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PRT in Sweden: From Feasibility Studies to Public Awareness
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@MISC{Tegnér_prtin,
author = {Göran Tegnér and Wsp Group and Sweden Ab and Magnus Hunhammar and Ingmar Andréasson and Logistikcentrum Ab},
title = {PRT in Sweden: From Feasibility Studies to Public Awareness},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Podcars or Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) has been discussed and analyzed in Sweden since the mid-1960’s. Interests in PRT has gone up and down over time. Since the mid-1990’s, however, the efforts of promoting PRT in Sweden have become more serious and frequent. Many pre-feasibility and a few feasibility studies were undertaken by researchers, consultants and cities against a wide range of vested interests in the automotive and public transport industries. This paper summarizes a great number of studies, and tries to explain why PRT has not yet materialized. Up to now, the crucial point seems to have been the imbalance between risks and financial support: No local authority can buy a system, due to the development risks as long as it is an unproven technology; and no developer can invest fully in development, as long as there is no (mass) market for the end product. Today, PRT in Sweden has entered a new era. A PRT test track is under construction in Uppsala, Sweden, by a vendor (Posco) who believes thart there is a mass market. Further, criticism and awareness of the unsustainability of the current traffic situation
Keyphrases
feasibility study public awareness local authority public transport industry current traffic situation unproven technology end product financial support personal rapid transit development risk many pre-feasibility mass market wide range great number prt test track crucial point vested interest new era
