Show novel transportation plan for big cities ITT T irk I 1 a IT f 4 tl via r 1 00 lit J I 1 12 vp A iris d 2101 A J V M ig OV 0 t 4 f chere Is another signal gates on the express open and the passengers pass into the express for the major portion of their trip at the end of 10 seconds bif these gates close the local starts slow j 4 14 ing down for another stop and the express increases its speed to 22 miles in hour until it time to slow down tor for I 1 ol of lu ill large cities depends ou having lift crem levels ut of travel and continuous movement experts have been studying the problem for or i many years and now one of them norman Isor ninn wilson sillier a westinghouse We engineer has evolved the lie dillway system the illustration shows how it would appear if constructed high above the streets running from one to the next and on glass gir covered bridges across the open spaces As all indicated by the name dame it Is an arrangement of two awn vehicles continuous trains or belts of cars running on parallel tracks with a stationary loading platform aann alos its entire course passengers are not required to go to stated stations they can board the first or local train at any point and it stops every 50 seconds for 10 seconds the maximum wait Is 40 seconds when a gong sounds gates close and the local platform starts moving when it attains a speed ot of 17 miles an hour the second or limited train has slowed slow eto to exactly that speed itier tiu aifer flie express moves continuously all stations ciati ons tire are controlled from one central control point and the entire system starts stops signals gates and speeds are so timed and synchronized that operation Is infallible with seats per mile of train the e express traveling at tin nn average speed of 20 miles an hour hoar carries can lea spats seats past any given point every hour rut put three seats on each local car and you lac increase Tease this number to seats an hour asked to explain the motive power air storer said we dunt dont drive through the wheels at all axles carry longitudinal T rails the flanges of which run between vertical shaft rollers or drive wheels at power stations located every 1000 feet along the route these stations are like stationary locomotives and are in pits beneath the tracks sets of motors propel the drive wheels which are pressed against the flanges of the T rails it Is purely an adhesion drive |