British train designer Paul Priestman noted that high-speed trains are not really very fast because they need to stop to transfer passengers. The more station stops, the slower the average speed of the train.  His solution is to have “moving platforms” which are high speed shuttles that can dock with moving high speed trains and exchange passengers on the fly. So, in effect, no stationary platforms are required. While our approach is different, we agree that radical rethinking of today’s transportation is needed and that present high-speed trains don’t have a high passenger carrying capacity due to station stops.  Watch the video about Moving Platforms