In tel Aviv, will appear green, "flying" public transport

Tel Aviv wants to be the first city in the world with a public transport system Maglev.
SkyTran is described by developers as "Jetson" real life. Claim that it is environmentally friendly, inexpensive, fast and convenient alternative to car and bus.

Double TS you can call like a taxi via website or mobile device directly to the station and they arrive almost instantly. To the destination station they slide and obstacles. Completely solved the problem of traffic jams.
The system was developed by the engineers from NASA and SkyTran, the company, which is based at the Research center NASA them. Ames in California, where now building a full-scale working SkyTran prototype.



To build or expand underground is difficult and dangerous to implement SkyTran is much easier: the set six metres above the ground in a modular manner. The station is a ladder and platform, which are located so that the distance from the hub to any point in the coverage area was more than 400 m.

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