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

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4 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…..

5 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 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

6 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 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

7 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 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

8 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Illustrations

9 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Highway Installation

10 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Interstate Traveler Car

11 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 The Switch Plan A simple example of the switch table, operated with TCP/IP routing information

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15 Full Service Rail System

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17 Inside the Traveler

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22 Clover Leaf Substations

23 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Car Ferry Station

24 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Clover Leaf Substation Terminal

25 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Detroit Highways

26 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Detroit Loop

27 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Ann Arbor Full Integration

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29 NEMCOG

30 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 South West Michigan Commission

31 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 West Michigan Regional Planning Commission

32 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Congressman Mike Rogers

33 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Michigan Representative John Hansen

34 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 City of Detroit Agenda 1-31-03

35 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 District 55 Rep DeRossett to Mayor Kilpatrick

36 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 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.

37 Copyright J. E. Sutton 2003 Conclusion  Rapid transit can be rapidly installed anywhere, anytime.


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