From page 13 or 44 I quote;
Applicant has entered into a Joint Venture agreement with “Robotic Railway Systems” (“RPS”) who has begun testing designs and equipment for intermodal freight usage on the Highline, over the past several years, initially in both their parent companies test lads in Letonia, Ohio and manufacturing facilities in Clearwater, Fla. As of October 2002, a fully functioning $6.2 million beta test site has been operational in Hoboken, NJ closely emulating a “mini” Highline corridor environment. The automated freight handling system is now open to the public 24/7 and has performed over 145,000+ handling transactions over the past 24 months. To underscore the design reliability, the user friendly “self service” on demand system’s advanced design seamlessly maintained uninterrupted full operational capability during last years Aug. 14th catastrophic blackout that disrupted electrical power in 8 states (including NYC and Hoboken NJ) and Canada.
I tracked down RPS here is the intermodal freight handling facility in Hoboken;
http://www.roboticparking.com/articles/ultimate.htm
Its good for a laugh, I will keep my mouth shut and let others comment first.
Chris
