PERSONALIZING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

The article argues that, as private cars cause congestion, pollution, and other problems, perhaps the way out of these problems is a new, 'personal' kind of public transportation that will help restore balance to urban transportation. This system would consist of a finely woven network of personal rapid transit (PRT) stations and track that would offer an appealing and economical service for nondrivers. As the PRT network expanded, a growing number of automobile drivers would opt to use it. The article describes the essential features of PRT systems; the advances in technology that have created more-favorable prospects for PRT today than in earlier years; and the safety and security of the system.

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  World Future Society

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• Authors:
  • Floyd Jr, T H
• Publication Date: 1990-11

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 29-33
• Serial:
  • The Futurist
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: World Future Society
  • ISSN: 0016-3317

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Interest groups; Personal rapid transit; Private enterprise; Private transportation; Public transit; Special user groups; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Personal transportation systems
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal transit; Special interest groups
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00605442
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM