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Piscivorus (July 24, 2008 at 11:30 pm)
I don't buy that nonsense- no offense to you. For decades now, federal, state and local transportation authorities have known about the simplicity and practicality of PRTs but, they've been absolutely determined not to compete with the oil driven private transportation economy. They've been stonewalling and sabotaging ever effort to create a workable PRT system. That is why, when you try to use public transportation, you'll quickly discover that the people who run them obviously never use them.
Piscivorus (July 24, 2008 at 11:08 pm)
Everything is new to each generation.
ahoog69 (July 24, 2008 at 3:24 pm)
Part of it also had to do with the software required to effectively and safely operate the system. A fully realized PRT system - a large grid with many miles of guideway and hundreds of pods - needs foolproof software to send pods where needed and maximize efficiency.
SeaScrabbler (July 12, 2008 at 8:36 pm)
High-speed small-scale distributed computing power was the sticking point until quite recently. Now the bottleneck is entirely political. Because the oil companies realize that if this gets around, their best revenue stream is GONE unless they OWN it completely.
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PJ23490 (June 23, 2008 at 8:23 pm)
cool, are they private or public?
eggaweb (June 20, 2008 at 11:18 am)
There is something of a boom in the air for transport. There are dozens of different ideas using similar principals. Some examples I have looked at to date are SkyTran (U.S.), CyberTran (U.S.), PRT 2000, SkyWeb Express, AusTran, Mist-er (Poland) etc. Many look promising. For example, the Polish attempt (Mist-er) has been approved for construction. It will be the first urban PRT to be installed.
Calculon01 (June 11, 2008 at 3:30 am)
Thanks for the reply, this is really informative, I didn't know those things. Those are pretty interesting points. I still think the idea is amazing, and thrilled that it's finally progressing from concept to reality. even if the wvu system was true PRT, it sure looks pretty trashy.
skybum (June 10, 2008 at 11:10 pm)
Although the WVU system is *called* a PRT (and was initially intentended to be an actual PRT), it doesn't actually work like one. It uses much larger vehicle, which you share with strangers, who you have to wait upon to show up. And sometimes it runs in line-haul mode, stopping like a bus at intermediate stations. True PRT never involves waiting, riding with strangers, or intermediate stops. This is indeed the first commercial application for it.
Calculon01 (June 8, 2008 at 1:24 am)
I find it funny how they like to plug these things like they are brand new and cutting edge...when the truth is, this stuff isnt anything new, it has been around for decades.
I know for one theyve had these at WVU since the 70s |
