Maybe now people will stop laughing at Dean Zimmermann and PRT and start to realize the advantages of a system that does NOT interfere with busses or cars or trains. Something that rises above it all, so to speak, and costs a FRACTION of what an el system like Chicago has would cost and a whole lot less than more LRT or BRT which still impact ground travel.
Why does it cost less than an elevated train? My guess would be that it's because the rolling stock is privately owned. That makes it _more_ expensive overall because it's cheaper to build vehicles that hold many people than vehicles that only hold a few.
PRT does not get us away from the fundamental transportation problem, which is our inability to wean ourselves from the personal vehicle. It's the number of vehicles, not the number of travelers that is the problem.
-Dave
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