{"id":1008,"date":"2021-07-09T15:55:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T22:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/?p=1008"},"modified":"2026-08-01T21:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T04:32:16","slug":"personal-rapid-transit-might-be-way-of-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/personal-rapid-transit-might-be-way-of-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Rapid Transit Might Be Way of The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Guest column by Matthew Kennedy in Morgan Hill Life, June 30, 2021] Cabs can also be summoned like an elevator when you press a button. And it operates 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p>All around us, we can see the electrification of our transportation sector. Whether BART, light-rail transit, Teslas, or electric bikes and scooters, the shift away from fossil fuels is already happening.<\/p>\n<p>In Milpitas, LoopWorks plans to extend the trend by creating a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system for moving people around the Milpitas Metro\/BART\/Great Mall area. Think of it as a horizontal climate-controlled elevator that can accommodate up to four riders. Walk into one of the awaiting cabs, select your destination, and go there non-stop. People with bikes, baby buggies or baggage will simply roll them into the PRT cab when entering.<\/p>\n<p>Full article at<a href=\"https:\/\/morganhilllife.com\/2021\/06\/24\/guest-column-by-matthew-kennedy-personal-rapid-transit-might-be-way-of-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/morganhilllife.com\/2021\/06\/24\/guest-column-by-matthew-kennedy-personal-rapid-transit-might-be-way-of-the-future\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Guest column by Matthew Kennedy in Morgan Hill Life, June 30, 2021] Cabs can also be summoned like an elevator when you press a button. And it operates 24 hours a day. All around us, we can see the electrification of our transportation sector. Whether BART, light-rail transit, Teslas, or electric bikes and scooters, the <a href=\"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/personal-rapid-transit-might-be-way-of-the-future\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Personal Rapid Transit Might Be Way of The Future<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3329,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1008\/revisions\/3329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milpitasprt.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}