People & cargo transit systems & vehicles

Abstract

People & Cargo Transit Systems & Vehicles (PCTSV), using Narrow Vehicles (NV), which can have the form of a Bus, Train, Tram, Maglev, Mono-Rail, even Car or Truck. A preferred version of which is Single Seat Wide, preferably a Bus type to need no Rail, using Dedicated Narrow Lanes adjacent to Curbside of existing intra-city streets or limits of inter-city roads. NV and Lane have Anti-Roll Over Means to stabilize such a narrow vehicle, which also eliminate NV Swaying even when NV is a Bus or Car with no inherent Sway Limiting. Being Ultra Narrow with No Sway and Running at Curbside results in Negligible or No Blocking of other vehicles by NV. Lane/Tack, Anti-Sway & Anti-Roll Structures all Allow being Run Over by other Traffic and have structures not to be damaged, thus can be crossed over at Crossroads and other entrances and exits along the Lane. NV has enough Doors and is Narrow, hence each Passenger can reach a seat or exit, with No Isle inside it to walk along. So it can have Low Profile, like a Sports Car. Hence it is easy to have Covered Trenches at cross roads for non-stop crossing. Trenches can run along most or all the Track, in which case adherence to streets and roads is relieved. Such Narrow and Shallow Trenches take a tiny fraction of time and costs of Skyways or Subways. Each Passenger thus can have her own door, own seat, in a small Cabin, which can be opened and closed to next Cabin, have reclining seats to join to that of next Cabin to sleep on, have laptop tray, etc. All those make PCTSV much more appealing to user's, even better than private transport. There are many Variations other than above. There is an NV Car for the last mile and or long distance use, which can integrate with NV Public Transit. Also modifications to NVs for use in Cargo and Parcel Transit.

1 . A transit system having a number of public roads for vehicles to transport loads such as goods and or passengers, where:
 at least some of said vehicles referred to here as narrow vehicles or NV(s), are chosen from a set having (a) those with tires running on the road surface off any load bearing rails, including at least cars, buses and trucks, and (b) those with wheels running inside channels on the road surface as in most streetcars;   at least one non load bearing rail fixed to said road along at least some of said NVs path;   at least one grabbing mechanism attached to the body of said NVs;   said grabbing mechanism grabbing one of said rails to prevent NV roll over;   said mechanism has rollers held close to said rail and free to roll when grabbing said rail; and   said rail has a letter I-beam cross section, vertically installed along the road, similar to a typical railway beam, said rollers are posed to remain close to or roll over the underside of the top horizontal section of said rail but off the vertical section of the beam, and   means to prevent damage to said rail at required locations, enabling other vehicles to run over said rail;   whereby said narrow vehicles can run at desired speed without roll over, said grabbing also limits swaying of said tire borne NVs, and said channel borne NVs, some known as streetcars, can use less balanced hence cheaper channels.   
     
     
         2 . Claim  1  where those of said NVs that carry passengers, have less than three seats per row, facing the direction of NV travel or the opposite, said NV is so narrow that two seats in same row occupies most of its width and those of said NVs that carry goods only are substantially the same width as said passengers versions. 
     
     
         3 . Claim  1  where those of said NVs that carry passengers, have less than two seats per row, facing the direction of NV travel or the opposite, said NV is so narrow that one seat in a row occupies most of its width and those of said NVs that carry goods only are substantially the same width as said passenger versions. 
     
     
         4 . Claim  1  where on at least part of at least some of said roads, all NVs are tire borne, whereby no channels are needed and the only infrastructure added to the road is said anti roll rail. 
     
     
         5 . Claim  1  where said NV path is adjacent to a curb or side walk of said road. 
     
     
         6 . Claim  1  where at least some of said roads have more than one lane and the path of said NVs is between two neighbouring lanes, vacating the interior of at least one of said neighbouring lanes for vehicles other than NVs. 
     
     
         7 . Claim  1  where at least part of at least some of said NVs have a flatbed structure to receive and transport carriers that carry said loads from and to any stop at which said NVs load or unload. 
     
     
         8 . Claim  7  where at least some of said carriers have means to drive both the front and rear of the vehicle simultaneously sideways, whereby they can drive onto said flatbeds without back and forth movement. 
     
     
         9 . Claim  7  where at least some of said flatbeds have trays, each tray with means to position said tray for one of said carriers to drive onto the tray and to reposition same tray to fit in said NV, whereby a carrier longer than NV width can move on and off a tray to enter and exit the NV. 
     
     
         10 . Claim  1  where at least some NV's have at least two passenger entry and exit access for each row of seats, each access at a different side of said NV. 
     
     
         11 . Claim  1  with at least one trench like tunnel at a cross road via which said NVs run, said tunnel are laid with their bottoms no higher than road surface, said road is ramped up to over said tunnels, which ramps direct and enable some traffic to cross over the tunnel. 
     
     
         12 . Claim  1  with at least one bridge over a crossroad along the path of at least some NVs via which said NVs can avoid stopping at said crossroads. 
     
     
         13 . Claim  1  where at least some NV's have passenger seats shaped to seat a passenger tilted lower than upright sitting, even stretched sleeping, whereby said tunnel's height can be reduced, said ramps can be low rise, bottom of at least some of said tunnels can be above and avoid selected underground utility pipes, and or said said tunnels need not be dug into the road but on the road surface. 
     
     
         14 . Claim  1  where at least some NVs have passenger seats with means to raise at least some of said seats for any passenger to sit on or leave said seats when entry and exit and means for lowering said seats. 
     
     
         15 . Claim  1  where at least some of the NVs have dividers between at least some of adjacent seats, creating cabins, each cabin for one or more passengers. 
     
     
         16 . Claim  15  where said dividers are removable to merge cabins, whereby a longer cabin is formed which can hold reclining seat for sleeping. 
     
     
         17 . Claim  1  where said anti roll rails have means to protect them from damage of being run over by vehicles, one such means is a wedge or ramp on at least on side of at least some sections of the rail that are likely to be run over, which ramps rising higher than the top of the I-beam. 
     
     
         18 . Claim  1  where a wall is effected along at least one side of at least some sections of said NV paths. 
     
     
         19 . Claim  1  where at least some sections of at least some NV paths have means to feed power to NVs. 
     
     
         20 . Claim  1  where at least some NVs have load entry and or exits on both sides of NV width.