As our cities continue to grow, traffic congestion and the time it takes to get around becomes more and more of a factor in our daily lives. In addition to the time lost, our cars and trucks continue to pollute our environment. Exhaust fumes, particulate from rubber tires, and the pollution created by drilling and refining petroleum into fuels and lubricants all have a detrimental effect on the environment. Aerorail is a revolutionary high speed transit system with its passenger vehicles suspended below the guideway beam. Aerorail technology is a reconfiguration of tested and proven components currently in service in electric rail transit systems and heavy highway construction. Although suspended transit systems have been in operation since 1901, Aerorail is an updated and improved application of this proven approach to transit.
Aerorail has the benefit of being constructed in air space over existing publicly owned right-of-way. This benefit not only greatly reduces or eliminates the need to acquire costly right-of-way, but often reduces or eliminates the need for Environmental Impact Studies. These studies cost millions of dollars and take many months to complete. Meanwhile, the cost of construction continues to climb due to inflation. Constructing a rail transit system above existing roadways and right-of-ways prevents the further physical division of the community like a surface system would do, and blends the transit system into existing transportation corridors.
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