System Concept 

Description:

A Non-Switch Rapid Transit Rail System

The Non-Switch Rapid Transit Rail System is not for urban transportation
only. It is a new system to handle a portion of long distance highway
and airline transportation for passengers and freight, at low cost and
high efficiency. To make a profit is an important goal. Non-Switch can
be set up as a worldwide network transportation system, not only for a
closed circuit in a city. 
 
It uses a narrow gauge conventional rail rather than a unique guideway,
which means low construction cost and use of familiar, successful
technology.

Profitability from the network can be achieved as follows:
+ high efficiency in general transportation
+ energy savings
+ reduced investment in occupied land
+ reduced pollution and care for the environment.
+ low construction cost

My system meets all of these objectives.

My system uses steel wheels on a steel rail to save energy. Energy
consumption can be reduced also by auto speed control and even in
braking. It uses electricity to reduce pollution, to care for the
environment and to reduce land impacts by using an elevated rail.
It is not necessary to develop a new rail form which could be very
hard to prove for safety or practicality. By avoiding such an 
investment in design, testing, construction and occupying excessive
land, success can be assured. 

The car employs a 1-4 passengers cabin design, according to the number
of passengers going to one destination and chosen by pre-dialing the
card. 

In a station,  if the car from passengers finished trip can not supply
the waiting passengers,the needed car would come from a nearby station
or a garage.

The appearance of a typical car is illustrated in the drawing. It is
similar to most other car designs, the difference being that the
undercarriage is nearly the same as in a train. Though my system can
use the existing standard width steel tracks, my intention is to design
the system to form the elevated rail with a narrow gauge (60 cm) rail.

There would never been a gap in every branch and in normal rail and the
crack caused by it.

The car employs minimum numbers as 4 wheels to support the car itself
and in normal travell on the rail.

The car is designed with a cab measuring 90 cm wide by 140 cm high with
length varying as follows:

 I.   1.6 m for single passenger 
 II.  2.5 m for two passengers (or one single passenger lying down)
 III. 4.4 m for four passengers.

The 60 cm elevated narrow gauge rail will cost 7-11% compared to the
normal ground rail cost in an urban region and 20-30% in rural areas.
The land cost would be 10-30% of normal in an urban region and 5-20%
in rural areas.

The system would bring passengers to a station near their home for 600
km of travel in 4 hours. Compared with airlines, this is 135% of the
time with a fee perhaps 25%, yielding a system profit over 15%, I
believe.