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The following report attributed to PTI is still in the archives of rediff.com (see at the end of this post). As Dr. Samir Kelekar says, the responsibility lies with those who did the 'tests' and they should not go scott-free. Read on or visit: http://www.konkanrailway.com/website/ehtm/sky_bus.htm "Aesthetic and eco-friendly, the Sky Bus can never derail, capsize nor collide - by design as well as by construction, hence is safer than existing rail-based system." A little search to confirm this took me to the following note - text on msn.com My dear friend, Welcome to an opportunity to work together to create value in society. We believe the development of infrastructure should meet the minimum criteria that the resultant unit cost of service should be lower than proir to execution of the project, while improving the quality of service. Technology break through and our core strength of intellectual wealth and humane approach , sensitive to the interests of those socially and economically weaker sections of society as well as long term interests of our progeny should enable us to evaluate solutions. We can. We should only will ourselves and have courage to trust ourselves. Welcome! B. Rajaram M.Tech., F.I.E., IRSE Managing Director , Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd., AlmeidaG(ji) \---------/� � � Sky Bus Metro gets US patent February 09, 2004�16:02 IST Konkan Railway Corporation's indigenous technologies- Sky Bus Metro and its self-stabilising track- have received the US patent making them globally-acceptable technologies. A full-scale prototype of Sky Bus Metro has been recently made by Konkan Railway at Madgaon, Goa and construction of 1.6 km test track for the same is underway, an official release said on Monday. Sky Bus Metro, a unique technology for Urban Mass Transportation, is highly eco-friendly and cost-effective as compared to other transportations in urban areas, the release said. The self-stabilising track is another landmark technology of Konkan Railway which makes the railway track virtually maintenance-free which lays the foundation for a 'faster, safer, economical and smoother rail transport,' it said. It has an unique design where the frequency response of the ballast is modified to get track stabilised rather than be-destabilised under all traffic, the release said, adding that it also saves the amount of ballast normally required for railway track. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
