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Freight Transport:-

There have been many rapid transit proposals over the years. NONE that we have seen have included vehicles for the transport of freight or bulk materials.

The following is taken from the Executive Summary of the "Economic Significance of the Australian Logistics Industry" report prepared for The Australian Logistics Council by ACIL Allen Consulting and released in July 2014.

  1. Australia’s Logistics industry was estimated to account for 8.6 per cent of GDP, adding $131.6 billion to Australia’s economy in 2013.
  2. The Logistics industry is estimated to employ 1.2 million people.
  3. In 2011–12 BITRE estimated that the domestic freight task totalled almost 600 billion tonne kilometres —equivalent to about 26,000 tonne kilometres of freight moved for every person in Australia.
  4. An increase in Logistics total factor productivity of 1% is estimated to increase GDP by $2 billion. 

contran 40 

 

 

This ConTran 40 vehicle is for the transport of 40' 00" shipping containers.

It has a tractor unit each end with the container suspended between them. This arrangement allows the vehicle to negotiate small radius curves.

 

 

contran chassis 

 

 This shows the mechanical arrangement of the tractor unit. It has two complete drive trains resulting in each vehicle having four complete drive trains. The number of drive trains in operation during transit will be dependent on the load requirements existing at that particular time.

 

 

This layout gives rise to a great deal of flexibility for other requirements. For other purposes all that is required is a redesign of the middle section, retaining the standard tractor units each end.

contran 20

 

 

ConTran 20 for 20' 00" Shipping Containers

 

 

fueltran

 

 

 FuelTran for Fuel Transport

 

 

The transit time for containers on MonoCab VRT will be less than 50% of that for road transport with the cost being approximately 60%.

Hence, MonoCab VRT will give many times the 1% total productivity  factor mentioned in the ACIL ALLEN Consulting report.

stocker

 

 

Stocker for Livestock Transport

 

 

commuter

 

60 Seat Commuter for short distance (less than 100 km/60 miles) peak hour commuter traffic.

 

 

Large Intermodal Terminals:-

DON'T NEED THEM!!

There will be Mini Intermodal Terminals (MITS) in close proximity (within a few kilometres) of each industrial area.  There may be half a dozen or more in each city, dependent on its size and layout with each servicing perhaps three or four industrial areas. 

Each MITS will have the appropriate container handling equipment to quickly transfer containers between the MonoCab VRT ConTrans vehicles and trucks.

Once the container is loaded, the MonoCab VRT then transports the container automatically to the MITS nearest the destination client.

EXAMPLE:- Suppose a container arrives at the port in Brisbane destined for an importer in, say, Coffs Harbour.  Once the container is cleared by Customs etc., it is loaded onto a MonoCab VRT ConTrans and is whisked straight to a Coffs Harbour MITS with no stops or further handling.

Do you think this might provide a financial benefit to the importer?

Do you think this might provide a transport efficiency benefit?

Do you think this will reduce the number of container trucks on our highways?

The answer to all of these questions can only be YES!

 
 
 
 

During public displays of our MonoCab VRT model, we conduct a written survey (name, address and comments). We also ask respondents two questions:-

Would you like the MonoCab VRT rapid transit system in your community?

The Response:-

YES - 99.42%

We also ask them to rate the system out of 10:-

Average rating = 9.54/10

You Can't Get Much Better Than That!!

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