"Rabbit Rail" commuter light rail and city to city rail systems

Abstract

“RABBIT RAIL” is a light rail system that uses standard commuter busses which are fitted with railroad wheels that can be lowered, so the bus can run on railroad tracks or raised to run on roads. Present light rail systems require commuters to drive to a rural rail station where they board a railcar. They are then taken into the city station where they must now find other transportation to get to work. “RABBIT RAIL” travels on rural roads to where the commuter lives. The bus then drives to the nearest rail-on/off siding, where it lowers the rail wheels. It then drives on the rails into the city with no stops. In the city, the bus pulls onto another rail-on/off siding and raises the rail wheels. The bus then drives onto the city streets to take the commuters to where they work all on the same “RABBIT RAIL” bus. This is called door to door service and that is what commuters want.

1 . A commuter system to transport people from one location to another in a single vehicle that can travel on both roads and railroad rails  
   
   
       2 . The system in  claim 1  would use a vehicle to transport people in volume using attached railroad wheels that can be raised or lowered for railroad track use or road and street use to transport people from one location to another.  
   
   
       3 . The system in  claim 1  for longer distances would use government approved enclosed rail cars that standard buses would drive into with passengers on board and be taken from city to city by locomotive where the bus would then drive from the rail car and take the passengers to their final destination.