14. The Personal Rapid Transit Pod
Personal rapid transit (PRT) systems, such as the Morgantown PRT in West Virginia, envisioned a future of on-demand, automated travel across cities. Despite early promise, high construction costs and operational complexity kept these networks from expanding beyond a few examples. While airport shuttles use similar automation, citywide PRT systems never became the norm. Learn more about America’s only PRT system at CityLab.
