It is a vision straight out of a sci-fi movie: bubble-shaped, driverless, electrically-powered pods whizzing around the populated urban landscape, whisking you to wherever your heart desires, 24/7, with a simple mobile phone call. It may sound a little far-fetched, but the team behind the Mobilicity project and the personalised public transport (PPT) concept think it is not only conceivable, but relatively inexpensive to implement. It would use our current road structure and much of the technology available today, and, by axing the driver, could save up to 60 per cent in costs. The door-to-door service promises a safe, secure, comfortable and emission-free ride on selected routes in major cities, for those who are sick and tired of cramming into overcrowded buses and tubes and desire the luxury of personalised transport. It also caters for wheelchair users, a pressing issue in our ageing society.
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