Personal Rapid Transit in New Zealand - Future Transit Now

It's not far away now. Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates will have its PRT up and running this year. Watch for the PRT cars part-way through the video

Ok, that title is a bit tongue in cheek but you would think it was true judging by the thinking evident in Minnesota. Given the amount of well developed research that has come out of Minnesota, including Ed Anderson's, you could call it America's home of PRT.

Yet that very city seems to have gone out of its way to ignore PRT. In the face of economic crisis it would rather stick with a technology which is going to require continued subsidies, bringing with that all the attendant issues of subsidised services.

Read here  an article decrying the opportunity lost in the City's Central Corridor light rail line

Also here an interesting article noting the skewed economics that arise from such subsidies

The Obama administration was elected on its "time for a change" platform and true to that position has established the opportunity for feedback on change ideas for America. To that end the administration has created a citizen briefing book for the President elect to review ideas for change.

It is no surprise then to find that "Greening America" with technologies such as PRT is right out front in the feedback from the citizens of America. Visit the site and search on PRT to see the ideas that are being put forwar. Register, add comments and vote for PRT

See it here http://citizensbriefingbook.change.gov/