Major Safety & Reliability Features

• Grade-separated guideway - Prevents collisions with other traffic.
• Enclosed, weather-proof rails - Eliminates dangerous skids
• Wheels in enclosed rails - Prohiits derailing & cars blowing off rail
• Flat-proof tires - Avoids roll-overs or flat tires to stop cars
• Low-mass steel guideway - Resists earthquake damage
• Vandal resistant guideway - Difficult to climb or place objects on rails
• Failure-tolerant controls - Assures safe operation with failures & safe emergency shut-down
• Computer-controlled operation - Eliminates human errors
• Multiple motor systems - Provides back-up for continued operation
• Standby power - Protects from stranding if power fails
• Redundant power pick-ups - Assures continuous power to cars