There have been talks for quite sometime of building a people mover or personal rapid transit system (PRT) connecting San Jose International Airport to existing and future transportation systems. These would include Light Rail, Caltrain, and even BART.
Today I stumbled upon an image of a potential route around SJC from the smart growth/planning site Cities21. Click on the image to see the full map. This might be a wild dream, but I'll be the first to celebrate if anything close to this actually comes to fruition!
Below is an example of what a PRT system "car" could look like. There are already some PRT systems in place around the world (West Virginia University, London Heathrow Airport, etc.).
4 comments:
That looks cool, but first things first - they need to fix that abominable two mile route that circles the airport. It could be made much shorter.
I think they are working on it with the Airport remodel. There are some renderings that were posted in the SJ development news forum, I think I'll repost them here tonight.
How about a speed walkway for those poeple that have a hard time humping 600 yards from Southwest gate 22 to the exit?
Instead they waste money on ugly parking lot artwork and architecture that doesn't match adjascent terminal.
I had a flight from that same gate so I know EXACTLY what you mean.
Some good news, when Terminal B opens in June it'll be a 50-100 yard walk.
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