10 most modern public transport facilities in the world

The use of public transport is an inevitable trend when the price of petroleum keeps escalating, frequent traffic congestion in cities and environmental pollution is getting worse. Businessweek has selected the 10 most high-tech, well-functioning and environmentally friendly public vehicles worldwide.

Fuel-cell buses (fuel-cell California)

Combined with Chevron and Hydrogenics partners, California fuel-cell company launched fuel cell buses in 1999, totaling an estimated cost of $ 39 million. California, a US state famous for strict regulations on automotive emissions has placed 9 buses produced by ISE and Thor Industries. They combine fuel cells and hybrid-electric systems, each worth more than $ 3 million.

Unmanned Taxi (BBA, Heathrow Airport, London)

Cardiff (Wales) with an ultra-modern transportation system has created the spectacular ULTRa public vehicle system in 2002 (estimated at $ 4 million). These are automatic cars, carrying 4 people and will be put into commercial business at London's Heathroww Airport in 2008.

Electric cars (Global Electric Motocars - DaimlerChrysler)

Electric cars are low-speed but with zero fuel emissions ensure an ideal public transport in crowded schools, business districts or city centers. These are Global Electric Motocars ' pet daughters, owned by German automaker DaimlerChrysler. Last year, the company unveiled a 12 volt battery-powered car, which can run 64 km after each charge at 30 km / h.

Automatic subway (Dubai)

Dubai, a modern city of the United Arab Emirates, has a population of 1.1 million. With an annual growth rate of 6.4%, by 2017, the population will reach 3 million. In order to minimize traffic congestion, the city has begun to build the world's largest 320-km automatic subway system. The first phase (70 km) will be completed in 2010. This system is built by the Japanese four companies Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Obayashi, Kajima of Japan together with Spanish, Turkish companies with capital 4.2 billion USD.

Shinkansen train (East Japan Railway)

With the aim of creating the world's fastest speed train in 2011, Japan is testing the first prototype of FASTECH 360, the latest model of the famous "Shinkanse" bullet team. This train model aims to become the fastest train in the world and has a speed of 360 km / h.

Dualmode Traffic System (Silvertip Design Company - England)

Carl Henderson, an adviser to the UK's Silvertip design firm, once dreamed of a car that compromised the weight of a truck, the clever movement of a bus, and the speed of a train. The concept Bladerunner was born that made that dream come true. It can carry 105 passengers on both the highway and the dedicated railway. Let these concept cars no longer be the idea that requires more than $ 3 billion and it takes 10 years to complete both the vehicle and the road system.

Automatic vehicle charging station (Illinois state - USA)

An estimated 5.3 billion USD traffic congestion reduction program in Illinois was launched in 2005. This program is targeted to 2010, reducing public transport time by 20 minutes. by creating automatic charging stations. Two years ago, the Kansas City transport committee and architecture firm HNTB also built 20 automated stations worth $ 400 million.

Automatic bus (Fraunhofer Association - Germany)

The largest German organization in applied research, the Fraunhofer Association introduced the first model of AutoTram in 2005. The 36m-long model only runs 25% of fuel compared to conventional buses and Most of their emissions are clean steam.

Bullet train (China Railway Association)

In April 2007, with the introduction of the lustful "guy", D460, China proved "by her sister" to its Japanese neighbors in high-speed train manufacturing technology. Its speed reaches 250 km / h, withdrawing the time of ordinary trains to 1/2 and carrying a daily number of 340,000 people. It is manufactured in China, using technology in cooperation with Japanese, German, French and Canadian manufacturers.

Fuel-saving taxi (Standard Taxi firm)

At this year's New York International Auto Show (April 2007) a new model is available to replace regular taxis. A design of Standard Taxi will give a boost to American roads in 2008. It is characterized by an internal combustion engine that can be switched to run on natural gas for maximum fuel economy. This taxi model costs $ 25,000.

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