EP2159349A2 - Local transport system for people in city centres and close to cities - Google Patents

Abstract

The system has a parking unit (1) e.g. castle, for parking a set of cars (4) e.g. two-seater car and electrically operated car. A releasing unit (2) is assigned with one the parking unit, where the output unit is provided for determining person specific and monetary data and for releasing one of the cars for utilization. A returning unit (3) is assigned with the parking unit and is provided for returning the cars. A servicing unit for cars is assigned with the parking unit, where the servicing unit exhibits an electric battery charging station.

Description

The invention relates to a local passenger traffic system in the urban and near-urban areas according to the preamble of claim 1.

In terms of transport technology, the growing population concentration in more and more metropolitan areas and the associated demand for mobility among people is an ever-increasing problem in addition to the existing supply of public transport. Travel behavior is increasingly developing in cross-country journeys with a linked center stay. Work and recreation rooms are located further away from the actual place of residence and must therefore be started by car, bus, tram, train or plane. The various modes of transport currently offer acceptable solutions, and the public transport network is also well developed. However, an increasing traffic congestion is observed. At the same time, the number of vehicles in road traffic is growing more and more.

The transit traffic on the highways not only represents a considerable accident risk and a high environmental impact, but also exceeds the capacity of the road network. At traffic junctions and congested areas, traffic congestion and congestion are associated with ever greater congestion for every subscriber, not to mention CO ₂ and particulate emissions, which have grown exponentially in recent decades.

The aviation aviation culminates in inner-city center areas, which are not designed for such growing numbers of traffic participants. The attractiveness of these areas is increasingly losing quality of life and must be adapted to the new traffic requirements in a costly and inappropriate manner. These measures are usually only alleviations and burden the taxpayer, but without being able to bring about a foreseeable solution to the problem.

Current observations in transport and travel indicate increasingly individual and demanding individual transport in both freight and passenger transport. However, the circumstance with regard to longer waiting times, more frequent traffic jams and ongoing parking problems in metropolitan areas is tacitly accepted. In addition to the high operating and acquisition costs for each individual road user, growing service lives of the automobile due to unused usage habits are also recognizable. This is evident from the fact that flexibility is preferable to efficiency. This condition calls for a transport concept that promotes individuality while increasing capacity and efficiency without burdening the environment and the environment. Both ecological and economic incentives have to be created, which bring practical benefits and at the same time relieve the pollutant and cost situation.

In addition to the optimized conditions of use, the space problem of parked and stationary vehicles should also be solved. Here, the customer satisfaction as well as the relief of the overall and city traffic situation must be in the foreground.

On this basis, the invention has for its object to improve the parking facility to park the car in a passenger transport system in urban and nahstädtischen area of the aforementioned kind.

The technical solution is characterized by the features of claim 1.

This creates a micro-car service concept for environmental and traffic relief with optimal use of parking space. The basic idea of the passenger transport system according to the invention is that the compact cars find their use in city and center traffic and can be rented for certain periods. The offer is provided by service loading parking stations in exposed locations and offers thereby completely individual use possibilities.

The local passenger transport system includes a collective long or short-term use of automobiles, which can be rented at the destinations and metropolitan areas at appropriate service stations. Against the background of alternative-fueled engines, these vehicles offer an emission-free mode of transport and only participate in road traffic when there is an actual need. Thus, commuters as well as visitors of a metropolis, for example, have the opportunity to individually and efficiently design their travel behavior without being overloaded with the inconvenience of city traffic. After completing the stay in the areas covered by the local passenger transport system, the car can be handed over to the sensibly placed service centers. The return journey will then continue with your own vehicle or public transport. Thus, for example, an electric operation of motor vehicles could be justified, since only certain area radii are used. Also, the number of vehicles in the metropolitan areas in occupational, holiday or event traffic could be kept lower. The temporary and targeted use of the vehicles, the rest and downtime would be reduced, and also the parking situation would be mitigated by the Kleinstwagen. In addition, the system according to the invention also provides an ecologically sensible mobility variant for city dwellers, which makes the limited parking space capacity more usable and offers a low-cost alternative for the most surrounding infrastructure. Possibly a mini-car could be rented instead of a four-seat car, which relieves the city traffic sustainable.

The concept idea of the local passenger transport system according to the invention thus includes the connection of issue / return, maintenance / cleaning and regeneration / storage at a very specific location.

If you travel by train, for example, you can use the local passenger transport system at the station and change to the small electric car. Then the customer can conveniently reach the personal destination with the aid of the navigation system and, for example, park the car at a reduced charge within the urban area in order, for example, to make an appointment. Subsequently, a nearby service point can be approached to recharge the batteries. Also, the car can be returned there again. It is irrelevant whether it is the same headquarters that had been used at the beginning to rent the microcar. The car will definitely be fed into the cycle and can then be re-rented.

The passenger transport system according to the invention thus includes an ecological and economical Car-sharing method. It should be noted, however, that the system the Using public transport, but at the same time responding to people's individual wishes.

When using the system, the future customer turns to an appropriate service center and receives on presentation of driver's license, personal details and means of payment the right to use a vehicle. In doing so, the customer prescribes the anticipated desired rental period and can then participate in the traffic with the vehicle. Should the use take place beyond the agreement, the customer can at any time make the authorization for this at the mobile terminal on the wagon. The vehicles have a navigation, positioning and maintenance system, which provide the driver and the center with all the information and possibly steer the vehicle to the next charging station at the next center. After the rental period, the car can also be delivered there. The trip would then be continued alternatively. The used vehicle is thus returned to the cycle and can be re-rented after cleaning, maintenance and charging. The service requires certain features of the rental vehicle. This should be variable, robust and easy to clean, so that maintenance and care can be carried out in little effort. At the same time, the vehicle should be compact, safe and light in order to improve both traffic participation and parking and parking. Especially in the service depot an optimal use of parking space in all dimensions is aimed for.

Thus, the local passenger transport system according to the invention provides a convenient and cost-effective way to relieve the traffic situation and the environment, both in urban areas and nationally. The system has the decisive advantage that it can be implemented with current technology.

The park facility is designed as a supernatural or underground tower or both as a supernatural and as an underground tower. The vertical stringing together of the electric vehicles in helical form counteracts the current space problem in the inner-city area. Thus, the system according to the invention can be realized even in tight spaces. Such high shelves and engineered service processes offer adequate technical implementation possibilities, even in urban areas.

Thus, the implementation takes place in a round cylindrical Spiraldeckparkhaus both in building construction as well as underground. The principle remains the same for both solutions. The cars roll down the spiral deck and are transported in the center by lift vertically upwards or downwards. If the tower is above ground, the returned cars are transported up the elevator. From there, they roll down to the exit station.

Conversely, when the tower is underground, the returned cars first roll down and are transported by lift up to the exit station. This tower has a driveway for the returned vehicles. In order for the cars to roll down in a controlled manner, guide rails may be provided for the wheels, as known from car washes. As a kind of brake for the controlled downward movement of the car within the guide (which otherwise takes place purely by gravity) can be provided in front of the wheel leading brake body, as it is also known from car washes, but there as a tow drive.

Overall, this parking facility in the form of a coil helps to save space, storage space and costs. At the same time a cycle is provided which works without congestion and therefore steadily.

The helix may also be formed as a double helix. Here, entry and exit can be arranged inside each other. This provides optimal use of even the most minimal space.

In the context of the overall operation of the system, the vehicle is inspected, cleaned and charged for re-leasing and sealed. Now the vehicle waits for its pick-up at the exit portal of the tower, where the customer receives access to the vehicle via credit card and digital driver license recognition. The customer determines the vehicle contingent. At the same time, the rental amount is debited. For the period between the vehicle inspections and the pickup, the car stays in the cylinder and does not take any parking on the road. Especially this Spiraldeck parking garage can work without external energy. Because it can be easily equipped with solar modules. Inside the tower, the cars are also transported without energy because of the downward slope, as the cars simply roll. This version of the parking garage as a tower can be used especially for large car contingents, for example at traffic junctions, railway stations and airports.

The further developments according to claims 2 and 3 suggest that the cars are 2-seater cars and / or that the cars are electric-powered cars, the service facility of the parking facility having an electric charging station. The approach of the passenger transport system according to the invention is thus based on compact micro cars with alternative drive in small and medium Laufstreckenauslegung. The special feature is not only the emission-free drive structure but also the compact design of the vehicles. This allows efficient use of parking space, which can be optimally performed in the service center.

The development according to claim 4 proposes that the parking facility maintenance facilities and / or washing facilities are assigned for the returned cars. Thus, the simultaneous service on the vehicles saves costs and time. It is ensured that the returned vehicles can be made ready for use immediately after receipt. Thus, the returned car is inspected and cleaned and charged for re-leasing and sealed.

Finally, the development proposes according to claim 5, that the output device and / or the return device are fully automatic or semi-automatic. This means that the processing of the rental and return of the car as well as possible person unbound. For example, it is conceivable that the driving authorization check is performed by automatic recognition of the driver's license. The monetary settlement is anyway possible via appropriate credit cards. For cases in which a fully automatic processing of the rental and return of the car is not possible, of course, a personal care can be provided.

Fig. 1a bis 1c

eine erste Ausführungsform der Parkeinrichtung in Form eines Turms mit wendelförmiger Abfahrt;

Fig. 2a bis 2c

eine zweite Ausführungsform der Parkeinrichtung in Form eines Doppel-Turms mit wendelförmiger Abfahrt;

Fig. 3a bis 3c

eine dritte Ausführungsvariante mit Parkflächen, welche per Aufzug angefahren werden;

Fig. 4

ein Parkdeck, bei welchem die Autos in einer Ebene angeordnet sind;

Fig. 5

eine Service-Einrichtung für die Autos;

Fig. 6

die Einfahrt in die Service-Einrichtung;

Fig. 7

die Ausfahrt aus der Service-Einrichtung.

Embodiments of the local passenger transport system according to the invention in the inner-city as well as near-urban area are described below with reference to the drawings. In these shows:

Fig. 1a to 1c

a first embodiment of the parking facility in the form of a tower with helical departure;

Fig. 2a to 2c

a second embodiment of the parking facility in the form of a double tower with helical departure;

Fig. 3a to 3c

a third embodiment variant with parking areas, which are approached by elevator;

Fig. 4

a parking deck in which the cars are arranged in one plane;

Fig. 5

a service facility for the cars;

Fig. 6

the entrance to the service facility;

Fig. 7

the exit from the service facility.

The Fig. 1a to 1c shows a first embodiment of the passenger transport system according to the invention in the inner city and near-urban area. In this case, a parking facility 1 is designed as a tower.

In the embodiment in Fig. 1a the tower is arranged above ground. He has in the ground floor area an exit and a driveway, which define a corresponding output device 2 and a return device 3.

The operation is as follows:

At the output device 2, the customer who wants to rent a car 4 checks in. This means that his personal details and monetary information are included. After completing these things, the customer takes over the car 4 and can drive around in the city center as well as in the immediate vicinity. The car 4 is an electrically operated small car with 2 seats.

If the customer no longer needs the car 4, he returns to the parking facility 1 (or to another in the catchment area). He checks out at the return device 3. The car 4 is taken back by the organization, if necessary repaired or maintained, charged and washed. By means of a central elevator, the car 4 is transported all the way up to the roof of the parking facility 1. It is then in the queue of re-waiting cars 4, which roll without external energy driveless along the coil down. There it is available for a new customer.

The variant in Fig. 1b differs from the variant in Fig. 1a in that here the parking device 1 is arranged underground. Only the output device 2 and the return device 3 are at ground level.

The variant in Fig. 1c is the combination of the variants of the Fig. 1a and 1b ie the tower is both above ground and underground.

The variants of the Fig. 2a to 2c differ from the variants of the Fig. 1a to 1c in that it is a double tower. Otherwise, the facilities and the functional sequences are identical.

The variant in Fig. 3a to 3c sees above ground again ( Fig. 3a ) or underground ( Fig. 3b ) or both ( Fig. 3c ) again a tower before. This has an elevator in the middle. On the corresponding floors adjacent parking spaces are provided in which the cars are parked when not in use. Of course, this embodiment also has an output device 2 and a return device 3 in the above sense.

The variant in Fig. 4 provides as parking device 1 before a parking deck, which is formed at ground level. This also has an output device 2 and a return device 3. Here the cars 4 can be parked in the narrowest space on the parking deck, as in Fig. 4 is recognizable.

The Fig. 5 shows a service device 5 with a washing device 6, a maintenance and repair device 7 and with an electric charger 8.

Fig. 6 again shows the return device 3 and Fig. 7 the output device 2.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

1

Park facility

2

output device

3

return device

4

automobile

5

service facility

6

wash

7

Maintenance and repair facility

8th

Electric charger

Claims (5)

Local public transport system in the inner-city as well as near-urban area
with a parking facility (1) for parking a plurality of cars (4),
with an output device (2) associated with one of the parking devices (1) for recording personal and monetary data and for outputting one of the cars (4) for use,
with one of the parking device (1) associated return device (3) for returning the car (4) and
with a service device (5) for the cars (4) assigned to the parking facility (1),
characterized,
in that the parking device (1) is designed as an above-ground and / or underground tower with a travel path for the cars (4) in the form of a helix,
that in the central axis of the spiral is a lift for the cars (4) and
that the cars (4) waiting for the customers on the helix roll down the helix in a queue without any external energy. Urban transport system according to the preceding claim,
characterized,
that the cars (4) are 2-seater cars (4). Urban traffic system according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the cars (4) are electrically powered cars (4) and
that the service device (5) of the parking device (1) comprises an electric charging station (8). Urban traffic system according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
in that the parking device (1) has a maintenance and repair device (7) and / or a washing device (6) for the returned cars (4). Urban traffic system according to one of the preceding claims,
characterized,
that the output device (2) and / or the return device (3) is fully automatic or semi-automatic.

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