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The BBC reports on a pilot project called SkyTran, a kind of two person monorail.
Two-person vehicles will be suspended from elevated magnetic tracks, as an alternative transport method to congested roads, the firm promised.
The system should be up and running by the end of 2015. The firm hopes the test track will prove that the technology works and lead to a commercial version of the network.
The plan is to allow passengers to order a vehicle on their smartphone to meet them at a specific station and then head directly to their destination.
While the technology looks interesting, I'm not sure about the long term commercial prospects of this project.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Thursday June 26 2014, @01:46AM
One can do as the germans did.. forget a tool on the rail and have it derail such that passengers are dropped to the ground. Then you will wish that you were on the ground or in a tunnel not falling 6 meters and wrecking your now uninsurable spine.
Murphy doesn't let anyone escape.