This is the ATOMOPOD
The Ultimate Terrestrial Vehicle
Two Modes of Travel:
Self-Driving on Roads Like a Car:
Or Travels on Elevated Tracks:
Revolutionary design consists of 2 key elements:
1 Dual mode functionality on roads or tracks;
2 Spherical floating cabin.
These give the Atomopod the convenience of an automobile, combined with the efficiency of a mass transit system.
The Atomopod will eliminate traffic, transform and beautify our cities, save lives, and help us build a carbon neutral civilization.
The dual mode driving capability allows for point-to-point transportation (unlike mass transit); without creating traffic jams (like cars do). The floating cabin allows for high speed travel on elevated rail systems—within city limits, and along existing transit paths—without subjecting the passengers to nauseating conditions (even roller coaster fans don’t want to carry their groceries home on one).
Notice how the passengers’ orientation doesn’t change when the pod changes levels or direction
Why is it better than any other transit system?
Cars are convenient; but inefficient, polluting, and deadly. Traffic is a scourge on our health and sanity, auto accidents claim tens of thousands of lives a year, and parked cars clog up our city streets, which could otherwise have wide sidewalks and beautiful trees.
Trains are efficient at moving large numbers of people, but they are limited to their tracks and stations, creating a “last mile” problem for commuters. New train tracks are expensive and difficult - if not impossible - to build, because trains are extremely heavy, and require gargantuan concrete structures to support them. And acquiring the land for new railways can take decades, or never happen at all.
Buses are economical, but fall prey to traffic, and like trains only follow fixed routes, requiring multiple changes for many commutes. They must operate when empty, or nearly empty, which is costly and inefficient. And when crowded, they act as vectors for spreading airborne diseases.
The Atomopod solves all of these problems, and more.
It is the Ultimate Terrestrial Vehicle
Let’s imagine a typical American commute:
You summon a pod using a smartphone app or other connected device. The pod arrives at your home, and you enter through the hatch.
You travel along the surface roads in your neighborhood, until you reach a highway or major thoroughfare, and connect to the track network.
Instead of sitting in traffic, you enjoy the view as you glide over the roadway at speeds in excess of 100 mph. 90 minutes in bumper-to-bumper becomes 15 minutes in the sky.
You arrive at the city center, and the pod dismounts from the track network.
The pod drives on the streets for the remaining few blocks to you destination.
You arrive at work, without any of the stress from your regular commute.
It Gets Better
So far, we’ve only talked about local travel. But what about long distance travel?
The Atomopod can replace the majority of domestic plane, train, and automobile transportation.
Long distance track networks can be contained within depressurized tubes, allowing for greater speeds, in excess of 200 mph, or more.
And because the Atomopod offers point-to-point service, there is no trip to the airport or station.
Maximizing Mobility for Seniors and Disabled
Disabled riders can summon a variant style of pod designed to accommodate a wheelchair. Point-to-point service eliminates the need to fold the wheelchair, and minimizes additional travel.
Seniors will no longer need to wait for the bus, or drive after they are comfortable doing so.
Safe, Beautiful Cities
Around 30,000 people die every year in the United States from car accidents, including pedestrians. Atomopods will save these lives.
Eliminating parked cars means cities can reclaim acres of valuable urban space, for wider sidewalks, expanded lanes for scooters and bicycles, and best of all, trees!
For too long our cities have been designed around cars. The Atomopod will allow cities to exist for the people.
Other Benefits of the Atomopod
Lightweight design means slim and elegant track networks.
Can be built over existing roadways.
Reduce the transmission of pathogens on public transit.
The pods are electric, which will reduce carbon emissions when paired with renewable energy sources.
Reclaim the time lost to sitting behind the wheel of a car.
Let’s Work Together
The Atomopod is protected by United States Patents #11,331,971 & #11,926,183. International patents are pending approval. Partnerships are available to governments and corporations with promising capacity.
“Atomopod” is a registered trademark; USPTO SN 98439657.