Masdar City PRT Personal Rapid Transit 

Thijs Carnal yes it is still working under Massage City. Unfortunately it's not up to its true potential with a grid system with many stations but it still is ticking away!

When we build it it was intended to run within the whole of Masdar City but unfortunately it hasn't yet But the plan sure was to expand it Al those test drives with an GolfCar over the course for messing the signal strength when it was still being build where awesome. working with the Boom and Scissor lifts getting the Cable up there sure was hard work but well worth it.

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Hey, I traveled to Abu Dhabi from Dubai just for a day to ride the PRT system here.

Who wouldn't?

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yeah, that's what I thought. Since is new I guess it works but jesus that is not a long term solution at all!

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@@TVegaC The Morgantown PRT built in the 1970s is built to handle 4,500 per hour. I'm sure this system can handle a similar capacity.

@Ramachandran Thangavel Both the Heathrow and Masdar systems are designed to similar operational speeds.

It's closed indefinitely because the coronavirus situation

The Morgantown one actually sucks more and the cars have noisy engines, so shut yo autistic self up. Nerd.

Alfiano Damanik Bro... That would be sick

Read up on 'SkyTran'. Back in the 90s, we allegedly didn't have "enough funds" to even mock-up the system in Southern Arizona, so NASA hopped in and built-out the entire SkyTran system - in Israel. Go figure.?! *

And you could own your own SkyTran Pod and "spur" segment leading into your house.... *

Allow me to introduce to you...the Train!

@@kathrynelrod5570 From my basement?!?! Wow, technology is truly incredible!

it look like it would take only 5 minutes or so to do by foot

Looks like you can't walk, because the tiny autonomous car are in the way. ;)

What a waste of resources! How did the locals these justify this ?!

@@InsaneNuYawka they don't look to expensive, however these things cannot work anywhere else due to demand, Dubai is just filthy rich

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Indeed. Stupid pansies.

The video was sped up at that point.

Im dying ahahah

@@reapanomin899 this is a joke

It slowed down to reduce crashes and accidents.but when taking turns on the track.

Will Elon is doing a shitty version of these

And how do wheel chair disabled passengers use scooters and the like

Scooters are stupid and so are you.

This is Abu dhabi

Heathrow Pod but in a Arabic Instuite

No, they are Al-Heathrow Al-Pod

These are a lot faster

@@app8790 like 300 times faster!

@@roxannewolf3458 Yes.

But Morgantown is still running, and this system is not, replaced with something else. LOL

I agree with you! Nintendo should have put this in Pokemon X and Pokemon Y or Pokemon Black and Pokemon White.

Too funny! I think pod car systems will not be built in the future. Instead, driverless cars will be the future.

@@Luke_Starkenburg, these are driverless cars - except they take up much less land - a motorway lane is 3 metres wide.

Luke Starkenburg honestly they would have Pods maybe for schoolage children so parents can go straight to work.

@@Luke_Starkenburg either way you have gridlock

@@Luke_Starkenburg you’re the stupidest most out of touch fad loser.

The video is sped up! They don't accelerate too quickly.

@@Luke_StarkenburgOk, then they have a very low top speed. :D

These trains are like an amusement park ride!

Yes. It is.

And yet they STILL ended up throwing away a ton of money to build an unnecessary and potentially dangerous nuclear power plant.

Sir I don't like the way you use quotation marks at! Please dial it down I will not authorize

Haha, lol

Indeed I thought it sounds rather noisy from the passenger compartment. Unless the mic on the camera is more sensitive than actually experiencing it.

Did you notice the "4x" in the corner?

@@khymaaren I didn't notice that :/

The video was sped up x4

@@qwertyreejej9584 Oh... then, it sucks. Playing it at 0.25x speed looks more like PSPT (Personal Snails-Pace Transit).

This system reminds you of the London Heathrow Airport pods for a good reason. The Masdar system functions on the same concept: small magnetically guided "pods" operating on demand. The pods on the two systems, known as personal rapid transit, even look similar!

Thanks!

I really wish that Masdar City got expanded and built what was in the original plan. I would love to see a full network of these pod cars serving 20 stations around the town.

It was my father’s office

@@Luke_Starkenburg masdar city has eco villas and stuffs like that but unfortunately this vehicle is not on operation but instead of that shuttle bus service is going on in masdar city in future shuttle bus service will spread in Abu Dhabi capital of UAE

@@NotAashPlayz Thats too bad.

Btw that's me commenting on a different account

I know, I don't know how much they will expand the city. No expanded city = no expanded PRT system!

@The V0iD Mad? Jealous?

Kate Kudirka it costs 24 billion dolars 😂

Yes, I think future PRT systems will use regular streets instead of having its own private guideway.

@@Luke_Starkenburg Who knows? These systems may be the early prototypes for the future of general transportation.

It is free to use! Maybe if the city expands and the PRT system is expanded as well they might begin charging for it, but for the time being it is free!

Luke Starkenburg Awesome. Technology is so cool.

Luke Starkenburg nice pods there, there's pod in Heathrow airport, terminal 5

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VR Sofa Did you not notice the 4x in the corner?

I wish PRT systems would have taken off but I believe that self driving cars (hopefully all electric) will replace the need for PRT systems. It makes me sad because I really was behind this technology, but the future doesn't always happen the way I want it too.

Luke Starkenburg to be honest the only functioning PRT system that has taken off or that is an operation as actual system is in some rural suburb area in the US Morgantown West Virginia

Chris S I agree with you. PRT use to be a great idea, but with self driving cars, I don’t see PRT working except in very specific circumstances.

* yeah but the UAE is much smaller in size and population so it’s much easier to manage everything

These Pod Transit Systems would certainly clear up our roads--much needed in the U.S. We love our cars so much, but an alternative way to move people will help clean our air and the clear the bottleneck of traffic. Why are we light years behind Europe and some middle eastern countries?

you do, Morgantown was the first city to have such a system ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iaSaWfw07Sw.html

Masdar!!

RANJAN NAYAK Thank u.I googled and it is in Abu Dhabi.

Ridzwan Wahid boi it’s in the description

They said the same thing 30 years ago when they installed a similar system in Morgantown USA, and the same when they installed a similar system at Heathrow in 2015.

Interesting. I wonder what it looks like and how it operates.

cherubin7th and a lot fuckin cheaper

Train and car, the worst of both worlds

@@eier3252 I can't agree with you. It at least allows you not to walk miles, so be glad it exists.

You walk up to the bay and use the touch screen. You can see which bays have a waiting pod and which ones do not.

@@Luke_Starkenburg I bet they are going to use a mobile device app at some point as the demand increases.

So, a train?

Nathan Curet I love the concept of PRT but I completely agree with you that soon robot taxis will take you from your house to where you want to be without the use of dedicated infrastructure. I’m sad in a way that we probably won’t ever see a large or medium sized PRT system implemented anywhere but in a way, all of our regular streets and highways could be a PRT network in the future using automated Uber or something similar.

The PRT system is very cool and is an excellent solution in a world without autonomous cars....but that's soon to not be the world anymore. As pointed out, autonomous cars will soon be able to pick you up at any door and take you to any door very quickly, very safely, and very cheep. The PRT system on the other hand has some disadvantages in comparison, very costly construction in addition to being almost impossible to implement in a city that isn't built from the ground up to facilitate it, it must be built underground which is not possible in many places, you must walk up and down levels to get to it, it is not door to door, anyone commuting in or out of its very limited service range is going to have to switch modes of transportation right in the middle, when usage really picks up you are going to have major capacity issues, and requires extensive infrastructure. So yes an autonomous uber would be better in almost every way. Even for privately owned cars, if they are autonomous they could drop you off at your location and then go find the cheapest available parking spot on its own regardless of how far away it is.

pretty soon can be sure in 200 years

+SparenofIria around the 4 minute mark in the video, It shows parts of the ride in real time so you can get a sense on the speed.

Interesting thought! Who knows!

Sudipto Roy the pod cars use regular wheels and electric motors to power it. “The pods are controlled by an advanced navigation system that uses magnets embedded in the roadway while onboard sensors detect any obstacles in their path. They are powered by a battery that recharges while the pods are standing in the stations between trips.” www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thenational.ae/business/masdar-city-s-driverless-cars-system-celebrates-milestone-1.203723

Sam Sitar you use the touchscreen outside of the car where it parks. You use the touchscreen and touch the station you want to go to and then the doors open.

Actually, for this system, there are only two stations, so all pod cars go the same places. So all you do is press the Door Open and Door Close buttons and press Go.

@@Luke_Starkenburg thanks for explaining. it looks nice. they should extend it.

@@SamSitar I agree! I would love to see a PRT system with at least 10 stations and many passengers to see how it keeps up. Unfortunately, the Masdar City project hasn't been expanded past the original project. You can walk from one end of the "city" to the other in 5 minutes. It's not worth expanding the PRT Pod system until the city grows.

What type of project? You have my permission if you credit me. Thanks!

@@Luke_Starkenburg it is my integrated project!