Personal Rapid Transit: The Future of Public Transportation Allowing Cities to Move and Breathe

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What Is Personal Rapid Transit

Personal rapid transit (PRT), also known as podcars or guided/railed taxis, is a form of public transportation that utilizes small automated vehicles and operates them on a network of specially built guideways. Other names for this type of transportation include personal rapid transit (PRT) and guided/railed taxis. Automated guideway transit (AGT) is a kind of system that also comprises bigger vehicles and extends all the way down to smaller subway systems. PRT falls under the AGT category. When it comes to the paths that it takes, it leans more like personal public transportation systems.


How You Will Benefit


(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:


Chapter 1: Personal rapid transit


Chapter 2: People mover


Chapter 3: Automated guideway transit


Chapter 4: Passenger rail terminology


Chapter 5: Cabinentaxi


Chapter 6: Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit


Chapter 7: ULTra (rapid transit)


Chapter 8: Headway


Chapter 9: SEA Underground


Chapter 10: Cable Liner


Chapter 11: Vought Airtrans


Chapter 12: Ford ACT


Chapter 13: Alden staRRcar


Chapter 14: ROMAG


Chapter 15: Computer-controlled Vehicle System


Chapter 16: Public transport


Chapter 17: Krauss-Maffei Transurban


Chapter 18: Dashaveyor


Chapter 19: Minitram


Chapter 20: List of automated transit networks suppliers


Chapter 21: Unbuilt Rosemont personal rapid transit system


(II) Answering the public top questions about personal rapid transit.


(III) Real world examples for the usage of personal rapid transit in many fields.


(IV) 17 appendices to explain, briefly, 266 emerging technologies in each industry to have 360-degree full understanding of personal rapid transit' technologies.


Who This Book Is For


Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of personal rapid transit.

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