Novel Pedestrian Crossing System

THE IDEA

The Pedestrian Loop will at the same time save countless lives as people will not have to cross dangerous roads and it will also create an income stream from use and advertising. It is a direct replacement of the pedestrian bridge or tunnel which themselves can be quite expensive. The basic idea is to replace many single point to point elevated pedestrian bridges with a single multi-point to multi-point elevated pedestrian crossing shuttle. One of the shortcomings of a pedestrian bridge is that the average walking distance is quite high for people because the bridges aren’t always located in ideal positions for every persons need. The Pedestrian

Loop is more or less a miniature monorail system, like a rollercoaster, that continually picks up and lets off people within a defined circuit. Like an elevator there are points which people select from a button

panel. The car will stop only if somebody inside or outside at a designated zone has pressed a call button. The system is only elevated when crossing the road, otherwise it is at street level.

THE CAR

The cars are powered by DC electricity embedded in the monorail are will have a simple bench seats. The air-conditioned cars can be grouped together in several units at a time depending on the traffic requirement and length of the loop. Each car will be supported by an electric motor The monorail is essentially a beam made from reinforced conc

rete which will keep it low cost yet provide enough strength for the loading created by the small cars. The cost of a pedestrian bridge can range fro

m USD0.5 up to USD 5.0 million where obviously

span and esthetics play a key role in the cost. The cost of a pedestrian loop is based on the length of the circuit, span of the road crossing and number of cars. The through put of the system is calculated based on the number of stops, speed and loading and offloading times.

SYSTEM OPERATIONS

When one considers to get from one side of Shk. Zaid Road that it would cost at least DHS 4.00 to take a taxi, presuming that one can be found, then a nominal charge of DHS 1-2 to use the system is quite reasonable.

There are options for advertising both internally and externally, which could generate additional income.

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How to eliminate traffic jams

I noticed that most of the traffic problems in Dubai come from people who through their own selfishness create cause traffic to stop. They pass on the right, left, inbetween having little disregard that you have been waiting just as long as they have

It is a problem of attitude. People who are patient and follow the rules have to wait longer. This breeds contempt for the rules and increases the number of people willing to break the rules. WHO WANTS TO BE LATER JUST BECAUSE YOU ARE NICE!

How to adjust the attitude of these kinds of people? NOT EASY. And not only money in the form of penalties will stop them. It would simple mean rich people do what they want while the less fortunate have to be late or take the risk of loosing everything.

When the police are around traffic moves very smoothly. Unfortunately they cannot be everywhere. It is such a great feeling to see somebody pulled over in front of everybody for line jumping.

The police can be everywhere. All the are needed are multiple webcams in all of the traffic jam areas and a few mobile mounted web cams put in the front and rear of government owned taxis.

Who will monitor these and how much will it cost? Well, anybody can monitor as long as they sign up on line. They will get a small percentage of the fine levied if they report it first. The web feeds will remain live for 2 days and people can bid (from their accumulated earnings) for snips in the various locations and time zones.

This project is self financing and self controling. With software which is available online the can zoom in on an offender, get help in identifying what is an offense or not. Then they submit their findings. The findings get peer reviewed and voted on, again by registered users of the system. If the offender gets a thumbs down. BAM a fine. A SMS goes out to the car owner.....GOTCHA! 500DHS fine.

The offender has the opportunity to pay the fine in cash or work it off over a period of time by.....signing up and trying to catch other offenders!

Over a period of time people will feel big brother is watching and they will stop screwing up the roads....

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