ULTra's Poison Pod Pill for High Speed Rail

Even as they struggle to launch their much-ballyhooed, much-postponed launch at Heathrow, the ULTra PRT hucksters keep adding more ridiculous CGI videos to gazillions of PRT videos already on You Tube. But, instead of trashing rail transit like this PRT video titled "Phoenix light rail is Trash!", this video pretends to love rail transit:

High-speed rail has become an increasingly attractive form of transit, offering inter-city travel that is faster, more convenient, and more environmentally friendly than driving or flying. But how do you get to the high speed rail station?

ULTra sustainable personal transit can increase the popularity of each high speed rail station, without requiring expensive parking structures. By connecting to high-speed rail, ULTra can increase the area that is served, boosting rail ridership, and making for a more economically viable system. ULTra PRT takes high speed rail to the next level. For more info: http://www.ultraprt.com

The pod people like to argue that PRT is a "last mile solution" for passengers. They argue that Americans will not take LRT or HSR because they need a pod to take them from the station to their final destination.

Except that there isn't any "last mile problem". Passengers take the bus, bike, tram, cab, walk etc.

The PRT "solution" is just a poison pill to make rail transit look too expensive and too complicated.

As usual, the PRT guys offer distraction and misinformation to confuse public officials and citizens about reality-based transit.



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Bizarre hearing for wacky Jpods proposal for Hull, Massachusetts. Video: Bill James Pitches Jpods Resolution to Hennepin County.

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