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Index

• The future of transportation

• The Futran System

• South African examples

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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

MineFutran 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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Futran OreVeyor Video

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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 variablesScanario > 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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Proposal for Cape Town

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The Future of

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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 ShakaInternational Ballito

Extra track: 70kmExtra stations: 45Extra 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 ShakaInternational

UmdlotiLa Merci

TongaatBeach 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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Johannesburg: ORT to Lanseria route

Distance: 150km

Stations: 275

Pods: 5 250

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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: [email protected]

Mobile: +27 83 995 8231

Together we will make it happen!