Personal Rapid Transit is an Economical Solution
Many claims have been made regarding the economy of Personal Rapid Transit. However, the limited actual experience available to back up these claims
presents a problem. While the Morgantown system has operated for thirty years, with very reasonable per-passenger costs, its capital
costs were significantly over budget. ULTra and 2getthere now have actual cost data from their Personal Rapid Transit projects at Heathrow and Masdar City,
respectively. This information is substantiating previous indications that PRT is considerably less expensive per passenger mile than
other automated or manual guideway transit systems.
Go to "PRT Papers" for an analysis of capital costs based on a comparison of existing systems and analysis of the
laws of physics. It concludes that Personal Rapid Transit should provide similar capacity to light rail at lower per-passenger capital costs. In
addition, data from existing systems presently in operation indicates that automated systems cost less to operate than manual systems.
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