A transportation system has transport vehicles with electric motors, pods, being enclosed compartments that accommodate cargo, podports, being exchange stations, charging stations, and a computerized transport control system. An authorized person communicates a request to the computerized transport control system to transport a specific cargo from a first location in the geographic area to a second location in the geographic area, the computerized transport control system defines a journey from the first location to the second location, along a route comprising sequential hops through a series of podports and charging stations. The computerized transport control system manages movement of transport vehicles, exchanges at podports, and charging at charging stations along the defined route, and terminates the journey at the second location where the cargo disembarks.


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    Title :

    Podport and Associated Podways for Unmanned Arial Vehicles


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    Publication date :

    2022-06-16


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    G08G Anlagen zur Steuerung, Regelung oder Überwachung des Verkehrs , TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS / B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC



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