| Term | Value | Unit | Comment |
| travelling speed |
180
|
km/h | |
| averaged cabin length |
6
|
m | |
| acceleration |
1
|
m/s² | |
| following convoy catches up |
1,250
|
m | during acceleration of the preceding one |
| tolerance gap |
1,000
|
m | |
| total length of gap |
2,250
|
m | |
| interval of car-convoys |
2
|
min | |
| interval of lorry/bus-convoys |
6
|
min | |
| number of convoys |
40
|
/hour | |
| i. e. covered length out of 180 km |
90
|
km | |
| length of a convoy |
2,250
|
m | |
| time for closing max.gap |
67
|
s | |
| distance for closing max.gap |
2,229
|
m | fits between station points |
| traffic volume/direction |
15,000
|
veh./h/dir. | |
| traffic volume/double track line |
30,000
|
veh./h | |
| For comparison: |
|
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| A six-lane motorway |
9,600
|
veh./h | at 1600 veh./lane/h |
| AUTOSHUTTLE substitutes |
3
|
six lane
motorways |
|
| An underground line’s maximum |
100,000
|
people/h | |
| i. e. AUTOSHUTTLE achieves the underground line’s traffic volume if averaged 3.33 people occupy a car. | |||