODE CAR COST

                    TRILLION-DOLLAR BARGAINS

                    DISCLAIMER

 

    18.    “IT WILL NEVER BE BUILT” 

                    THE PESSIMISTS
                     IT WILL BE DONE

 

    19.    THE WAY TO A DUALMODE SYSTEM 

                    APPLICABLE TECHNOLOGY

                    THE PROBLEM IS…

                    THE WORK IS YET TO COME

                    TO GO FAR WE NEED A CZAR

                    THE TRANSITION PERIOD

                    THE POLITICS

                    LABOR

                    HOW SOON?

 

    20.    THE DUALMODE SYSTEM WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SELL 

                    NOT INVENTED HERE

                    HUGE PROJECTS PRESENT HUGE PROBLEMS

                    THE MEDIA AND DUALMODE

                    PROMOTING REVOLUTIONARY INNOVATIONS

                    DUALMODE DOESN’T FIT THE ESTABLISHMENT

                    SUMMARY

 

    21.    HELP NEEDED 

                    “SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING”

 POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSES

                    DUALMODE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

                    THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    TO FELLOW TECHNICALLY INCLINED PEOPLE 

                    ACTIVISTS ARE NEEDED

                    HOW TO SPREAD THE WORD

                    THIS BOOK IS NOT COPYRIGHTED

 

    22.    CONCLUSIONS 

                    MANY BIRDS WITH ONE STONE

                    DUALMODE WILL FIX IT

                    THE END AND THE BEGINNING

                  

APPENDIX 

          FLYING-AUTOMOBILE DUALMODE SYSTEMS

DECELERATION CONTROL

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR


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