Personal Rapid Transit (eBook)

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.