personal rapid transit

American

noun

a short system of small, self-propelled, automated, rubber-tired vehicles that usually run on elevated concrete tracks and allow a passenger a limited selection of routes, as in an amusement park or at an airport. PRT

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In 1967, Popular Science published what’s probably the most in-depth and accessible article ever written on dual-mode personal rapid transit.

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And despite the long winter for personal rapid transit, he’s not alone.

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In the late 1960s, the Aerospace Corporation2 started a long research program on personal rapid transit.

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But he also thinks that if the system fails, whatever replaces it will hold to the principles of personal rapid transit.

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He was one of several inventors who had hit on an idea that was known as personal rapid transit, or PRT — a novel and elaborate combination of rail and car.

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