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The traffic problems in Africa are worse than in
most other places on the planet
• In 2012 the World Bank calculated
that Cairo loses an estimated $8
billion annually to traffic congestion.
• In 2015, the population of Lagos
surpassed Cairo's to become the
biggest city in Africa.
• Kinshasa-Brazzaville is predicted to
become Africa’s largest, and the
world’s 11th largest, city by 2025.
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And by 2050, African cities will have 3 citizens for
every 1 they have today!
Africa’s rate of urbanization soared
from 15% in 1960 to 40% in 2010, and is
projected to reach 60% in 2050 (UN
Habitat 2010), while the population will
double between now and 2050
In 2015 the African urban
population was standing at 400
million people.
In the next 35 years, that
number will climb by a
staggering 800 million people!
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Let us put African urbanization growth into
perspective…
The urbanised population
of China is projected to
reach 800 million people
sometime in 2017!
In the next 35 years, that
number is expected to
climb by only 200 million
people
Currently, African cities do not cope with population growth and will
have to be re-fitted just to handle their current populations.
On top of this, Africa only has 35 years to build the
equivalent of every single city in the whole of China!
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Globally, Automated Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
is seen as the future of public transportation
PRT, also referred to as podcars, is a public transport mode featuring small
automated vehicles operating on a network of specially built guideways
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Various forms of driverless, automated PRT systems
are being developed or deployed around the world
Confined Tube based Dedicated Road Bus
Open Road Bus
Open Road Taxi
Ground level guideway
Elevated guideway
Suspended guideway
7 Main forms of
Automated Pods
for public
transportation
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Suspended PRT podcars however hold the
greatest promise for low cost, mass transit
Skytran example
Mister example
Metrino example
Beamways example
Jpods example
Supraways example
OpenPRT
example
• Use existing right of way
• Easier control system
• Nothing can block the track
• Lower track cost
• No traffic disruptions
• Retain use of land below
• Run into buildings
• Easily Crosses rivers, roads etc.
• Massive solar power real estate
• Snow, rain, mud immune
• Enhanced passenger safety
• Enhanced pedestrian safety
• Higher throughput
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The Wuppertal Suspended bus system has been
operational since 1901!
Unlike PRT, this system uses drivers, are not automated, run on schedule, stop
at every station and cannot operate 24 hours per day
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Mitsubishi deployed a very successful system in two
Japanese cities over the past 35 years
Similar to the Wuppertal system, this is a bus system and not an automated PRT
system, but still its benefits are significant
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Similarly, the Siemens designed H-Bahn bus system in
Dortmund and Dusseldorf is running very successfully
This is also a bus system and not an automated PRT system
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The Mexican government invested in the creation
of their own suspended PRT system
OEM Online City México: Given the mobility problems that occur in
Mexico City, Urban Transport High Custom (TUEP), whose prototype
project was funded by the Ministry of Science, Technology and
Innovation (SECITI), can be a complementary system to public
transport such as Metro and Metrobus, due to its low cost of
operation and maintenance.
SECITI argued that it should begin running in Polanco-Santa Fe, an
area with a high population growth and mobility problems.
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The competition to launch the public
transportation system of the future is now on!
SKYTRAN; LAGOS, NIGERIA APRIL 21, 2016
skyTran® Inc., headquartered at NASA Research
Park and NataZone Ltd. announced their intention
to build a 40+ KM system in Lagos, Nigeria... It
provides skyTran with an important foothold in the
awakening Africa transportation sector, and joins
other skyTran initiatives in India, Israel, France, and
the USA.
JPODS
In April 2016 Bill James (JPods) negotiated $70 m
equity and $600m project financing for JPOD PRT
systems in China and the USA…
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Latest announcements of clients that are ready
to procure
• India, New Delhi, 6 October 2016: The government will
soon implement the Personal Rapid Transit or Metrino
project in the National Capital Region, Transport
Minister Nitin Gadkari said. The pilot project, which will
cost (US$ 200 million), have a 12.3-km track, 13 stations
and 1 100 pods.
• Abu Dhabi, 14 January 2017: Abu Dhabi’s renewable
energy company Masdar is inviting selected industry
specialists to develop the next phase of the driverless
vehicle transit network serving its flagship sustainable
urban development Masdar City.
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South America – Mass transit cable carts
This new wave of urban chairlift construction kicked
off in Medellín, Colombia, which introduced the new
system to serve underprivileged hilltop
neighbourhoods. Soon, the idea caught on across
Latin America, and cable cars began hauling
passengers in major cities such as Caracas,
Manizales, Rio de Janeiro, and most recently La Paz,
Bolivia.
3000 people
per hour per
line.
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The South African developed Futran System is the
leading suspended PRT system in the world
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The first Futran System mining site is going live in January
2018
For this client, we have to haul 350 000 tons of coal per
month over 2.7 kms, across a road and a railway line,
at a much reduced rate to that of a trucking solution…
Elandspruit
Mine
Futran Track
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The Futran system was tested and improved on an
external track of approximately 1km outside Brits
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Nutrans (moving units) that can each carry up to 12 tons
of ore are used to carry both ore and waste
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The core of the mobile unit (Nutran) is the motorised bogie
with its slave bogies from which the skips are attached
The Nutran consists of the motorised bogie that clamps to the track
between the top drive wheel and the bottom clamping wheels, four
slave bogies arranged in 2 groups, directional rollers forcing it to run
on the track, air brakes to supplement the regenerating brakes and
two attachment arms to attach the skips to.
Slave
bogies
Attachment
arm
Attachment
arm
Motorised
bogie
Air brakes
Directional
rollers
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The same Futran core technology is shared
between mining systems and public transit systems
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Futran people pods are 6 to 8 seater units that are
designed to add to the architecture of a city
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5 to 8 door stations will be positioned all along a public
transport network to enable easy access from anywhere
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Pods that do not need to stop at a station merely
run past them to the station where they need to be
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Public transit funded by the private sector and
running at a profit!?
• The technology was developed to allow low cost
public transportation that can run at a profit!
• Our model is to deploy the public transit systems, in
collaboration and partnership with local authorities,
using private sector funding, and then operating them
at a profit without subsidization from the state or local
authorities
The objective is to enable low cost, safe, reliable,
environmentally friendly public transportation for the
poorest of the poor!
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Bookings and payment can be made using one
of three systems
1. Mobile phone app
The preferred payment and booking
method where you register your phone,
credit card and personal details for easy
payment and booking
2. Station based kiosk
Station based kiosks will be available for
instances where people do not have time to
download the app, or do not understand it,
or prefer credit card payments over online
payments
3. Pre-loaded access
card
Pre-loaded cards can be purchased at the
kiosks, but will also be available from travel
agents and hotels, especially for foreign
visitors and cruise liner passengers
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As a public transit system, a single lane Futran track
throughput is higher than that of two lane highway
Track throughput given different variables
Scanario > 1 2 3 4 5 5 POD TRAINS 8 POD TRAINS
Speed (km/h) 40 45 50 55 60 50 50
Headway (Secs) 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1.5 1.5
Average People per pod 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 5 6
Maximum efficiency 70% 75% 80% 85% 90% 75% 85%
Meters per second 11.1 12.5 13.9 15.3 16.7 13.9 13.9
Headway 38.9 37.5 34.7 30.6 25 20.8 20.8
Pods per hour 1029 1200 1440 1800 2400 3600 4100
Single track throughpout 2 880 4 050 5 760 8 415 12 960 13 500 20 910
Double track throughput 5 760 8 100 11 520 16 830 25 920 27 000 41 820
People per hour
The peak capacity of the
N2 highway to Durban is
less than 2400 vehicles
per hour
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Why the excitement?
IN THE REAL WORLD, urban necessities are NOT close to each other and people and
goods have to travel between destinations by car, bus or taxi
Specialised Shopping
Offices
Warehousing
High Income
Residential
Low Income
Residential
Restaurants
Mall Shopping
Entertainment
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With the Futran Podcar System, distance becomes
almost irrelevant
WITH THE FUTRAN SYSTEM, urban necessities are within minutes of each other, making
it the same as if you walked there if they were right next to each other!
Specialised Shopping
Offices
Warehousing
High Income
Residential
Low Income
Residential
Restaurants
Mall Shopping
Entertainment
5 Minutes
8 Minutes
4 Minutes 12 Minutes
16 Minutes
10 Minutes
6 Minutes
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Green technology: It is easy to deploy large solar
systems on top of the Futran System track
The tracks are
suspended in the air
and the pods do not run
on top of them, so the
space is available for
solar panels, making it
possible to deploy the
system as an
Independent Power
Producer generating up
to 1MW of electricity per
kilometre of track
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Environmentally friendly
• With a VERY small footprint on the ground, the system
makes little impact on the environment
• Rivers, streams, wetlands, valleys, hills can be
traversed easily and with little impact
• Animals, agriculture, wildlife and natural vegetation
will not be disturbed by the units moving overhead
• The track is sleek and visually appealing
• Piling can be used to limit the footprint on the ground
even more
With its small footprint and height above the ground, the
Futran System will have very little impact on the
environment
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Environmentally friendly: Environmental awards
The Futran System won the 2016 South African World Wildlife
Foundation Climate Solver award for the technology that holds
the promise of making the biggest impact on carbon reduction
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Durban Phase 1A: By deploying a Futran Podcars
track in Durban, tourists would not need rental cars
20 km track
40 stations
720 pods
<R10 per trip
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PHASE 1B: It is sensible to link Durban to Ballito, the
airport and Umhlanga with the Futran track
Umhlanga
Durban
King Shaka
International Ballito
Extra track: 70km
Extra stations: 45
Extra pods: 1 000
The extension of the track network will integrate the region and take a lot of
cars off the road! Tourists will not need rental cars any longer.
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PHASE 1B: Between Durban and Umhlanga, various
shopping centres can be linked to the track
Durban
North Hyper
La Lucia
Checkers
Dbn North
Gateway
Umhlanga
By linking Durban to Gateway and Umhlanga, not only does the traffic
increase dramatically, but a range of shops and malls and hotels are
linked to the track, making it easy to travel and shop between Durban
and Umhlanga.
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PHASE 1B: By linking King Shaka airport and Ballito to
Durban, a lot of tourists can now easily access Durban
King Shaka
International
Umdloti
La Merci
Tongaat
Beach Zimbali
Balito
The more affluent tourists from Zimbali and Balito will now be able to
travel to the airport, Durban and Umhlanga at low cost, quickly and
safely, opening up increased commerce opportunity for the region
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Hotel passes for Tourists!
• Hotels will be offered special rates for private pod
travel of 100km per guest per day (i.e. R40 per guest
per day)
• These rates can be included in the hotel room rate to
make travel free of charge for the guest when using
their room key card
• Guests will be entertained and given city information
in their own language
Free travel in private pods for hotel guests
anywhere along the track!
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Benefits to RSA and Cape Town in a nutshell
1. Tourism enhancement
2. Local manufacturing in KZN
3. Direct job creation
4. Formal job creation enhancement
5. Informal job creation enhancement
6. No job losses
7. Green technology (solar driven)
8. Environmentally friendly
9. Safe transportation
10. Stimulus for economic revival
11. Others
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Imagine a future where…
8h00 ON A MONDAY MORNING
• Fourways to Sandton = 8 minutes
• Midrand to CBD = 15 minutes
• Soweto to Randburg = 15 minutes
• Roodepoort to Sandton = 12 minutes
• Lanseria to Lenasia = 25 minutes
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The End
Andries Louw (Director)
Mail: Andries@Milotek.co.za
Mobile: +27 83 995 8231
Together we will make it happen!
