Comments on: Personal Rapid Transit http://www.pay4rides.com/2008/10/personal-rapid-transit/ A Simple Idea to Turn Red Lights Green Sat, 19 May 2012 18:41:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Bruce http://www.pay4rides.com/2008/10/personal-rapid-transit/#comment-226 Bruce Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:12:06 +0000 http://www.pay4rides.com/?p=213#comment-226 You may be interested to know that there's a PRT system already built, currently being tested, due to open to the public next year at Heathrow airport, London, another system being is built in Masdar, in the Emirates, and a third system is in the planning stages in Suncheon, Korea. According to vendors, it's a lot cheaper than light rail. You may be interested to know that there’s a PRT system already built, currently being tested, due to open to the public next year at Heathrow airport, London, another system being is built in Masdar, in the Emirates, and a third system is in the planning stages in Suncheon, Korea.

According to vendors, it’s a lot cheaper than light rail.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.pay4rides.com/2008/10/personal-rapid-transit/#comment-201 Anonymous Tue, 19 May 2009 19:49:34 +0000 http://www.pay4rides.com/?p=213#comment-201 PRT becomes much cheaper when you avoid having to construct new grade-separated rights-of-way by installing the track on existing freeways. Doing it on higher-traffic roads also means you can upgrade it to a Group Rapid Transit (GRT) system, with more passengers per vehicle and thus better fuel efficiency. Check out http://cybertran.com for an example. PRT becomes much cheaper when you avoid having to construct new grade-separated rights-of-way by installing the track on existing freeways. Doing it on higher-traffic roads also means you can upgrade it to a Group Rapid Transit (GRT) system, with more passengers per vehicle and thus better fuel efficiency. Check out http://cybertran.com for an example.

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