includes Technology, Working Principle, Components, Advantages.

1. A paradigm shift in Urban
Transportation
M. Mayur
IVth Civil
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2. Contents:
 Introduction
 Components
 Working Principle
 Advantages
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3. Sky Bus:
 Suspended railway system – light weight
coaches,
 Tramway category – Constitution of India – Art.
366 (20),
 Operates – parallel to existing roads – with in
municipality limits – excluded from IRA.
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4. It is:
 Pollution – free
 Noise – free
 Economical
 Air – conditioned travel
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6. What is Sky Bus?
A unique mass transit system
which can be put up in any
congested and crowded city
within two years for ease and
safe transportation, without
loss of time.
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7. Description:
 Heavy 52 / 60 kg/m rails,
 8m x 2m box enclosure,
 supported by 1m dia columns (15m c/c),
 Never collide or capsize.
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8. Capacity:
 Can carry 18000 pphpd – 72000 pphpd,
 Can shift 20 ft containers for corner to
corner,
No other modes are capable.
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9. Components:
 Sky Way,
 Sky Bogie,
 Sky Coach,
 Sky Station,
 Traverser Arrangements.
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10. Sky Way:
 Path in which Sky Bus travels,
 Includes concrete box – supported by
piers,
 Two rails – appropriately fixed – to guide
the bus.
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12. In curved manner:
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14. Sky Bogie:
 Standard two axle bogies,
 Speed of 100 kmph (max. 160 kmph),
 Linear Induction motors – to be driven,
 Disc & Emergency brakes.
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15. Sky Coach:
 Double walled shells – wide large windows,
 Air – conditioned travel – automatic doors,
 Audio – visual information – passengers,
 2m x 2m space – easy entry & exit.
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19. Sky Stations:
 Stations – sky buses halt,
 Smaller area consumption,
 Fully computerized – entry by electronic
swiping cards,
 Lifted 5.5 – 6m above G.L.
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24. Traverser Arrangements:
 Provided – shifting routes of sky buses,
Traverser is a system which
automatically shifts sky bus unit from
one track to another.
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27. Advantages:
 Performance
 Safety
 Low Capital & Running Costs
 No demolition
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28.  No waiting for passengers
 Low operational cost
 Low charges
 No problem of traffic jams
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29.  High capacity
 Luxury Comfort
 Land & Protection to existing buildings.
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38.  Sky bus means:
The system which consists of an elevated track
with the cars suspended below the track.
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39. test traCk at Goa:
 Length : 1.6 KM
 Maximum Test speed : 100
KMPH
 Steepest Gradient : 1 in 50
 Radius of sharpest curve : 105 m
 Radius of flatter curve : 875 m
 Maximum radius of vertical curve : 3375
m
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41. Er. Raja Ram Bojji
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42. ConClusion:
 Advantages of Sky Bus are tremendous.
 For overpopulated cities, it is safer.
 Rubber – based technology like mono –
rails don’t compare with steel wheel on
steel rail technology
says…Er. B. Raja Ram
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