"Affordable Very Light Rapid Transit" is a proposal that's been funded by the City Deal (now Greater Cambridge Partnership) as a concept for public transport in and around Cambridge
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Roughly speaking, it consists of 40-seater self steering 8 wheel electric buses running shuttles along tunnels. If (for example) you come in to the city from the south and want to get to the north, then you'd have to change.
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Look at pages 12-13 in part 1 for the best laughs.
details are here
Part 1
Part 2
Roughly speaking, it consists of 40-seater self steering 8 wheel electric buses running shuttles along tunnels. If (for example) you come in to the city from the south and want to get to the north, then you'd have to change.
Twice
Look at pages 12-13 in part 1 for the best laughs.
The solution proposed in the remainder of this report sets out to answer this question. It is referred to as AVRT – Affordable Very Rapid Transit. It could, in future, be a means of providing low cost mass transit for many small cities...
The vehicles are battery powered and designed to run on flat tarmac surfaces under autonomous control. This minimises both the capital costs and the operational costs. The result is a very simple, lightweight, vehicle which uses driverless technologies which are increasingly becoming available within the mainstream automotive industry. The vehicles can be electronically coupled to run in multiple sets during busy periods, and un-coupled to run efficiently with reduced passenger numbers in off-peak periods....
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