Comment on Why Nonstop Travel in Personal Pods Has yet to Take OffComments−peter30310yI would think tracked PRTs would need less road space than driven cars. In medium density cities roads are a quarter of square footage. You could probably take out 1/2 or 2/3rds existing roads then and convert them to yards or parks.−listic10yI am afraid PRTs would have hard time competing with roads, and even more so with railways, in terms of passenger carrying capacity.Wikipedia says [1] high capacity road can carry 2,400 passengers per hour; light rail 20,000 - 25,000 passengers per hour per lane in each direction.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Comparison_with_hig...
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I would think tracked PRTs would need less road space than driven cars. In medium density cities roads are a quarter of square footage. You could probably take out 1/2 or 2/3rds existing roads then and convert them to yards or parks.
I am afraid PRTs would have hard time competing with roads, and even more so with railways, in terms of passenger carrying capacity.
Wikipedia says [1] high capacity road can carry 2,400 passengers per hour; light rail 20,000 - 25,000 passengers per hour per lane in each direction.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_rail#Comparison_with_hig...