Mechanism to facilitate mass transportation that is energy efficient, needs lighter civil construction, addresses last mile connectivity and can act as feeder to other mass rapid transport systems

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An overarching assembly of ideas that form components for a mass transport system that –
1. Is multifold Energy Efficient relative to present day mass transport arrangement
2. Has Lighter infrastructure to convey the moving parts
3. Has Autonomous pallets for moving the passengers
4. Has Multi-lanes over which moving pallets are conveyed, with a speed gradient
5. Has mechanism for injecting the pallet riding passengers (active mass) from stand-still on to
entry lane and thereon to higher speed lanes. The same mechanism would also move the
passenger carrying pallet transition back to lower speed lanes and on to exit lane, from where
the pallet enters the disembarking zone
6. Has an assembly of sensor actuated electric motors that act as prime movers for conveying the
pallets across the motors’ zone of locomotion
7. Has means to handle curved paths
8. Has the capability to handle stalled objects in front of the lane
9. Has an on-board decision making system that autonomously or in sync with central command
system, to respond to events
10. Has the scaling capacity to accommodate greater volumes of passenger movement on pallets,
by building out n-number of decks having similar multi-speed lanes
11. Has an assembly of tubular shapes over which the pallets roll and the tubular shapes themselves
activated by the electric motors
12. Has an assembly of electric motors that together provide high levels of reliability, even if
member electric motors break down. An assembly that will facilitate rapid swapping of electric
motors when the active motor breaks down
13. A stock holding algorithm and mechanism for storing & sourcing pallets at various boarding
points
Elaboration
1. Multifold Energy Efficiency will be gained by moving out the prime-mover from the transported
unit. There shall be no onboard prime-mover that provides locomotion to the pallet. Thus the
loaded pallet weight which includes passenger weight and self-weight of the pallet becomes the
only load to be conveyed. The prime-mover in the form of electric motor shall be positioned in
the same place & rotates the tubes/cylinders around their axis, when the pallet comes up. The
electric motor and its set of rotating tubes turn off when the pallet has passed by and when
there are no other upcoming pallets.
2. The dynamic mass would be the loaded pallet weight. The stationary mass would be the
assembly of electric motors and the set of axial rotation tubes that are activated by the electric
motor. Also included in the stationary mass is the covering canopy top to provide protection
against natural elements, platform where passengers ingress/egress and other necessary
structures. The civil engineering shall account for these major contributors of load elements. As
the traffic picks up, the structure should be capable of supporting multiple layers of such static
and dynamic loads

2. 3. The pallet shall have an onboard processor that gets controls the lateral motion of the pallet. It
shall be capable of downloading and processing the journey path and computes the optimal
lane to pick for efficiently moving the passenger to the destination at the shortest time possible.
It shall also have the capability to link up with the central command, take over-riding
instructions from the command, in situations where orchestration of pallets is needed to
address a conveyance situation. In consort with lateral motion and forward motion mechanism,
the pallet’s processor will have the ability to switch lanes, reduce forward velocity or to entirely
stop on the tracks