Personal rapid transit gets another chance at life

“Beneath the tall buildings and alleys of Abu Dhabi’s Masdar City, in a hidden, vault-like space, a unique transportation system may one day whisk passengers back and forth to their destinations, faster than any bus system and more accurately than rail. Instead, it will use small, driverless pods that bear as much resemblance to taxis as public transit.”
Rest of the article at Venture Beat
If this means I don’t have to sit next to homeless people on Muni every day, I’m in.