London’s Heathrow Airport is geared up to establish the world’s first Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) system. Designed by Advanced Transport Systems Ltd, the PRT is a flotilla of 18 driverless cubicles for business passengers soaring out of Terminal Five. The fitting is listed to complete within two years. Commuting at a speed of 25mph, the pods will transport travelers swiftly to the terminal check-in after picking them from their cars. It claims that a commuter need not wait for more than an 18 second and also runs away the customary delay that happens due to clogging. It’s possibly the first of its kind as the governments seek to substitute car use inside city centers.
Besides cutting down the waiting hours due to delay, it eradicates the need for a unchanging schedule of door-to-door service, privacy and safety. Inevitably, PRT is also being touted as environment-friendly automobile producing 0% emissions and consumes 50% less energy than any other corresponding bus system. The device cannot totally replace the present forms of mass shipment as it demands setting up of individual guide ways from accessible roads or ambler walkways.
Gallery: World’s First Personal Rapid Transport System
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