Overall running costs per pod per month.
- $250-300 (service+energy) and $500-650 (with staffing+10% overheads)
Safety issues especially regards drunks or drug addicts.
- any missbehavior or vandalism will result in pod being redirected automatically to the nearest police station (with monitoring evidence recorded)
Safety regards female and unknown males in an enclosed environment with no supervision, and no one to intervene.
- since there is NO SHARING of rides with STRANGERS, there is no such possibility. PRT is an INDIVIDUAL (like taxi or private car) mode of transit. Stops are also monitored. Nobody can join the ride, as there are NO INTERMEDIATE STOPS.
The event of one person per pod making the system un productive.
- just the opposite ! Average of 1,5 persons per pod (as in private cars) but NO STOPPING during trip, with average travel speed of 45-70 km/h makes system VERY PRODUCTIVE.
Keeping the pods clean and the cost of monitoring all units.
- cost of monitoring is small, as the security cameras and hard drives for recording video are VERY CHEAP, while pods are cleaned daily by automated cleaning stations, since the interior is very simple, uncluttered and yet comfortable.
Insurance costs of an unknown product bearing in mind liability risks for equipment and persons.
- Once the certification is obtained the system reliability and risks will be confirmed. And because they will be much smaller than for cars or any other transport, therefore insurance will not be amajor cost.
User Life cycle of the pods and running equipment.
- pods lifecycle is estimated at 3 years, infrastructure at 20 years.
Cost of contingency in the event of major break down of service.
- there cannot be any major breakdown of service because each element of the system is redundant and all stops are accessible by different routes and from 2 directions. Failure of one or several pods (stoppage on the guideway) will not affect other pods and network sections. Much less prone to any major breakdown than any other transit systems, as all the pods know immediately which network node is blocked and will automatically select a different route, avoiding the problem area (something that cannot be done by cars, trains or buses). Power failurie does not prevent pods from reaching destination stops on their own battery backup power.
Rescue costs including compensation in the event of breakdown.
- pod breakdown cost on the guideway are minimal and similar to the lift being stuck for ½ hour. No compensation is envisaged, as it is not for lifts, buses, trams or subway, since we are talking about ½ hour at the most.
Vandalism issues on pods and equipment.
- covered by insurance but unlikely since the pods, stops, guideways are constantly monitored by cameras wnd material recorded in case of such acts. It is already well known that the cameras in public areas are the most effective deterent against vandalism.
Set up costs per km average.
Running costs per km.
- running – 4-6 cents (energy + service), total operating – 8-15 cents (energy, service, staff +10%)
Service costs per km.
Planning costs per km.
Weather extremes regards snow but especially build up of ice in running gear, and cable systems.
- MISTER has NO CABLE SYSTEMS ! As for ice and snow this is NOT A PROBLEM at all, because guideways and all relevant gear are maintained by service pods. Frequent usage of the system by pods (avery 1,5 sec duting peak times) also prevents ice and snow settling on guideways or moving parts. Other means are proprietary.
In the event of pods being inhabitable when docked what provision is there for use of other units.
- any of other waiting pods can be used immediately while the unusable one sent back to service depo.
Records show that in some cable car pods, many assaults and robberies take place what safety
provision can be put in place.
- see above, but this is NOT AN ISSUE with MISTER, as pods are used for individual travel or by people who know each other and they cannot be boarded or “jumped into” by such offenders. Constant monitoring is also a most effective deterent.
Condensation and heating problems regards design of the pods, and waterproofing regards design against precipitation.
Finally set up time for the system in general on average per km.
- depends on the production capacity but is expected to be several km per month per city.
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