Designs
The following table summarizes several well-known PRT designs.
| System | Location | Active? | Status | Seating capacity (per vehicle) |
Guideway | Suspended/ supported |
Propulsion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgantown PRT (Boeing) | West Virginia, USA | Yes | In service since 1975 | 8 seated plus 12 standing | concrete | supported | rotary motors |
| ULTra | London, England | Yes | In service since 2011 | 4 | concrete | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
| 2getthere PRT | Netherlands | Yes | In service since 2010 | 4-6 | concrete | supported, rubber wheeled | rotary motors |
| Vectus PRT (POSCO) | South Korea | Yes | Full prototype | 4 | steel | supported | linear motors |
| Modutram | Mexico | Yes | Full prototype | 6 | steel | supported | hybrid electric |
| Cabinentaxi | Germany | No | Completed system but never installed | 3,12,18 | steel | both, solid rubber wheels | linear motors |
| CVS | Japan | No | Full prototype | 4 | steel | supported, rubber wheels | rotary motors |
| PRT2000 (Raytheon) | US | No | Full prototype | 4 | steel | supported | rotary motors |
| Monocab/ROMAG (Rohr, Inc.) | US | No | Full prototype, displayed at Transpo '72 | 40 | concrete | both, rubber wheels (Monocab), maglev (ROMAG) | rotary motor (Monocab), linear motor (ROMAG) |
| Shweeb | New Zealand (Rotorua) | Yes | Leisure installation | 1 | Steel | Suspended | Human power, bicycle |
| MISTER | Poland | Yes | Partial prototype | 5 | steel | suspended | rotary motors |
| Skytran | US | Yes | Partial prototype | 2 | steel | suspended, magnetic levitation | linear motors |
| Skyweb Express (Taxi2000) | US (Minnesota) | Yes | Partial prototype | 3 | steel | supported | linear motors |
| JPods | US | Yes | Partial prototype | 4 | steel | suspended | rotary motors |
| Skycab AB Skycab | Sweden | Yes | Concept | ? | ? | supported | ? |
| Interstate Traveller | US | Yes | Concept | ? | ? | supported | ? |
| BM Design / BM One | Finland | Yes | Concept | 2-3 | steel round pipe | supported | rotary motors + track assistance on climbs |
- Morgantown PRT is known as a quasi-PRT system, because it lacks some PRT features such as 100% on-demand service.
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