ETran
Elevated Transportation Systems
The Innovative Green Transportation Technology that will revolutionize high-speed, light rail mass mobility for your comfort and convenience to improve your quality of life.
Welcome to ETran
This Innovative Green Transportation Technology provides a revolutionary and futuristic, yet realistic, sustainable and cost effective mass mobility system that serves as a perfect environment friendly solution to urban sprawl, congestion, noise and pollution from current fossil fuel transportation alternatives.
About ETran
HISTORY
Always concerned about the environment, the founder spent his time looking for a mass transportation technology aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions footprint generated by most of today’s mobility alternatives. Consequently, he founded ETran in 2015 with the goal of developing a new mobility option that needed to be electric, light, fast and cost-effective.
VISION
ETran, Inc. is engaged in the development of an innovative high-speed and light mass transportation system that will revolutionize mobility in and between urban areas. As a result, this solution substantially reduces construction and maintenance costs as well as infrastructure disruption, while providing a green technology to a marketplace that can no longer bear the sky-rocketing costs, infrastructure problems, and environmental degradation associated with existing technologies.
PROJECT STATUS
In 2016 the Center for Electromechanics at The University of Texas at Austin successfully completed Phase One of the feasibility study and concluded that “is their belief that the ETran system is technically feasible and merits further study”. Consequently, since then, ETran has been working on its intellectual property protection in the U.S. and abroad. After been granted patents in several countries it’s now time to move forward and obtain the necessary funding to build a full working prototype.
MISSION
Our mission is to transform mass transportation within and between urban areas by offering innovative solutions that significantly lower construction costs and minimize infrastructure disruption. Additionally, we aim to introduce green technology to a market burdened by high costs, infrastructure challenges, and environmental degradation associated with current transportation systems.
INTELECTUAL RIGHTS
ETran has been granted a patent in the U.S. and globally in China, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, and Sweden. Futhermore, the company currently has pending, published, or allowed patents in the United Arab Emirates, India, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar.
Current Mass Transit Situation
Travelers all around the world demand solutions to their increasing and complex transportation needs. Many factors, such as increased congestion, over populated urban areas, environmental attrition, reduced availability of land, skyrocketing cost, etc., make the development and operation of mass transportation systems more complex. At the same time, social demand for reliable and affordable transportation systems is increasing very fast.
The combined effect of the above-mentioned issues is placing countries and cities under tremendous pressure.
PROBLEM SUMMARY
Congestion
Unaffordable Cost of Building
Prohibitive Cost of Land
High Cost of Operation
Expensive Maintenance Costs
Climate Change / Air Pollution
Operation Disruption
Habitat Fragmentation
Construction Disruption
Noise Health Effects
POPULATION GROWTH
In 2022, 56.9% of the world’s population lived in urban areas, a proportion expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Furthermore, 2007 marked the first time when more people in the world lived in urban than in rural areas. Initially, in 1950, only 30% of the world’s population resided in urban areas. As of 2022, 4.54 billion people live in urban areas, while 3.435 billion live in rural areas globally. Notably, the world’s urban population has grown rapidly from 751 million in 1950 and is projected to reach 6.60 billion by 2050, adding approximately 2.08 billion people to urban areas.
Solution
We have developed a solution that involves low building costs and minimal infrastructure disruptions. Furthermore, our highly innovative green transportation technology represents multiple economic, environmental, and safety benefits. Additionally, because it operates “in the air,” it eliminates traffic accidents and habitat fragmentation, thus preventing human and animal deaths.
Ours is a state-of-the-art transportation system for the 21st Century. The primary advantage of our system is its cost, which is as much as 65% lower than that of other rail systems. With forward-thinking design, our high-speed rail system can be built in any high-density urban area, with minimal disruption to surrounding businesses and existing infrastructure. Reduced land usage minimizes congestion and chaos associated with such massive projects, significantly reducing project costs. This system has tremendous potential to relieve urban congestion and provide a safe, convenient, and affordable means of high-speed intercity transportation.
Mass Transit System
Mass transit is a far more efficient way of moving people and take up much less space in roads and parking spaces.
Ease of Construction
Need to acquire only the land where the stanchion is anchored, stanchions can be built and assembled on-site.
Low Maintenance
No need to maintain railroad tracks, expensive diesel engines and rolling stock systems.
Friendly to Environment
ETran uses less energy per passenger than cars and uses electricity for its operation.
Low Costs
No need to create a bed for tracks, build fences or walls along the path and vehicle “floats” between concrete-less stanchions.
Quiet Operation
Quietly operates in the air – no crashes or accidents at ground level.
Leadership
The company has at present one officer, the inventor Joaquin Garza-Muguerza, who serves as Chairman and CEO.
Joaquín is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin, with degrees in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and an MBA (Corporate Finance). He held top management positions in several Mexican conglomerates like, FEMSA, Coca Cola FEMSA, VITRO and Grupo Financiero Banorte. He is an entrepreneur, financier, inventor, advisor, engineer and father of five great young adults.
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