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title: Personal rapid transit for Maui
date: 2012-05-21T02:45:39Z
modified: 2012-05-22T03:27:23Z
permalink: "https://nko.org/personal-rapid-transit-maui/"
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status: publish
excerpt: ""
wpid: 3742
categories:
  - Education
  - Environment
  - Science
tags:
  - Education
  - Environment
  - Science
  - personal rapid transport
  - podcar
  - PRT
featured_image: /wp-content/uploads/2012/05/320px-ULTra_001.jpg
author: Paul Garrett Hugel
timestamp: 2012-05-22T03:27:23Z
---

[![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/ULTra_001.jpg/300px-ULTra_001.jpg)

](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ULTra)ULTra (Urban Light Transit)From [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_rapid_transit "wikipedia link")…
Personal rapid transit (PRT), also called podcar, is a public transportation mode featuring small automated vehicles operating on a network of specially built guide ways. PRT is a type of automated guideway transit (AGT), a class of system which also includes larger vehicles all the way to small subway systems.
In PRT designs, vehicles are sized for individual or small group travel, typically carrying no more than 3 to 6 passengers per vehicle\[1\]. Guide ways are arranged in a network topology, with all stations located on sidings, and with frequent merge/diverge points. This approach allows for nonstop, point-to-point travel, bypassing all intermediate stations. The point-to-point service has been compared to a taxi or a horizontal lift (elevator).

How cool if Maui began researching the use of pod car technologies within local communities to go beyond the current public transportation schemes which are operating at a significant loss.

[![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Morgantown_PRT_-_Beechurst_Station.jpg/300px-Morgantown_PRT_-_Beechurst_Station.jpg)

](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Transit)Morgantown (personal rapid transit)

## Topics

**Categories:** [Education](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/education.md), [Environment](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/environment.md), [Science](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/category/science.md)

**Tags:** [personal rapid transport](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/personal-rapid-transport.md), [podcar](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/podcar.md), [PRT](https://nko.org/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/post_tag/prt.md)