es ist einfach genial

The reason why WVU's system, which has been doing this for close to 40 years, is ignored is simple. A) Because its located in West Virginia B) Because its located in West Virginia and C) See A and B Boeing designed and made the system for WVU back in the early 70's, when energy efficiency was 'hip' and 'cool'. Then when we were allowed to have cheap energy prices again from the arabs we largely forgot about PRT and transit systems. Now that its popular again, its also being reinvented.

i'm saving this video to my favorites...awesome.

I like this one but my favourite is Mister PRT, a hanging PRT system that goes up to 70Kph (around 50Mph).

I used to like PRT's pod design better than ULTra, but ULTra is far more practical. PRT uses rail which is more costly to maintain than the tires used by ULTra

So apparently Americans haven't heard of a bicycle

WVU has a very important and needed system in Morgantown, WV USA

woah shit this is like futuristic

@davidmcnaught ULTra uses batteries in every vehicle, leading to a higher cost per vehicle, whereas other systems use a third rail. Personally, I think the third rail is a cheaper and more sensible option because vehicles never have to charge up. And with one way loops, the time added to go a few hundred extra meters really isn't that much to consider, especially since the riders are sitting comfortably in little cars.

I was the executive producer on both this Cities21/Bettercampus video and the ultra prt video. There are no copying issues. Yes, some of the script was recycled.

@prohumets Instead of people controlling the vehicle a computer controls it. That way vehicles can move at a consistent speed even though they are close to each other.

Come to WVU. We've had the PRT, although not this new, for so many years.

cool idea ^^

@SatoTM2 use a second loop going the opposite direction across the street !

miPod

This is cool, but ULTra is so much better.

Yet heathrow Pods is the only true system that is going today.

@fdsa9846 how does it travel both ways?

The pods only go one way, which will lead to unnecessarily long journey times - to be an efficient and flexible system, I'm sure you need to be able to travel both ways. I think ULTRA seems better, though this is prettier!