PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM UTILIZING BOTH COURSE RESERVATION AND BRANCH STOP TECHNOLOGIES

摘要

A PRT (personal rapid transit) system, utilizing both course reservation and branch stop technologies and radically solving the various problems experienced in conventional roadway systems, conventional railway systems and prior art APM or PRT systems, is disclosed. The PRT system of this invention has tunnel-type dedicated guideways (11) located aboveground, groundlevel or underground and is computer-controlled, thus allowing small-sized and standardized PRT vehicles (3) to run along the guideways (11) at high speeds without having any congestion delays. The PRT system thus remarkably increases transit capacity and transit efficiency, provides a comfortable and rapid transit means and radically solves traffic congestion in a large metropolitan region.