This Incredible 1970s Transit System In West Virginia Could Be The ...

This Bizarre West Virginia Transit Was Supposed to Be The Future

Morgantown, West Virginia is home to one of America's most bizarre forms of transit: the Personal Rapid Transit, or PRT, a grade-separated ...

The PRT in Morgantown, West Virginia, is a unique and innovative light rail system created in the 1970s that remains operational and state-of-the-art.

A Ride of the Future, 1977 - YouTube

"A Ride of the Future," produced in 1977 by Ellis Dungan for West Virginia University, looks at the development of the university's PRT ...

TIL that in 1975, Morgantown, WV (Pop. 30,000) built a ... - Reddit

TIL that in 1975, Morgantown, WV (Pop. 30,000) built a personal rapid transit system that comes at the push of a button, skips the stations you ...

Morgantown PRT - Atlas Obscura

Discover Morgantown PRT in Morgantown, West Virginia: This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future ... Transit) system may look ...

West Virginia's 70s Automated Personal Rapid Transit | Hacker News

The WVU PRT is amazing, but impractical. Duke University had a sister system which was decommissioned in 2009. I totally get why they did that, ...

Base Camp Printing Co. | 50 years ago, the Personal Rapid Transit ...

basecampprinting on October 15, 2022: "50 years ago, the Personal Rapid Transit system was dedicated in Morgantown, WV on October 24, 1972.

70's-Era Personal Rapid Transit System Still Operating in West ...

Tod Newcombe pays a visit (and takes pictures) of WVU's personal rapid transit system, operating since 1975. Newcombe writes:.

A Unique Personal Rapid Transport System Here In West Virginia

Not Many People Know That You Can Take A Ride On A Historically Unique Rapid Transit System In West Virginia ... The West Virginia University ...

WVU to host international personal rapid transit seminar in May

The Morgantown PRT has incredible capabilities that other systems dont have,he added.Its the only passenger-initiated system in the world that ...

The Future of Transit in West Virginia

The purpose of the study was to examine the existing public transportation systems in WEST VIRGINIA and compile a document that would discuss transit's ...

Personal Rapid Transit: The “Future” of Transit (in West Virginia)

Comments374 · The Subway Under the US Capitol · First Time Riding MARTA in Atlanta · PATCO Speedline: America's Oldest Automated Trains · The Future ...

West Virginia Goes Back to the Future With Transit Technology

The future of transportation will be built on the site of a former coal mine in West Virginia. Last week, Virgin Hyperloop One announced ...

Denver's 1970s Flirtation with Personal Rapid Transit

The story of how Denver came very close to having a Personal Rapid Transit system implemented during the 1970s begins with a grant. In October ...

Under the Monorail - by Steve Lafleur - North of Bloor

West Virginia University managed to secure a grant for the system. President Richard Nixon took a personal interest in the project, viewing it ...

Transportation in West Virginia -MH3WV-Railroad/Highway/Airports

“While America was still in its infancy, a novel idea was hatched – to build a roadway that would connect the fertile frontiers of the Midwest to the seaport of ...

B&O Freight Depot - Wheeling WV History - Ohio County Public Library

Built in 1852, the Wheeling Freight Depot, and the passenger depot which once stood adjacent to it, formed the first terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad ...

Transit Levy 2024

Mountain Line runs a tight, efficient system and we control our costs. We have the lowest cost per passenger ride in the state and one of the lowest in the US.

The History of School Transportation in Mercer County, WV

Beginning in 1964, the Wayne bodies featured boxy front-end styling that looked very unorthodox by the standards of the time. West Virginia buses also began to ...

A Revolution That Didn't Happen: Personal Rapid Transit - NPR

In 1975, a novel transportation system called Personal Rapid Transit, or PRT for short, started operating in Morgantown, W.Va. It was supposed ...