Expert Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineers in Uxbridge, ON

A: ULRT benefits from three features that combine to shatter the cost barrier. 1 - It's the only rail system that uses bus chassis instead of rail car chassis. This means the vehicles are light enough to operate on existing road beds and the cost or laying an extensive concrete foundation is removed. 2 - ULRV's use flash charging for power from station to station. This eliminates the overhead pantographs and catenary wires that are an enormous cost to engineer, fit into the built environment, and construct. 3 - Our on/off rail technology eliminates the need for switches and allows the vehicles to uses all existing infrastructure like maintenance barns and shunting yards. The on road capability means the vehicles can pass each other, other traffic, go door to door, climb hills and deal with snow the same as a bus.

A: Door to door service closes the gap between typical public transit and the mobility challenged community. For those in need of assisted service, the ULRT system will dispatch attendants on the door to door vehicles within the rideshare software so every community can experience the ULRT system benefits.

A: The on/off rail technology has the ULRV riding on steel wheels on a steel track while the 'tire' rotates with the steel wheel but not touching the ground. It hoers over a 'trough' that is about 1/2" below the tire. When the track comes to a major intersection the trough gets shallower and the tire takes over from the wheel as the track disappears.

A: By avoiding concrete and reducing construction time an enormous amount of carbon is saved. Savings continue with the super high efficiency flash charging power system. Finally, over the 100 year service life of the rails, future maintenance and repairs carbon is saved.

A: Prior to the existence of electric buses/vehicles, the need for a pantograph or third rail to deliver electricity to the vehicle was an unavoidable requirement. Only now can those massively expensive and complicated features be avoided and the paradigm be broken.