Microsoft Campus PRT

Illustration of packet-switched network moving Pods on the Microsoft campus without congestion or emissions.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• PRT
• Microsoft
• Personal
• mobility
• urban
• transport

[MrSquareart]

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

[Streetcar1743]

@mdao3000 We have heard of a bicycle. But with a PRT, they can go where bicycles can't go. PRT pods can travel into buildings thru certain doors. PRT routes can trave along Interstate highways. Bicycles are not allowed on Interstate highways.

[jeffsandychelsea]

@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.

[robertweinberg1993]

@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.

[astrialkil]

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

[astrialkil]

@fdsa9846 how does it travel both ways?

[malcolmry]

miPod

[BatusaiJack]

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

[jag3965]

I think the most promising PRT I have seen is the one inside Masdar Institute in Abu Dhabi. It is very convenient and driving on the normal road without the need of tracks or guide beam. UN Sec General Ban Ki Moon tried the vehicle.

[prohumets]

and HOW this prevent's traffic jams if everybody just leaves theyre cars and move into Pods? same thing only now there is no way of passing each other or getting down in case of failure?