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The Interstate Traveler Project

The Interstate Traveler Project. Presented to: Detroit City Council January 31 st 2003. Who are we?. World Class Local and International Advisory Board Lee Bates, President - AEM, Inc. Greg Cook CEO - Ann Arbor Transit Authority

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The Interstate Traveler Project

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  1. The Interstate Traveler Project Presented to: Detroit City Council January 31st 2003

  2. Who are we? World Class Local and International Advisory Board Lee Bates, President - AEM, Inc. Greg Cook CEO - Ann Arbor Transit Authority Mark Hepburn Bus. Dev. Mg - Danotek Motion Technologies, Inc. Neil Lehto Esq. - O'Reilly, Rancilio, Nitz, Andrews, Turnbull & Scott, P.C. Sharon McDonald President - McDonald Communications Chuck Meek President - Executive Leadership Recruiters, LLC Jeffrey Dolowy C.P.A. - Plante Moran, LLP Frank Phillips - Phillips Consulting & Sales, LLC Martin Ringhofer - Aerospace Executive Jack Salo - Automotive Consultant Lark Samouelian, President - Samouelian Communications, Inc. Paul Zwirkoski, President - ZDR Engineering Excellence Frank and Paula Jamison - Professor Emeritus WMU Gary Wellings, - Midcoast Management … and many, many others…..

  3. Mission Statement • Mass production of high-speed maglev rail • Full Integration w/existing Interstate Highway System • Connect to existing transit systems and city centers. • Major focus on Transit Oriented Developments TOD • Highly secure passenger travel • Easily expanded / interconnected transit system • Feeder to Existing Bus Systems • Generate Electricity

  4. Features and Benefits • Provide Inter-City Multimodal Transit • Move People, Private Cars, Small Freight • Environmentally Clean Transit System • Create first interurban hydrogen network • Enhance Municipal Infrastructure • Hundreds of small cars vs. a few large cars • Automatic routing to sub networks TCP/IP

  5. Opportunities • Create hundreds of jobs and local incentives • Reduced Air Pollution • Conduit Cluster Concept • Automatic Internet access for ridership • Increased Ridership for Local Bus Systems

  6. Illustrations

  7. Highway Installation

  8. Interstate Traveler Car

  9. Full Service Rail System

  10. Inside the Traveler

  11. Clover Leaf Substations

  12. Car Ferry Station

  13. Clover Leaf Substation Terminal

  14. Detroit Highways

  15. Detroit Loop

  16. Ann Arbor Full Integration

  17. NEMCOG

  18. South WestMichiganCommission

  19. West MichiganRegional PlanningCommission

  20. CongressmanMike Rogers

  21. MichiganRepresentative John Hansen

  22. City of Detroit Agenda 1-31-03

  23. District 55Rep DeRossettto Mayor Kilpatrick

  24. Community Rewards • Seamless, intermodal, interconnected transportation system • High speed rail from the Detroit River Front to the Lake Michigan Shoreline • Large Annual Tax Revenue • Faster Growth with less Pollution • Fully self sufficient. • Profitable to stock holders • Bring our communities closer together by saving the time it takes to get from here to there.

  25. Conclusion • Rapid transit can be rapidly installed anywhere, anytime.

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