Advantages

uCar in the EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2021)

uST transport and infrastructure complexes are distinguished by a high level of security. A multi-level system has been created, the elements of which exclude any incidents and accidents during the operation of the complex

The string rail overpass is located above the ground, so collisions with other vehicles (buses, cars or agricultural machinery), pedestrians or animals are simply impossible. The prestressed track structure allows the uST Complexes to remain operational even if one or more supporting towers are damaged in the event of natural disasters or other force majeure circumstances. In such a situation, the rails will sag to a greater extent, but they will not break. The track structure will also not collapse if individual strings (up to 50% of the total) get damaged or broken, e.g. in a terrorist attack.

uCar and uCont in a mechanical coupling enter the station – simulation of an emergency evacuation of a uCar (Sharjah, UAE, 2022)

Rail electric cars move along a firmly secured track and exchange data between one another and the control room in real time. This eliminates the risk of emergency situations when the cars are moving or stopping on the line, or when losing control. uPods are equipped with an anti-derailment system that prevents them from derailing, overturning and/or falling. The automated control system makes the string transport resistant even to the most difficult weather conditions: snowfalls, heavy rains, dust and sand storms, etc.

uWind and uBus in the EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2021)

Unitsky String Technologies Inc. develops and manufactures transport and infrastructure complexes in accordance with strict international standards. The safety of uST Transport & Infrastructure Complexes has been confirmed in the UAE by the international independent organization TUV SW. Certification covers the main structural elements of the complex: a string rail transport overpass, electric vehicles on steel wheels with an automated control system, anchor and supporting towers, passenger and service stations, control room and utilities.

uST Transport & Infrastructure Solutions provide safety when used during epidemics and pandemics. For example, the accumulation of a large number of people in a conventional train car, bus or trolleybus contributes to the spread of viral diseases. At the same time, uPod models of different capacity allow transporting both small groups of people and tens and even hundreds of people. If necessary, only small vehicles can be used on the line. Adaptation of transport operation to passenger traffic performed by the automated control system will prevent crowding at stations if necessary.

EcoFest-2019 (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2019)

EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2019)

uST Transport & Infrastructure Complexes are characterized by a high level of adaptability. They can be built in areas with complex terrain and extreme natural and climatic conditions. The possibility of laying transport and infrastructure communications over existing roads and railways, power lines, residential and industrial development areas also makes the uST Solutions flexible in use. Thanks to this, the problems of congestion and traffic jams on roads in cities can be solved, the load on existing transport communications is reduced

Cargo and passenger uPods in the UAE and Belarus, 2021

The track structure is designed in such a way so that it can be used both for the transportation of passengers and for the transportion of goods. It is easier to integrate a string rail overpass into an already formed urban environment than to build a subway, railway or highway there. A light string rail track will harmoniously fit into the architecture of any settlement. Existing communication networks can be integrated into the transport overpass, no radical re-planning of the city infrastructure is required. Passenger terminals are combined with anchoring structures. Stations can be used as commercial real estate, accommodating cafes, shopping and entertainment centers, hotels, pharmacies and other facilities. They can also be used as additional advertising space. Due to this, the payback period of uST Complexes is reduced.

Passenger station in Sharjah (UAE, 2022)

uST Transport & Infrastructure Complexes are built and operate on the principle of modularity. If necessary, the transport is easily coupled into trains with a large number of vehicles. Their number in the coupling, as well as models of uPods are selected depending on the logistics tasks for a particular project.

uCars in the EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2019)

Automated control system adapts traffic intervals of uPods to the number of passengers at the station. Due to the speed of up to 150 km/h and the minimum traffic interval (20-30 seconds), rolling stock with a capacity of 6 to 250 people will be able to provide efficient and safe transportation of passengers – up to 50,000 people per hour.

Features of the elements of the transport and infrastructure complex make it possible to use it in regions with difficult climatic conditions. Pre-tensioning of rails solves the problem of temperature deformations and allows transport to operate at abnormally high and low temperatures. The prestressing of the track structure in the complexes is calculated taking into account the temperature regimes typical for the areas of operation. Changes in the characteristics of rails during thermal expansion and contraction are included in the design so that this does not affect the performance of uST Complexes, as well as speed limits and the comfort of transportation.

A train of two uCars (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2021)

Transport and infrastructure complexes of Unitsky String Technologies Inc. have virtually zero environmental impact and low noise levels. Transport should peacefully coexist with nature, and not be at loggerheads with it, complement it, not replace it – this is the approach the company adheres to when developing its solutions

uCar in the EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2019)

The maximum environmental friendliness of string transport is achieved due to the low material consumption of the structural elements of the string rail overpass and rolling stock, minimal land acquisition, operation on electricity and its low consumption, as well as due to the movement of vehicles high above the ground. These unique features make it possible to use uST Transport & Infrastructure Complexes even in regions with the most stringent environmental requirements.

Steel-wheeled rail electric cars run on the most environmentally friendly type of energy – electricity. Moreover, high energy efficiency of uST transport is achieved due to the movement of steel wheels on steel rails with an efficiency of 99.8% and high aerodynamics of the rolling stock. This is the most important moment. After all, large consumption of electricity also harms nature, since this resource is often obtained at coal-fired power plants that emit flue gases with harmful cancerogenic substances into the air. By the way, the energy consumption of uPods is 2-3 times lower than in traditional modes of transport using steel wheels or a magnetic cushion. And if we compare this figure with road transport, including conventional pneumatuc-tyred electric cars, then it is even 5-7 times lower.

14-seat uBus in the EcoTechnoPark (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2018)

uPods are more environmentally friendly than conventional electric vehicles, which consume way more electricity and take up space on the city road, resulting in congestion that releases large amounts of toxic substances. String transport moves high above the ground and rules out the problem of traffic jams.

Conventional electric vehicles use pneumatic tires that, when rubbed off, together with asphalt, release soot, benzapyrene, phenols, and other carcinogenic substances into the air (over 100 of them), and some of them are contained here in greater quantities than in car exhaust. In turn, tire production and disposal of spent tires leads to additional emissions of hazardous substances for the wildlife. In uST, this problem is solved thanks to the use of steel wheels of special design, which makes them more wear-resistant, for example, in comparison with railway wheel pairs.

Two uCars in an electronic coupling on a 400-meter span of the string rail overpass (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2020)

Noise and vibration from string transport is significantly lower than from a railway, tram or monorail. It has already been studied that, for example, in the Moscow metro, the passenger is only safe for the first three seconds. Further on, negative factors will begin to affect the human body – an isolated and compressed space, as well as the strongest noise and vibration. uST transport does not contribute even a small fraction of that noise load.

Rail electric cars in the EcoTechnoPark – in summer and winter (Maryina Gorka, Belarus, 2021)

The location of the string rail track structure above the ground does not prevent the movement of ground and surface water, the movement of people and animals, as well as agricultural and other machinery. The string route does not disturb the terrain, preserves the fertile soil, landscape and biodiversity of the surrounding area due to the minimum land allocation. Maintenance of the track structure does not require de-icing salts that are hazardous to the environment and the human body.

Ecologically clean string rail roads have point supports on the ground. This advantage, with the widespread use of transport and infrastructure complexes, can save vast territories for land users, which would otherwise be occupied by traditional transport communications, as soils under roads and railroads equal in area to five areas of Great Britain have already been destroyed on the planet. Vegetation will remain on these areas, annually replenishing the atmosphere with millions of tons of life-giving oxygen. The severity of the environmental pollution problem will then be significantly reduced to a safe degree.