Abstract
For over 50 years, personal rapid transit (PRT) has been viewed as one of the most promising ways to
provide sustainable, economical, and convenient transportation while reducing reliance on personal automobiles.
However, despite concerted efforts around the world, the promise of PRT has yet to be realized. This work
demonstrates that different physical means, such as the Korean taxi system, can be used to perform the same
highest-level functional requirement, satisfy the same constraints, and provide many of the benefits that are
expected of a city-scale personal rapid transit system. Thus, Korean taxis can be used as an alternative
embodiment of personal rapid transit and can serve as a test bed to support PRT-related design, research, and
development. The paper then explores the transportation patterns and characteristics of cities in South Korea and
the United States in order to determine the conditions necessary to create and maintain a PRT-like taxi system
and to demonstrate the differences between ‘normal’ and PRT-like taxi systems. Finally, the future of personal
rapid transit as a functional and physical transportation paradigm is discussed.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Editors | Lotte Bjerregaard Jensen, Mary Kathryn Thompson |
Publisher | DCEE |
Publication date | 2014 |
Pages | 47-63 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-9894658-3-0 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Event | 3rd International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering - Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 21 Aug 2014 → 23 Aug 2014 Conference number: 3 http://www.conferencemanager.dk/DCEE3/dcee-3-2014-august-22-23.html |
Conference
Conference | 3rd International Workshop on Design in Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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Number | 3 |
Location | Technical University of Denmark |
Country/Territory | Denmark |
City | Kgs. Lyngby |
Period | 21/08/2014 → 23/08/2014 |
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Keywords
- Integrated dynamic model
- consequence based design
- Parmetric tool
- Building performance simulation
- Integrated design