Is the high cost of personal transportation too expensive?
It may be for senior citizens. Imagine this, a personal transportation device that is made entirely of plastic that will look like a water slide system connecting the whole city. We have designed a personal transportation vehicle (capsule) that will provide service to the entire city. The capsule will flow inside a pressurized tube moving the capsule along. The city will provide a garage to rent for all citizens with a personal transportation capsule. The final product would be cost effective and pollution free so we will have a clean environment for years to come. Plastic is easier to build with than steel. The plastic can be melted, poured, and cooled more effectively than steel. The cost of plastic is approximately half the cost of steel. Mechanical engineering is used to design the plastic transportation system. Calculations were made to determine the weight of the capsule including friction loss, individuals weight, and the weight of the capsule. For example, a 300 pound person an
