Comparison between Road Traffic and Automated Beam Traffic

If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you've never tried before.

Comparisons can be made with the road traffic in order to
easier distinguish similarities and differences:

	Road Traffic	Automated Beam Traffic
1	Traffic conduits, at various traffic flows and costs take longer time to build with road machinery expensive, especially in urban areas demand a lot of maintenance are uneconomical to recycle	Two or three narrow beam dimensions for large, medium and small traffic flows and intrusion into the urban environment prefabricated with industrial robots can be installed in various ways in different environments no need to shovel, to spread salt for melting snow, to repair etc. 100 % recycleable
2	The vehicles (trucks, small cars, buses) use petrol for energy travel on the ground are driven by humans have a low degree of utilization (i.e. are only used a small percentage of the time) only partially recycleable	The vehicles consist of two parts: electrically driven car inside the beam. interchangeable freight carrier (such as passenger cabins or containers). They do not travel on the ground are driven by micro computers have a high degree of utilization can be made 100 % recycleable.
3	The energy requirements of the cars: uses oil, in most instances imported. requires transportation by gas trucks. include gas stations. is carried in the vehicles in the form of petrol.	The Vehicles use electricity possibly use dieseldriven generators for reserve power. are supplied from power wires inside the beams. can carry reserve batteries for shorter distances.
4	The information flow to/from the vehicles is made through the driver.	The information flow to/from the vehicles is conducted through cooperrating computers, using the beam.
5	The information flow to the passengers and the freight handlers are mainly handled through signs and the use of telephones.	The information flow to passengers, freight handlers and people in the surroundings is handled through fiber networks inside the beams and through the public networks.
6	The vehicle maintenance is handled by the owners or workshop mechanics.	The vehicle maintenance is mainly handled by industrial robots in special workshops to wich the vehicles travel on their own.
7	Temporary stops are made at the roadsides.	Stops are made by the side of the main beams. The vehicles can park behind each other or beside each other as circumstances require.
8	Parking is done in the streets, in parking lots or in garages.	Parking is done beneath the beams, in out-of-the-way places, in the vicinity of big terminals.
9	Recycling is mainly done by way of the steelworks, which melt down the compacted wrecks.	Recycling of beams and vehicles is made by letting industrial robots dismantle and sort the parts.

Some conclusions that can be made

The construction of roads are usually done with the aid of road building machinery. In urban areas, where space is at a premium, the roads often take the shape of bridges over the buildings, or tunnels, at very high costs!
The operation and maintenance of the road traffic are both very expensive, the costliest part being the labor costs of all categories of people involved, such as traffic cops gas station attendants, etc. Much of these expenses disappear, as road traffic is replaced by light beam traffic.
In the light beam traffic, the road is well protected inside the beam. It consists of a smooth steel bed, which carries vehicles with rubber tires. These tires have a considerably lower weight pressure than the road vehicles. Worn-out beams can quickly be replaced by new, section by section.
All this reduces the maintenace work to practically nothing. The beam traffic vehicles have built-in monitoring equipment which tells them when it is time for maintenance.
This maintenance work can be done with a high degree of automation, which requires a very small work force.

	The construction of roads are usually done with the aid of road building machinery. In urban areas, where space is at a premium, the roads often take the shape of bridges over the buildings, or tunnels, at very high costs! The operation and maintenance of the road traffic are both very expensive, the costliest part being the labor costs of all categories of people involved, such as traffic cops gas station attendants, etc. Much of these expenses disappear, as road traffic is replaced by light beam traffic.	In the light beam traffic, the road is well protected inside the beam. It consists of a smooth steel bed, which carries vehicles with rubber tires. These tires have a considerably lower weight pressure than the road vehicles. Worn-out beams can quickly be replaced by new, section by section. All this reduces the maintenace work to practically nothing. The beam traffic vehicles have built-in monitoring equipment which tells them when it is time for maintenance. This maintenance work can be done with a high degree of automation, which requires a very small work force.

Stops and parking places can continually be modified to suit the flow of passengers, freight and motorcars. The beams can be hidden in ceilings, so that only the slit on the underside is showing. Beam vehicles that are not in use at the momement can just be left hanging there. In emergencies and in threatening situations there is always the possibility of contacting the manual control center and ask for help, through button-controlled microphones in the beam cars. The control staff can make camera and sound recordings of what goes on in the car, as well as taking control of it and direct it to any desired place.

	Stops and parking places can continually be modified to suit the flow of passengers, freight and motorcars. The beams can be hidden in ceilings, so that only the slit on the underside is showing. Beam vehicles that are not in use at the momement can just be left hanging there.	In emergencies and in threatening situations there is always the possibility of contacting the manual control center and ask for help, through button-controlled microphones in the beam cars. The control staff can make camera and sound recordings of what goes on in the car, as well as taking control of it and direct it to any desired place.

The larger beam vehicles can gradually be phased out as traffic volume drops, (such as in the late evening) and replaced by smaller cars. This effectively reduces redundant traffic with mostly empty cars. This is in stark contrast to how buses and trains are operated today. Between 50% and 70% of the fare for riding a bus goes to paying the busdrivers and other personell that operate the urban traffic. This is largerly eliminated in the automated beam-carried traffic, although som service personell will be needed at strategic places, such as places where the beam traffic meets other forms of traffic, and at terminals.

	The larger beam vehicles can gradually be phased out as traffic volume drops, (such as in the late evening) and replaced by smaller cars. This effectively reduces redundant traffic with mostly empty cars. This is in stark contrast to how buses and trains are operated today.	Between 50% and 70% of the fare for riding a bus goes to paying the busdrivers and other personell that operate the urban traffic. This is largerly eliminated in the automated beam-carried traffic, although som service personell will be needed at strategic places, such as places where the beam traffic meets other forms of traffic, and at terminals.

One can conclude, then, that it should be possible to maintain and operate a fully automated beam-carried traffic system at one-tenth of the personell that todays urban traffic system requires, if automobile traffic and collective transportation systems are taken as a whole. This would be of great economic value to the whole community. There should be no danger of rising unemployment because of this. A city that opts for this kind of collective traffic system will for many years to come require a big labor force to build this new system. This will be paid for by rising revenues from the growing transport system, and from savings on alternative construction and maintenance.

One can conclude, then, that it should be possible to maintain and operate a fully automated beam-carried traffic system at one-tenth of the personell that todays urban traffic system requires, if automobile traffic and collective transportation systems are taken as a whole. This would be of great economic value to the whole community.		There should be no danger of rising unemployment because of this. A city that opts for this kind of collective traffic system will for many years to come require a big labor force to build this new system. This will be paid for by rising revenues from the growing transport system, and from savings on alternative construction and maintenance.

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