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Monday, 30th September 2013: Business & policy Dialogue

Tuesday 1 October to Thursday, 3rd October: Academic and Policy Dialogue

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ENDORSING PARTNERS

The following are confirmed contributors to the business and policy dialogue in Sydney:

• Rick Sawers (National Australia Bank)

• Nick Greiner (Chairman (Infrastructure NSW)

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A feasible pathway for Australia’s next

infrastructure paradigm

Presented by: Dr Trevor Chorvat, Independent Researcher, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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Fully automated transport for people and goods

ZOOMA – A FEASIBLE PATHWAY FOR AUSTRALIA’S NEXT INFRASTRUCTURE

PARADIGM

Dr Trevor Chorvat ( [email protected] ) Independent Researcher, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

and Dr Keith Bramma

Bureau of Transport Statistics, Sydney, Australia

OBJECTIVE

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• To show that the proposed solution – Zooma – is • a feasible paradigm-shift pathway • warrants funding to a stage where Zooma can be examined on its merits in

any global city’s metropolitan urban transport and land use planning strategy • Structure of presentation

• the energy and transport context in which Zooma fits • explain what Zooma is • compare Zooma to other modes • apply Zooma to Sydney to illustrate feasibility

ENERGY AND TRANSPORT CONTEXT


①Energy sources from non-renewable to renewable

②Fossil-fuel use from extensive to zero

③Concentrated linear routing to distributed parallel routing

④Access proximity of transport from area-to-area to point-to-point

⑤Shared use of transport vehicles from limited to extensive

⑥Digital integration into transport from limited to deep

⑦Vehicle control from manual to automated

⑧Use of transport-dedicated people time from high to low

⑨ Land dedicated to transport from high to low

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WHAT IS ZOOMA ?


• Zooma consists of:

• a new transport mode called Gazelle

• a functional interface called the Super Postal Service • Gazelle is:

• an elevated tube in every street, access lifts every 60 metres (200 feet)

• small light vehicles (plats) carrying 4 or 6 passengers, or 2 pallets of freight

• plats glide on an air cushion and propelled by a linear motor

• self-reliant on renewable energy (solar panels), with 1 month energy storage

• energy efficient and fully automated

• Super Postal Service is:

• software that is accessed via a smart-phone app, computer, internet

• a suite of transport and logistic functions that orchestrate Gazelle

• responsibility and care of passengers and freight

IS ZOOMA ENERGY EFFICIENT ?


GAZELLE ENERGY USE


WILL ZOOMA WORK IN PRACTICE ?


• Examine Zooma for • volume feasibility • pricing feasibility • economic feasibility

• Mid-sized global city — Sydney

MID-SIZED GLOBAL CITY — SYDNEY


• Population — 4.6 million • Private vehicle numbers — 2.6 million • Passenger transport

• Average weekday trips — 16.5 million • Average trip length — 11 km ( 7 miles ) • Dominant mode — road 68% of average weekday travel

• Freight transport • Average weekday task — 13 million tonne-km (9 million ton-miles)

• Road network — 21,000 kilometres (13,000 miles)

CAN ZOOMA FULFILL THIS TRANSPORT TASK ?


• Zooma sized to cope with 2050 volumes for Sydney (pop 7.3 mil)

• 23 million passenger trips per day

• 50 million tonne-kilometres of freight per workday (34 million ton-miles)

• Zooma’s peak capacity — 4.6 million passenger trips per hour • How?

• Use of distributed parallel track network • Global optimised routing • High occupancy rate — near 100% • High average speed — 80 km/hr ( 50 mph ) • High volume track can be bi-directional

• More network capacity can be attained by using more plats — up to a point • Dynamic pricing to spread traffic load in a globally co-ordinated way so

congestion is avoided

CAN ZOOMA COMPETE ?


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IS ZOOMA ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE ?


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GAZELLE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS


Item A$ billion Solar panels 15 Flywheel Energy Storage 12 Ultra-capacitor Energy Storage 16 Linear Motor 21 Electricity distribution (cables) 7 Track Structure 19 Track Enclosure 17 Switches/Merges 2 Electrical power switching & control 9 Air Compressors 2 Access Points 20 Plats (vehicles) 3 Service Centres 1 Air Quality Points 4 Computer centres 4

Total Network Cost (A$billion) 152

Based on a 21,000 kilometre city network — Sydney

A$7.5 million per kilometre (A$12 million per mile)

CONCLUSION


• The proposed solution – Zooma – is a feasible paradigm-shift pathway • fully-automated transport • digitally integrated • self-reliant in renewable energy • carries both passengers and freight • congestion-free • price competitive • economically feasible

• Zooma needs funding support from any interested parties!

• prove the novel compressor concept • develop Zooma to prototype stage • refine feasibility analysis