PRT News
The cover story of the July Issue of Popular Science, Eco-tropolis, features PRT as part of the “eco-savvy blueprint for tomorrow’s megacity. The PRT product discussed is Unimodal’s SkyTran system. This version of PRT is based on magnetic levitation technology and anticipates speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Unimodal’s design shares the key PRT elements of on-demand, non-stop transportation to your destination. However, the Skytran system proposes much higher speed of travel then most alternate systems.
For more information, pick up the July Popular Science, on newstands through mid July or visit Popular Science and Unimodal web sites:
http://www.popsci.com/futurecity/
6/30/08
PRT in Popular science
Unimodal’s SkyTran PRT system is part of the Popular Science vision of tomorrow’s eco-savvy cities.
The SkyTran system envisions off-line stations stacked above or below the main guideway. This design can save space in urban environments. Like most PRT systems, it has practically no footprint on the ground, conserving far more valuable urban real estate than other options.
