How much noise will MicroRail vehicles generate?
Rubber tires operated inside enclosed rail tubes as in MicroRail and MegaRail should make far less noise than any other form of elevated transportation we know about. In fact, the noise outside of the guideway should be much less than a car driving on a smooth city street. The noise outside the rail tubes per vehicle should be closer to that made by a bicycle on a street. We believe that the quiet is a highly important feature and easy to achieve with the enclosed rail design. Rubber tires running on smooth, dry flat steel traction surfaces produce only a small amount of noise. Furthermore, the noise tends to be contained within the rail tubes and the amount that exits filters out through the narrow slots on the side of the rail tubes.
