[sustran] Re: PRT proposal for Delhi convinces Chief Minister

[Carlosfelipe Pardo]

I can only imagine a replication of Bruno Latour's "Aramis"....

On 26/04/2011 12:18 p.m., Faizan Jawed wrote:
> We might remember (almost) lampooning Roger Davidheiser's vision contained
> in "The Third Generation Roadway:Metropolitan Transport for the 21st
> Century". It seems it is turning to reality in New Delhi. Some "interesting"
> bits of text has been highlighted by me. Whatever happened to common sense!
>
> -Faizan
>
> ###
> * After Metro, now Pod Cars for Delhi? *
> *New Delhi: * Delhi may soon have a pod car system on the lines of those in
> many western cities under which battery operated automated pods, having a
> capacity to carry up to six passengers, will offer transportation from point
> to point.
>
> Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, after witnessing a presentation, asked
> Delhi Integrated Multi Modal Transit System Limited (DIMTS) and Transport
> Department to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) on introduction of the
> pollution free transport system in the city.
>
> Pod car system is a public transportation mode featuring small automated
> vehicles operating on a network of specially-built tracks. In pod car
> system, vehicles are sized for individual or small group travel, typically
> carrying no more than six passengers per vehicle.
>
> After the presentation, Dikshit said her government is keen to take it up as
> a pilot project in areas such as Dwarka, Karol Bagh, East Delhi and Delhi
> University North Campus.
>
> "It will definitely supplement the existing modes of public transport and
> will come up as an alternative to the personal vehicles," Dikshit said.
>
> Transport department officials said the new system may be termed as a
> personal rapid transit.
>
> The private company, which gave the presentation on the project, has offered
> to commission it with its own resources.
>
> "Further it will be economically viable as far as the commuters are
> concerned. The average fare of the pod will come to be around Rs. 6 per km,"
> said the official.
>
> http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/after-metro-now-pod-cars-for-delhi-101691
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