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Date
1981
Description
This photograph, taken from a car on the Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit system, show’s the unique tracks that the automated cars move upon. Each car is equipped with rubber wheels and receives energy and information from a rail in the center. This center rail also serves to guide the direction of the car.
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Recommended Citation
Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
Keywords
traffic flow, urban transportation, university towns, Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit
Notes
http://web.presby.edu/~jtbell/transit/Morgantown/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgantown_Personal_Rapid_Transit