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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 frojack on Thursday June 26 2014, @03:58AM
As far as I know, none are hanging from the motor unit which is hanging from a rail.
They all seem to be built on a single central rail or a trench.
This would require dramatically less infrastructure and land use.
So its a different problem altogether. Probably not comparable to prior projects.
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