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Battery cars on superconducting magnetically levitated carriers: One commuting solutionCommuting to work in an urban-suburban metropolitan environment is becoming an unpleasant time-wasting process. We applied the technology of communication management to this commuting problem. Communication management is a system-engineering tool that produced today's efficient telephone network. The resulting best commuting option is magnetically levitated carriers of two-passenger, battery-powered, personally-owned local-travel cars. A commuter drives a car to a nearby station, selects a destination, drives on a waiting carrier, and enters an accelerating ramp. A central computer selects an optimum 100 miles-per-hour trunk route, considering existing and forecast traffic; assigns the commuter a travel slot, and subsequently orders switching-station actions. The commuter uses the expensive facilities for only a few minutes during each trip. The cost of travel could be less than 6 cents per mile.
Document ID
19920018568
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Briggs, B. Mike
(Boeing Aerospace Co. Seattle, WA, United States)
Oman, Henry
(Boeing Aerospace Co. Seattle, WA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Langley Research Center, International Symposium on Magnetic Suspension Technology, Part 2
Subject Category
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Accession Number
92N27811
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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