Here is the latest form of possible future mass transit- the podcar. Basically it is a combination of the taxi with regular city mass transit. instead of wasting energy and gas with individual cars, we use a massive podcar system to travel around a city. You may even be able to use such a system to connect suburbs that are built closely (speculation). you don't use fuel, all podcars are electrically powered like an electric train- power is provided by a power plant (thats' a whole discussion on its own). The podcars themselves don't pollute, and all the energy is focused in the one giant system instead of being dispersed as in a whole lot of individual cars. Every house can be potentially connected to the main track line, which will run like roads.
So the question is, would people want to invest billions of tax dollars on this system???
references:
Can PRT replace the automobile?
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/09/can-prt-replace-cars.php
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