Meneren provides a unique combination of services for the full life-cycle
of a project, including PPP's:
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Project Evaluation and Due Diligence, including
Market Assessments, Technical and Financial Feasibility Studies, Technology
Assessments, and Risk Assessments
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Project Formation, including formation of
World-Class Consortia with Technical, Financial and Operational Partners
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Project Financial Planning and Structuring,
including Capital Formation, Debt and Equity Financing, Credits, Guarantees,
and IFI Participation
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Project Management, including Legal and
Technical Services (cost and schedule management, and start-up)
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Merger and Acquisition Support, including Due
Diligence, Financial Analysis, Negotiation, and Integration Planning
Expanding highways is usually the first choice. Many highways are
congested, are the source of significant air and noise pollution, and
cannot be widened easily.
Many congested highways cannot obtain federal funding because of
existing high pollution levels.
Highways can carry 2,800 people per lane per hour at an average speed
of 55 MPH. An eight lane highway can move 11,200 pphpd, giving a capacity
of 616,000 pmphpd.
Compared to highway widening, the monorail's footprint is small, and
in many situations, it would be possible to add the equivalent of eight
lanes in capacity while staying within the median of an existing highway.
Light Rail
Light rail systems can carry up to 25,000 pphpd at an average speed
of 15 to 22 MPH, giving a maximum capacity of 550,000 pmphpd.
The high-speed monorail has a higher capacity at 1,500,000 pmphpd
(30,000 pphpd @ and average of 50 MPH)
Unlike light rail systems, the high-speed monorail does not require
its own right-of-way; it can be elevated and located in the median of an
existing highway.
Monorails are more popular than light rail systems when voters are
given a choice.
Pendulum Monorail
A pendulum monorail has one line of wheels which runs along the top
of the beam (the fulcrum) and the heavy motors are above these wheels,
making the monorail act like an upside-down pendulum. Guide wheels below
the main wheels run on the side of the beam and limit and dampen the
oscillations. These monorails are inherently unstable at speeds above
about 55 MPH, severely limiting their top speed.
The motors on a pendulum monorail, mounted above the load-carrying
wheels, prevent people from walking the length of the monorail, making
supervision difficult. People can walk the full length of the high-speed
monorail.
Pendulum monorails can carry up to 13,200 pphpd at an average speed of
50 MPH, giving a maximum capacity of 660,000 pmphpd, less than the
high-speed monorail's capacity of 1,500,000 pmphpd.
All monorails are very popular and the public votes overwhelmingly for
them when given a choice. The public's approval is based on experience -
the monorails at Disney World, for example, carry 55 million passengers
per year and have carried one billion people.
Commuter Rail
Commuter rail systems can carry up to 30,000 pphpd at an average
speed of 35 MPH, giving a maximum capacity of 1,050,000 pmphpd.
Unlike commuter rail systems, the high-speed monorail does not
require its own right-of-way; it can be elevated in and placed in the
median of an existing highway.
Monorails are more popular than commuter rail systems when voters
are given a choice.
Automated People Movers
People
movers can carry 5,760 pphpd at an average of 30 MPH, giving a maximum
capacity of 172,800 pmphpd
The
high-speed monorail has a higher capacity at 1,500,000 pmphpd (30,000
pphpd @ and average of 50 MPH)
The
high-speed monorail can operate at substantially higher speeds.
TransPort Ventures
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Meneren Corporation was competitively selected
by the State of Colorado to design, construct, and
operate a 170 mile high-speed monorail system that will
connect DIA (Denver International Airport), stop in the
center of the City of Denver, and proceed up the Rocky
Mountain corridor to the ski areas (including Vail), and
on to the Eagle County Airport.
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The Meneren Corporation
TransPort Ventures
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Meneren Corporation was competitively selected
by the State of Colorado to design, construct, and
operate a 170 mile high-speed monorail system that will
connect DIA (Denver International Airport), stop in the
center of the City of Denver, and proceed up the Rocky
Mountain corridor to the ski areas (including Vail), and
on to the Eagle County Airport.
