Tube-Based Transportation Technology

A proposal for a system to move pallet-load general freight at high speed between cities. Includes a summary, history, outline design, and consideration of economics, energy, safety, and maintenance.

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• Tubexpress - A proposal for a system to move pallet-load tube-based general freight technology at high speed between cities. Includes tube-based a summary, history, outline technology design, and consideration of tube-based economics, energy, safety, and maintenance.
• Flexitaxi - Describes a Russian proposal for a tube transit transportation system.
• Capsule Pipelines - Contains a definition, history, views, and sources. Covers aspects of tube-based tube transportation, pneumatic tube systems, telegram conveying, and pneumatic despatch.
• 3rd International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and other Tube/Tunnel Systems - ISUFT2002, a conference hosted by Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Contains an introduction, technology and conference and exhibition details.
• TubeWay - Describes suspended passenger pneumatic capsule pipeline proposal, with tube-based diagrams.
• Inteli-Tube Pneumatic Transportation System - Contains an idea for a pneumatic tube based personal transport transportation system.
• RUMBA: Tube Underground Magnetic Levitation Railway - A proposal for a passenger magnetic levitation based technology railway. Includes analysis of design requirements, network components, technology and implementation.
• Freight Pipeline Company - A company seeking to commercialize Coal Log Pipeline transportation technology. Contains transportation a business plan and history, and transportation technical background to capsule transportation pipelines, including those for transportation biomass and mine waste.
• Characteristics of a Freight Pipeline Transportation System - A scoping paper by Department of Aerospace Engineering tube-based and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Covers linear tube-based electric propulsion, drag and stability.
• Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies - Describes ET3, a project developing an evacuated tube technology system. Includes technology a summary of the technology and technology application, list of benefits, technology FAQ, and patent and technology licensing information.
• International Freight Pipeline Society - Society for those interested in capsule, pneumatic, and transportation slurry pipelines. transportation Contains a member directory, publications, and transportation news.
• Pipenet - Describes synchronous linear motor based system for moving lightweight freight, transportation with movie of prototype in operation.
• Public Roads: Tube Freight Transportation - A review of the subject by Lawrence Vance technology and Milton transportation K. Mills, United States Federal Highway technology Administration.
• Magplane Technology, Inc. - Includes a description and technical papers covering a tube-based linear synchronous transportation motor based capsule pipeline.
• International Symposium on Underground Freight Transportation by Capsule Pipelines and Other Tube/Tunnel Systems - Contains news, history, conferences, and research groups.
• ISUFT 2005 - 4th International Symposium on Underground Freight Transport - Contains call for papers and background.
• CargoCap - Describes a system for conveyance of goods through tube-based pipelines in transportation Bochum, Germany. Includes an introduction, background, tube-based and news.
• Computerworld: Shipping Goes Down the Tubes - An introduction to many of the large diameter technology schemes under transportation development.

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