ULTra personal rapid transport system

The electric-powered vehicles have four seats, can carry 500-kilogram payload, and are designed to travel at 40 kilometres per hour (25 mph) This year the world’s first Personal Rapid Transit system will open at London’s Heathrow Airport, connecting one station in Terminal 5 to two remote stations in the business car park. The Heathrow Terminal 5 project includes a 3.9-kilometre (2.4 mi) Ultra PRT system expected to use 21 vehicles. The developers expect that users will wait an average of around twelve seconds with 95-percent of passengers waiting for less than one minute for their private pod. If the pilot project is successful, BAA have indicated that they will extend the service throughout the airport and to nearby hotels using 400 pods.