Forwarded on behalf of Ken Avidor http://www.roadkillbill.com/PRTCSM.html > The Christian Science Monitor Thursday, April 15, 2004 > Corrections > An article on personal rapid transit (April 1, page 17) should have included more information about costs. For example, a 2001 engineering study for the Cincinnati area projected costs six times what PRT proponents had estimated, in part because of the system's complexity and the need for greater physical support of the structure (a guideway, not a monorail). Independent transit experts note other > hurdles, including the high price of acquiring right > of way. > > =================== > > How much would Dean Zimmermann's "68 Station System" > really cost? > > > 6 X $600,000,000 = $3.6 Billion >
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