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The »Sunglider Smart Uberground Metro«: an Example of a Radical New Beginning in Modern Public Transport for the Future Mezzopolis

In: New Players in Mobility

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  • Dieter Otten

    (Sunglider AG)

  • Peter Kuczia

    (Kuczia Architects)

  • Ewelina Gawell

    (Technische Universität Warschau)

Abstract

The »Sunglider Smart Uberground Metro« is a multi awarded autonomous, self-sufficient, photo-electrically fuelled public metro-system on level + 1, conceived for medium-sized cities and urban areas called »mezzopolis«. The metro system consists of completely new designed small, autonomous suspension cars, ground movers, cargo movers for parcel & express services, and pedelecs in sharing mode. The entire track is built on wooden pylons in the middle of the road following strictly their course and carries a 6 m wide wooden PV roof generating at least 130% of the energy consumed by the entire metro. By choosing uberground, glulam track construction and disruptive innovations in car design/manufacturing Sunglider reduces the investments radically. Autonomous vehicles and self-supply of free solar energy are reducing the O&M costs drastically. In this way, the Sunglider can offer a subsidy-free zero fare nevertheless generating profits and convince citizens to leave their cars at home for a high frequent and comfortable municipal public transport.

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  • Dieter Otten & Peter Kuczia & Ewelina Gawell, 2025. "The »Sunglider Smart Uberground Metro«: an Example of a Radical New Beginning in Modern Public Transport for the Future Mezzopolis," Springer Books, in: Heike Proff (ed.), New Players in Mobility, pages 655-672, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-658-46485-1_40
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-46485-1_40
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