Otis Transportation Systems - provides shuttle and monorail systems that utilize an air cushion for suspension. Two projects are currently operational in the Netherlands. Also, see the Frog Navigation Systems website for other peoplemover and automated cargo applications of this guided vehicle technology. One has been operating in revenue service at the hilltop city of Laon, France since 1989. Links are provided to the Web sites of the National Station Car Association in the U.S. and the Praxitele project in France.
Automation is a major feature of the project in France.
The Swissmetro project in Switzerland features high speed trains in a partially-evaculated tube. Information is available in French, German and Italian. Tokyo Teleport Town - a new transit system provides for access to and circulation within the Teleport Town being built on the edge of Tokyo Bay. U.S. A project in China is also being investigated. Includes six 1996 pictures of the new monorail at the Newark International Airport in New Jersey.