New advice and plans for standards could mean PRT is moving into the mainstream

Personal Rapid Transit is still seen by some as the futuristic daydream of ‘spaceage’ writers and film makers, but to others it’s a transport revolution waiting to happen. It could be significant that the mode has taken another move towards the mainstream, with publication of new government backed advice for scheme promoters in Britain and moves towards a common standard for the low-capacity pod systems.

Though there are relatively few PRT systems in the world –...