Taxi 2000

The TAXI 2000 Concept

TAXI 2000 was designed by Dr. J. Edward Anderson and TAXI 2000 Corporation over the period 1981 to 1993. The Raytheon company further enhanced the idea with its own designs and named it PRT 2000. Raytheon finished his work on Public Relations 2000 in 1999 and no longer has an ongoing public relations work.

TAXI 2000 Corporation has repurchased its Raytheon copyrights and further developed its Skyweb Express design. At the end of 2003, Taxi 2000 Corporation concluded a Stage I prototyping programme and is seeking funding for a Stage II research and test programme. Skyweb Express, the Skyweb Express model car, consists of two main components: a cabin in which the passengers seat is located and a rotating chassis, which is in charge of the intersection between the track and the drive train.

You can find detailed information about the prototypes and the roadway on the Skyweb Express website. Railheads will use offline tracks to delay, land and land passenger and speed up rolling stock. The distance between substations in a tightly packed RT net will be approximately every 0.8 km (0.5 miles) or nearer, in a smaller net further apart.

As a rule, the sites of the wards are located between the crossroads. Approximately 107 meters (350 ft) of branch line would be used for a 48 km/h (30 mph) fleet system. Travellers can order their cars and buy cash dispensers at the train depot. The majority of terminals will include 3 moorings for truck loads and unloads, although bigger terminals can be constructed if local conditions require.

Due to the fact that the mean wait time for passengers is in the order of a few minute, the train stops are kept small, which reduces building costs, visibility and mass safety issues. Any one or more points on the perimeter are specifically configured as auto stalls to accommodate surplus cars at low occupancy moments and offer sites for maintenance.

In a Skyweb Express system, the services are "true PRT", i.e. 24 hours on-demand, non-stop and personal (see What is public transport? for a precise delineation of "true PRT"). The line should have a maximum line load of 7200 cars per hours, with 0.5 seconds of car crossings and a line velocity of 48 km/h.

Stations can reach up to 2000 cars per hours for a large one. The waiting time of the stations during off-peak periods is negligible. The waiting time for the stations' peaks will be such that 80% of the population will be waiting less than 30 seconds and 99% less than 2 min. In nominal terms, the trucks are used in winches of up to 72 km/h (45 mph) and cope with a height difference of 15% over 9.

The Skyweb Express's car and guide design allows it to operate normally in rainy weather, strong snows, icy storm, frost and temperate hailstorms.