ADVISORY/CALSTART, CyberTran Roll Out New Concept in Automated Rapid Transit.Good Photo Opportunities Clean, Low-Cost, Flexible Transit Concept Begins Test Phase At CALSTART'S Project Hatchery hatchery a commercial establishment dedicated to the hatching of bird eggs to provide day old chicks and poults to the poultry industry. hatchery liquid the contents of unfertilized eggs. Used in petfood manufacture. (TM) Facility in Alameda, California Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- What: The CyberTran transportation system--part of a new, automated rapid transit rapid transit, transportation system designed to allow passenger travel within or throughout an urban area, usually employing surface, elevated, or underground railway systems or some combination of these. concept--initiates its proof-of-design test program on one mile of track at Alameda Point. An advanced transportation project of CALSTART, CyberTran is a new concept in flexible rail that uses many small, electrically powered vehicles to transport 6 to 32 passengers to specific destinations. Where: CALSTART Facility, Alameda Point (Former Alameda Naval Air Station) 2701 Monarch Street (Hangar 20) Alameda, California When: Wednesday, October 21 10:30 a.m. Roll-out Who: Congresswoman Barbara Lee Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16 1946), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing California's 9th congressional district (map) and is the first woman to represent that district. (invited); Alameda Mayor Ralph Appezzato; Leslie Rodgers, Regional Administrator, Federal Transit Administration (FTA FTA abbr. Future Teachers of America ); Richard Arthur Richard Arthur (25 October 1865 – 21 May 1932) was an Australian politician, social reformer and medical practitioner. Early life Arthur was born in Aldershot, England and educated at Dover College. , CyberTran; Michael J. Gage, President & CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , CALSTART; and other members of the project team. Visuals: The streamlined CyberTran vehicle will make its operational roll out along its new one-mile test track, with San Francisco as the background. It will also be available for inspection and boarding. Additional footage of the vehicle will be available on request. Background: Increases in air pollution and congestion--and a rapidly growing vehicle population driven more miles each year--makes finding solutions to personal transportation one of the most important challenges facing metropolitan areas. Rail cars in the CyberTran system are demand responsive-stopping only at stations where passengers order them. By utilizing computer control and "smart card" technology, they transport riders directly to their destinations at speeds of up to 150 MPH, bypassing intermediate stations and minimizing unnecessary stops. The 38-foot vehicles are designed to run down the median strip of a freeway or in other small areas. Light weight and smaller size means the cost of constructing the guideway, power systems, and stations needed to support the vehicles is up to 75% less than that of traditional light rail design. CyberTrans' proximity to Silicon Valley provides an important link to computer technology essential to the completion of the project. |
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