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Welcome to America’s one and only personal rapid transit (PRT) system, serving downtown Morgantown and the WVU campus. Though other transit systems may claim they are PRTs, Morgantown’s is the ...
In 1975, a novel transportation system called Personal Rapid Transit, or PRT for short, started operating in Morgantown, W.Va. It was supposed to usher in a new age of public transit. It didn't.
The promise of personal rapid transit systems ... It's not a question of feasibility or testing in Morgantown, W.Va., where the first PRT in the U.S. has been in motion at West Virginia University ...
Though the concept has been around for half a century, only five completed systems in the world can be reasonably defined as personal rapid transit: those in Morgantown, West Virginia, which ...
But in 1975, it already had. Sort of. West Virginia University had just unveiled its Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system, a series of computer-driven cars that puttered their way ...
Personal rapid transit involves automated trams ... and oldest PRT system in the world is in a rather unexpected place: Morgantown, West Virginia. The 3.6-mile Morgantown PRT system, serving ...
This video explores three unique yet failed futuristic transit concepts: the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) in West Virginia, the Gateway Arch’s unique elevator system in St. Louis ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University is spending nearly $4 million on extra buses for public transportation between campuses this semester after its Personal Rapid Transit system ...