TRANSPORT & LOGISTICS Motive power requirements and emissions of transport systems, including electric vehicles, are proportional to vehicle weight, drag and rolling resistance - light-weight, low-drag, aerodynamic single/dual passenger vehicles on low rolling resistance rail are preferable as most vehicle trips are with one person onboard. However the current options for single/dual passenger vehicles (bicycles, motor bikes and scooters) expose the driver & pilion to the weather and far higher risk of accident and injury. The increased accident and fatality risk (38 times greater than for a car driver) is due to poor stability, low visibility to other drivers and the lack of a protective structure. Yet this is often the only transport young, inexperienced drivers can afford compounding the tragedy and cost of disability and loss of life. Dual-mode (road vehicle & ultra-light rail) electric velomobile based PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) & over-the-covered-footpath corridors address these problems making low-cost, light weight, climate-friendly single/dual vehicle transport safe & practical while greatly improving the energy & time efficiency. An Internet connected light-rail network with ‘mechanical packet switching’ control system in which private vehicles self-park and respond when summoned. It can safely delivering children to school and back, solving parking problems and reducing death & injury. It can be implemented as low-cost Regenerative Infrastructure,

Standard automated underground parcel transport networks both complement Internet purchasing and reduce the cost of logistics and manufacturing. The same corridors can accomodate water, communications & other utilities and facilitate automated repair. Automated inter-factory supply, distribution & waste recycling.

UNDERGROUND FREIGHT NETWORKS

ULTRA-LIGHT PERSONAL RAPIT TRANSIT SAFE - PRIVATE AUTOMATED ONLINE VEHICLES IN A SEPARATE HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT CORRIDOR