AUTOCROSS-AN AUTOMATED TRANSIT SHUTTLE SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING PEDESTRIANS IN CROSSING ROADS AVOIDING PHYSICAL EXERTION

摘要

6. ABSTRACT OF THE INVENTION Increasing levels of motorization have shifted the focus of street design from pedestrian traffic to automobile traffic, but still a large part of transport demand is met by walk not just in Indian cities. Safety of pedestrians is an area of concern among current modes of transport. The problems with the existing solutions necessitate the need for safer solutions. An equipment/mechanism which is an under-the-ground, compact, automated transit shuttle based, sliding/gliding pathway that would carry people including the physically-challenged along with luggage, in sitting or standing position, safely across the road is presented as an alternate solution. Modern and the state-of-the-art technologies and safety mechanisms are incorporated in this shuttle system for maximizing the potential usage of the system.