A 3-Minute summary of JPods
Similar Networks
Walter Cronkite covered Tricia Nixon opening the first digital transportation network on Oct. 24, 1972. The Morgantown PRT network has since delivered 150 million oil-free passenger-miles with only two minor injuries. Injuries on roads are 11,200 per million (link).
Suspended networks are well understood as illustrated by the H-Bahn:
- H-Bahn vehicles are similar to buses.
- JPods vehicles are similar to cars:
- Designed to tailor the trip to the traveler.
- Non-stop from origin to destination.
- Remove the parasitic mass of the vehicle to reduce energy consumption to within a solar budget.
Suspended networks have incredibly wonderful safety records.