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Marshall Brain & Seth Hollar EcoPRT Revolutionary Transportation

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Marshall Brain & Seth Hollar

EcoPRT Revolutionary Transportation

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Disruption...

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$2 Trillion...

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Benefits...

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Introducing

EcoPRT...

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Key Differentiators

for EcoPRT...

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1 Lightweight, low cost guideway Target: $1 million/mile

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2 Lightweight,

inexpensive 1 or 2 person vehicles

Target: $10,000

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3 Small footprint guideway - Use existing rights of way

- Fits anywhere

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ecoPRT Toyota Camry Bus Light Rail 9 x 11 ft 3 x 5.5 ft

100,000 lbs

6 x 5 ft

32,000 lbs

1,000 lbs

8.5 x 9.5 ft

3,600 lbs

Comparing Footprint and Weight

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4 Convenience: - Point to point, no stops

- Vehicles always ready

- 24x7

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5 Entrepreneurial Fare can be covered by per-mile charge

Fare reimburses cost of infrastructure over time

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6 Incubate at NCSU - Fill the "Future Rapid Transit Corridor"

- Significant traffic

- Easier right of way acquisition

- Receptive audience

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Civil Engineering Senior Design: ecoPRT at NCSU

Credited to CE400, Spring 2014. Michael Corwin, Rob Pattillo, Briana Phillips, Andy Wagner, NCSU

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Prototype

Doug Henry, Travis Hill and MAE 496 Team

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7 NCSU as a seed - Market forces drive expansion

- Many sites need circulators

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Meetings: Executive Director of Regional

Transportation Alliance

Transportation Manager, City of

Raleigh

Transportation Manager, City of LA

Director of Transportation, NCSU

CEO of Kane Realty (North Hills)

Division Director, Transportation

Initiatives, Advanced Energy

ATN San Jose Workshop

Kimley-Horn and Associates

Director, planning of NC CAMPO

Wake County Planning

Vice President of RTP

University Architects and Capital Management at NCSU

Engineering and Design at NCSU

Podcar City Conference

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Ready for Lift Off NCSU needs system like this and has already allocated a route on its Master Plan

Greater community involvement

Corporate Partnerships