| PRT Type |
Vehicle Size |
Control |
Station Contruction |
Speed |
Cart Availability |
Handicap Compatibility |
Shopping Mall Compatibility |
Residential Neighborhood Compatibility |
Downtown Fin. Distric Compatibiliy |
| Hallitube | Thin cart shaped like luge, almost no wind resistance, light. |
user controlled |
no |
100 mph |
Based on Arrival from Loop |
Cannot be engineered for Handicapped |
High (Use Three Stores) |
Use existing homes |
Very High |
| Conventional PRT | box seating 3 |
automated |
yes |
40 mph |
On Site |
Yes |
Low (Eliminate 40 parking spaces |
Level homes/build for station |
Absent (no land for stations) |
| PRT Type |
Industrial Area Compatibility |
System Complexity |
Rider Surprise Control** |
Disabled Vehicle Issues |
System
Behavior When Central Computer Fails |
Potential to Use Cart as Electrified Street Vehicle |
System "Equitable" i.e. serves poor and rich |
Real Estate Acquisition as percentage of cost |
Age group compatibility |
High- Speed Alternative to Long Distance Commuting |
| Hallitube |
Integrate into building |
Simple System |
High (Credit Card Required) |
Few, riders control pushing into next station w. their own Hallitcart |
No stop-
there is no central computer, except to gather data |
Possible under a Redesign to include steering |
No, private, requires license exam, written exam, Credit Card with established record |
Tiny, bulk of system is along
highway as it fits under overpasses, intrudes into urban/city neighborhoods only where endpoints depart from main track. |
Elderly and under 16 cannot ride |
yes |
| Conventional PRT |
Buy land, condstruct another station |
Complex System |
Low (Anybody can be waiting) |
Many - entire system will halt, passengers cannot their cabin in relation to front disabled cabin,other than through emergency brake. |
Entire system halts, Cabins are stranded on elevated tracks between stations. |
Difficult: large slow cabin that cannot stand stably w.o. tracks, cabin much wider than wheels |
Yes |
Huge, unaffordable for S.California, cannot run besides highway, due to overpasses so massive construction is required in populated areas, provoking litigation. |
Elderly as well as children can ride |
No |