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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Lydia Leftcoast

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8. The current rail system WHERE?

Reply to jollyreaper2112 (Reply #7)

Mon Feb 11, 2013, 03:19 PM

Feb 2013

In the U.S. where it is underfunded and slowly being rebuilt after being destroyed in the 1950s? Or in Tokyo where millions take it without trouble every day?

I'll be bold enough to say that PRT could not physically accommodate Tokyo's or London's or New York's population of commuters (or even those in Los Angeles).

And really? That "we're so special, so there's no comparable model" is an evasion. If you can't build a model of how PRT would work in Los Angeles or Denver or Minneapolis or Kansas City, how can you be trusted with a real city?

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skytran [View all] jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 OP

PRT has existed since the early 1960s Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #1

no a problem jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #2

In both Minneapolis and Portland, it's been REPUBLICANS who are the biggest advocates Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #4

According to the skytran design... jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #5

I still want to see a working model Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #6

well, the current rail system can't handle it jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #7

The current rail system WHERE? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #8

we are talking past each other jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #9

Mmmm, buses? Bus rapid transit? Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #10

well, speaking for bus transit in my area jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #11

Look, I'm tired of arguing about this Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2013 #12

I don't see how it can be so tiring jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #13

furthermore jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #3

PRT, Personal Rapid Transit, a Solution is search of a problem to solve. happyslug Feb 2013 #14

well jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #15

You are trying to do a Mass Transit Patch on a Automobile transit system happyslug Feb 2013 #16

Well jollyreaper2112 Feb 2013 #17

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