Personal Rapid Transit - Designs

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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