Who is Owen Transit Group, Inc.?

Owen Transit Group, Inc. is a mechanical engineering firm based in Marietta, Georgia, which has privately funded the development of the HighRoad Rapid Transit System design concept to its current state. With expertise in mechanical, electrical, environmental and liquid/gas systems, the engineering staff has applied over one hundred years of experience to establishing this new kind of monorail.

As with any company, excellence begins at the top...

William E. Owen, P.E. - Founder & President of OTG, Inc.

GENERAL

William E. Owen, originally a native of Birmingham, Alabama, obtained an extensive and varied background in engineering. Mr. Owen graduated from Auburn University in 1955 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He subsequently attended George Washington University in Washington, DC, where he earned his Master of Engineering Administration degree in 1959. He became certified as a Registered Professional Engineer in 1974 following examination by the Georgia Professional Registration Board and presently is registered in eight states. He was appointed to a seat on the Cobb Community Transit Advisory Board by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners in 1990. Mr. Owen has been certified as a Mass and Rapid Transportation Planning consultant by the Georgia Department of Transportation.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Upon completion of his undergraduate degree course work, Mr. Owen was employed as an aerospace power plant design engineer at General Dynamics in Fort Worth, Texas. There he was assigned to the design team for the then- classified mach-two B-58 bomber. After his military service in 1959, he was employed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Marietta, Georgia, as Assistant Federal Aviation Agency Coordinator, gaining FAA approval of the designs for the JetStar and C-141. He later worked as a project coordinator in Lockheed's engineering program planning and scheduling department (costs and budgets). In 1967 he joined the sales group for the commercial version of the C-5A cargo airplane, the L-500. At present, he is the President of Owen Transit Group, Inc., and its mechanical engineering division, William E. Owen & Associates, of Marietta. The firm provides consulting engineering services primarily throughout the Southeastern United States.

MILITARY SERVICE EXPERIENCE

As an officer on active duty at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, Mr. Owen served as Senior Mechanical Engineer, designing systems for Coast Guard navigation stations in Turkey, Italy, Libya, the Caribbean and the South Pacific. He also designed the rotating beacon and housing for two U.S. lighthouses, Sullivan's Island and Oak Island. Mr. Owen presented a paper on his unique super-intensity design to the 1960 International Lighthouse Conference at their invitation.

HIS INNOVATION - HighRoad®

The United States Patent Office granted him a patent for the "Side-mounted Monorail Transportation System" in 1987. Being marketed as the HighRoad Rapid Transit System®, the system patent embodies 17 separate patent features. An additional patent embodying 22 additionally unique features is in process. The system design accommodates urban/suburban transport as well as the transport of freight, and high-speed intercity commuting. Mr. Owen says the system's benefits result from a simplicity of design. The system design is among the most cost effective systems currently available. Mr. Owen states, "Its low construction and operation costs coupled with its massive transporting capacity, make it a powerful component in the solution to our regional commuting problems." Owen Transit Group, Inc., is licensed by Mr. Owen for the marketing of the technology.