18-04-2013, 11:24 AM
Abstract
The
Sky
Bus technology offered by Konkan
Railway Corporation meets the above
requirements, and re-defines the
thinking and planning for urban
transport being an Eco-friendly Mass
urban transport system
revolutionizing urban life. It is a
patented technology developed for the
new millennium and will cause a
paradigm shift in urban transportation
all over the world. Being an indigenous
technology, it will place India on the
forefront of the Rapid Transit Industry
all over the world while providing the
much needed alternative
transportation solution, which is
financially viable, environment
friendly, synergizing well proven
existing cutting edge technologies.
Sky Bus is based on the concept of Sky
Wheels presented in 1989 at the World
Congress for Railway Research by Mr.
B Rajaram, Managing Director of KRCL
at Bologna University , Italy . The sky
bus uses pre - fabricated latest
construction technologies, which save
time and money resulting in easy
execution of the project in busy urban
areas without disturbing the existing
traffic pattern. All these structural
engineering methods are well -
proven. They have IT tools for
economical communication and
control. The 3 phase asynchronous AC
electrical motor used for the
propulsion of sky buses is also well
proven and widely used abroad as well
as in India .
The most precious asset in growing
urban areas is land. After its allocation
for residential and commercial
purposes hardly 6 % to a maximum of
18 % of land in cities forms road ways.
The road ways once laid almost remain
constant and indeed may be effectively
reduced by uncontrolled
encroachments. With the physical
constraint on road area in the wake of
increasing population, the intensity of
loads and traffic volumes on the roads
increase. As more and more people
from different habitats try to converge
on to the central business district, the
road are left with no capacity to
improvise and handle the excess
traffic, leading to congestion. Roads
take one exactly to the point where
one wants to go. But the capacity
is
limited in terms of passengers per
hour that can be handled, considering
speed limits and lane width
limitations.
Abstract
The
Sky
Bus technology offered by Konkan
Railway Corporation meets the above
requirements, and re-defines the
thinking and planning for urban
transport being an Eco-friendly Mass
urban transport system
revolutionizing urban life. It is a
patented technology developed for the
new millennium and will cause a
paradigm shift in urban transportation
all over the world. Being an indigenous
technology, it will place India on the
forefront of the Rapid Transit Industry
all over the world while providing the
much needed alternative
transportation solution, which is
financially viable, environment
friendly, synergizing well proven
existing cutting edge technologies.
Sky Bus is based on the concept of Sky
Wheels presented in 1989 at the World
Congress for Railway Research by Mr.
B Rajaram, Managing Director of KRCL
at Bologna University , Italy . The sky
bus uses pre - fabricated latest
construction technologies, which save
time and money resulting in easy
execution of the project in busy urban
areas without disturbing the existing
traffic pattern. All these structural
engineering methods are well -
proven. They have IT tools for
economical communication and
control. The 3 phase asynchronous AC
electrical motor used for the
propulsion of sky buses is also well
proven and widely used abroad as well
as in India .
The most precious asset in growing
urban areas is land. After its allocation
for residential and commercial
purposes hardly 6 % to a maximum of
18 % of land in cities forms road ways.
The road ways once laid almost remain
constant and indeed may be effectively
reduced by uncontrolled
encroachments. With the physical
constraint on road area in the wake of
increasing population, the intensity of
loads and traffic volumes on the roads
increase. As more and more people
from different habitats try to converge
on to the central business district, the
road are left with no capacity to
improvise and handle the excess
traffic, leading to congestion. Roads
take one exactly to the point where
one wants to go. But the capacity is
limited in terms of passengers per
hour that can be handled, considering
speed limits and lane width
limitations.
