I am old enough to remember when Ed Anderson first proposed PRT back in the early 1970's. It is an intriguing concept, but I have always had a few problems with it. First of all, I think elevated guideways are ugly - at least they have been in any application I have seen them - the Chicago el, Seattle's monorail, etc. And I really hope someone could answer this question. Where do you store all the cars needed for a big event? Say there is a sold out game at the Metrodome and you have a large, working PRT system. After the game thousands might want to use the system at approximately the same time. How could you stack that many cars to be used since if a car took some passengers to a distant destination, the car might not get back in time to be of use in the departure crunch. Just curious. And just for the record, anything beats the traffic snarls we have now and will only have more of as the years go by. Jan Del Calzo Lynnhurst
