VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

SKYWAYELEVATED TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMPLEX

1SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

2SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

PROJECTIMPLEMENTATION

SkyWay Technologyis being implemented

in the town of Maryina Gorka(Republic of Belarus)

Urban and cargotransport

is undergoing tests

Design andconstruction

of high-speed trackis in progress

SKYWAY TECHNOLOGY –LOW CAPEX

CAPEX, MLN USD/KM

90

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

100

Subw

ay

MRT

S

Mon

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Tram

Cabl

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Mag

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Road

trans

port

SkyW

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Railw

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150

110

120

130140

Hig

h-sp

eed

elev

ated

road

high strength and durability COMPOSITE STRING RAIL –

much lighter and cheaper than conventional solutions

STRING RAIL OVERPASSOF SPECIAL DESIGN

to build a solid roadway NO NEED

365 mln 31 mln 1 mln 50,400 840 14

Headway from 2 seconds(from 50 meters)

Small size vehicles

Passenger trafficmore than 1 mln people/day

Automated control system

4SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

SKYWAY CARRYING CAPACITY

passengersper year

passengersper month

passengersper day

passengersper hour

passengersper minute

passengersper second

0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000

SkyWay

5SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

CARRYING CAPACITYCOMPARED TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Cableway

Tram

Bus

Monorail

MRTS

Subway

PASSENGERS / PEAK HOUR

0 20 40 60 80 100 140 160120

Skyway

SPEEDURBAN TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Average speed

Max. speed

Cableway

Tram

Bus

Monorail

MRTS

Subway

SPEED, KM/H

Low aerodynamic resistance

Automated control system

Minimum headway

Isolated overpass structure

Special design of steel rail and steel wheel

SKYWAY

7SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

SKYWAY VS. CABLEWAY

CABLEWAY

21.6 km/h (6 m/s)

2–5 km

Motor drives both cable and cars

Complete replacement of cableseach 6–8 years

SPEED

TRACK LENGTH

PRINCIPLE OFMOVEMENT

SERVICE LIFE

Up to 150 km/h (incity)

300 km and more

Steel-wheeled automotive

Track structure – 50–100 years,rolling stock – 25 years

SKYWAY VS. SUBWAY

SUBWAY SKYWAY

8SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

from $100 mln/km

110 km/h

32–42 km/h

2–8 minutes

More than 40 years

Individual track, tunneled,underground stations

Train – from 5 coachesfor 100 passengers and more each.Platform length is more than 100 m.

$5–7 mln/km

Individual track integratedinto urban architecture

2-seat unibikes, 6-seat unicars,24-seat unibuses

150 km/h

70–80 km/h

15-20 sec (min. 2 sec)

5–7 years

Platform length from 6 m.

CAPEX

DESIGN COMPLEXITY

ROLLING STOCKPASSENGER CAPACITY

MAX. SPEED

AVERAGE SPEED

HEADWAY

PAYBACK PERIOD

CARGO TRANSPORT

DELIVERY TERM AND COST

SkyWay

9SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Airplane

Delivery term

Ship

Roadtrain

RailwayDel

iver

y co

st

10

UNITRANS VS. CONVEYOR

CONVEYOR UNITRANS

from 2.4 cents/t-km

5–10 кm

up to 10%

1.5-4.0 m/s (up to 14 km/h)

up to 2 years

Transportationcost

Length

Slope

Speed

Belt service life

up to 0.6 cents/t-km

up to 500 km

up to 15% (up to 30% at special design)

5-10 m/s (up to 36 km/h)

up to 25 years

SkyW

ay

SkyW

ay

SkyW

ay

11SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION

OPERATION COSTSCONSTRUCTION COSTS

Railw

ay

Road

way

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Railw

ay

Road

way

Railw

ay

Road

way

5–15 %

5–15 %

5–10 %

5–10 %

30–45 %

10–15 %

10–20 %

30–50 %

12SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Salary saving due to ACS

Cost saving due to reducedpower consumption

Lower maintenanceand repair costs

LOW OPEXSKYWAY

COST DIAGRAMPASSENGER TRANSPORT

COST DIAGRAM

2–5 TIMES OPEX SAVINGin comparison with conventional

transport systems

Salary

Fuel

Depreciation

Other

SkyW

ay

13SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Innovativetechnical solutions

Low aerodynamicresistance

Steel rails andsteel wheels

Energy recoveryduring braking

Possibility of usingrenewable energy

LOW POWERCONSUMPTION

Road

tran

spor

t

Air t

rans

port

Cabl

eway

Railw

ay

Mag

lev

14SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

SKYWAY – DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY AND COMMUNICATION

The string rail structure provides

the development of energy

and information networks

in road construction

STEEL RAIL HEAD

FILLER

RAIL BODY

UTILITY PIPELINE (power lines, communication, other)

STRING(Bundle of pre-stressed steel wires)

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

SkyW

ay

HIGHESTSAFETY LEVEL

ACCIDENT RATE

Subw

ay

MRT

S

Mon

orai

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Bus

Tram

Cabl

eway

Elevatedtrack

Anti-derailmentsystem

Automated controlsystem

High anti-terroristand anti-vandalism

protection

1,250 %

1,000 %

750 %

500 %

250 %

0 %

SkyW

ay

16SKYWAY VS. OTHER TYPES OF TRANSPORT

Emissionreduction

Minimumfootprint

Cost saving Natureconservation

Mon

orai

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Mag

lev

Railw

ayCar

SUSTAINABILITY

ENVIRONMETAL POLLUTION

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