our mission

Back in 2020, John and Matine Yuksel were living in San Francisco—Matine was working at Apple, and John was an attorney. The Yuksel brothers decided to leave their careers in tech and law to make their father’s 40-year-old dream a reality.

When their dad, Edip, was a freshman at Turkey’s top university, he came up with the idea for a modular accelerating walkway to improve urban mobility. But his life changed when his brother was assassinated for leading a youth political organization. Edip dropped out of university and became a best-selling author. His words against the authoritarian government led to four years in a harsh Turkish prison.

After he was released, he moved to the U.S. to have the freedom of speech. He went to law school, met his wife, raised their two sons, and eventually became a college professor.

But Edip never got the chance to build his invention. So, now, that’s what the Yuksel brothers are doing with Beltways—bringing his vision to life.

Beltways is creating a new category of transportation called accelerating walkways.

Beltways’ accelerating walkways are assembled module-by-module above ground, achieving any length desired, assuming adequate power distribution is provided for longer runs.

Power requirements depend on the system length and top speed desired.

Beltways’ accelerating walkways can have any top speed up to 10 mph, depending on the system length. The longer the system, the faster it can be.

1. Beltways’ accelerating walkways are variable-speed systems, unlike traditional moving walkways that are single-speed systems. This is how Beltways can reach 10 mph, whereas conventional systems are capped at 2 mph.
2. Compared to traditional moving walkways, our design allows passengers to enter the accelerating walkway at a slow and safe speed, smoothly accelerate up to 10 mph, and gradually decelerate to a slow and safe exit.
3. The speed profile is very customizable. The longer the system, the faster it can be. As it stands, the maximum speed in the regulatory guidelines is 10 mph.

1. The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) studied accelerating walkways for a decade, conducting numerous human factors studies and found safety to be achievable. One of key safety factors the DOT concluded is the rate of acceleration suitable for all passengers demographics.
2. Beltways’ accelerating walkways are always set to an acceptable speed profile, which we accomplish mechanically and with an advanced control system that monitors the speed of every module.
3. This design allows passengers to experience gradual and imperceptible changes in speed, making every ride smooth and comfortable from beginning to end.

1. Passengers with mobility issues tend to have trouble with the entry and exit of traditional moving walkways because the sudden, large change in speed. In contrast, Beltways’ accelerating walkways can start and end slower than traditional moving walkways, making our systems more accessible to people of all demographics.
2. Beltways’ accelerating walkways have a completely flush treadway, eliminating the tripping hazards of elevated combs at the entrance and exit of traditional moving walkways. This allows for a much safer entry and exit experience for passengers that could even accommodate wheelchairs and other wheeled devices in the future.
3. When passengers enter and exit the Beltways accelerating walkway, they will also be greeted with targeted safety signage that will be displayed on ultra-wide LED floor displays.

Passengers can choose to either stand or walk on our accelerating walkways, whichever they prefer.

Each lane of Beltways’ accelerating walkways can move up to 7,500 people per hour. Customers can add more lanes to increase capacity and people flow.

Beltways’ accelerating walkways are modular and pit-less, allowing them to be installed module-by-module above ground in as little as 10 days.

Beltways’ modular, pit-less, accelerating walkways:

• require no construction or major building modifications because our accelerating walkways are installed module-by-module above ground,
• are much faster than conventional moving walkways, faster than walking and as fast as trams on average,
• are more accessible to all demographics because the entry and exit can be slower than traditional moving walkways without the tripping hazard of the combs,
• are more sustainable with dynamic energy saving features such as motion activation and zoned motion activation,
• are much faster to maintain than traditional systems because of our modular design and digital twin software that uses our sensor network to provide real-time performance monitoring.

Beltways is a better way for people to get around activity centers such as airports, metro stations, stadiums, campuses, convention centers, megafactories, and downtowns.

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In 10 years, Beltways will have accelerated beyond airports and redefined how people move around cities, becoming the primary building block of urban public transit networks.