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MAKING A POINT

If it is built in the middle of the bridge needs to be placed only 12 feet Disembarking from one bus or train to
road. Two tracks, each six feet wide, above the platform. catch another is tedious for passengers,
moving in opposite directions make Irrespective of the length, whether made worse during the monsoons. But
up the Moving Road system. On either five kilometers or 50 kilometers, the passengers on the Moving Road need
side of these tracks, there will be two Moving Road will remain in continuous not suffer this trouble. The system city
platforms, about eight feet wide. On motion, like a vehicle. Speeds inside will be disconnected from each other,
each track above a pair of rail lines, will the city may reach between 20-60 km/ but the platforms will all be connected.
run plates admeasuring 72x30 inches. hr and in highway between 100-120 Passengers will be able to change from
Each plate will be fixed on the rail km/hr. The Moving Road will keep one Moving Road to another by using
system and will be fitted with two stopping for 5-10 seconds at intervals of the platform. There can be hundreds of
chairs. If there is a crowd, users can 1-3 minutes. The travelling speeds and routs in moving roads in a town but for
even stand beside the seats. For wind durations of stoppages of the Moving the convenience of the passengers there
proofing, fiber sheets may be attached Roads may vary from city to city and would be facilities of easy movements
to steel frames. The Moving Road will place to place, depending upon local
be covered with a roof. The extremities needs. from one platform to another under
of the platforms on either side will be Street junctions hinder the flows of the same shed. Irrespective of flooding,
fenced with steel railings. If need be, traffic. For ease of movement, flyovers the Moving Road will continue to move
some sections may be enclosed in are layered. In a two tier system, according to schedule.
acrylic sheets one Moving Road will over cross or The project will ensure mobility.
Passengers will be able to access the overpass another. A single tier system In many cities including Dhaka, the
platform of the Moving Road from the will envisage the Moving Road taking average speed of transportation has
footpaths of the streets using a system a U-turn after reaching a junction. At come down even below 10 kilometers
of stairs or escalators. Ticket counters junctions, Moving Roads will return in per hour. The project will help it increase
will be placed at points of entry. It will be U-turns. But roads for vehicles can’t be to 40 to 50 kilometers per hour.
better if access points for entering the u-turned because cars are essentially Since it will be run by electricity, air-
Moving Road are provided at intervals forward moving vehicles. Passengers pollution will go down to near zero.
of 200 meters along the footpaths. One will be able to alight at the point of
in every three over bridges should have u-turn and continue ahead on foot over The concept envisages parallel lanes
escalators to facilitate the movements the platform to get on the next Moving in the same direction, including lanes
of the aged, infirm or disabled. There Road. This structure is impossible when for bicycles and also walking tracks.
will be over bridges connecting the using cars. Therefore flyover systems Elevated walkway and bicycle lane will
Moving Roads on either side. This over use multiple tier overpasses. be free of dust and pollution.

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