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A TRANSIT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ELONGATED INDEPENDENTLY MOVABLE VEHICLE, A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL PIER MEMBERS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ALONG THE TRANSIT SYSTEM TO DETERMINE A PATH OF TRAVEL FOR THE VEHICLE, TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING CRADLE MEANS PROVIDED ON THE UPPER PORTION OF EACH PIER FOR SUPPORTING THE VEHICLE, SAID VEHICLE BEING OF A LENGTH SUFFICIENT TO ASSURE THAT THE VEHICLE WILL BE SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST TWO OF SAID CRADLE MEANS AT ALL TIMES, A PLURALITY OF SPACED SUPPORT WHEELS JOURNALLED IN EACH CRADLE MEANS, SPACED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT ELONGATED RUNNER MEMBERS PROVIDED ON THE VEHICLE FOR ENGAGING THE WHEELS TO ASSURE A SMOOTH MOVEMENT FOR THE VEHICLE DURING TRAVEL, AND GUIDE MEANS COOPERATING BETWEEN THE VEHICLE AND THE CRADLE MEANS FOR MAINTAINING THE VEHICLE IN PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH THE CRADLE MEANS AND PIERS DURING TRAVEL, SAID GUIDE MEANS COMPRISING A CENTRALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED CHANNEL MEMBER SECURED TO THE UNDER SURFACE OF THE VEHICLE AND EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF, A PAIR OF SPACED ROLLER MEMBERS JOURNALLED ON THE CRADLE MEANS AND HAVING THE PLANES THEREOF AT SUBSTANTIALLY RIGHT ANGLES TO THE PLANES OF THE WHEELS FOR ENGAGING THE OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE CHANNEL MEMBER FOR GUIDING THE VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THE PATH OF TRAVEL ALONG THE SPACED PIERS.