Taxi 2000's PRT pod is supposed to run on futuristic-sounding "linear induction motors" (The pod actually rides on dorky, little rubber tires). Read about the wacky inventor of LIM, Eric Roberts Laithwaite:
"Scientist who used linear motors to drive hovering trains but was then branded a crank for defying Newton."
I have a hypothesis; PRT seems to induce a magnetism ( I call it Gadgetbahnism) that pulls all sorts of crack-pots into its orbit... here's an entire archive of wacky Wikipedian PRT nonsense that validates my hypothesis:
"...And once again, please consider finding some other focus for your obsessive interest than pushing for speculative details about hypothetical transport systems."
My hypothesis about gadgetbahnism would also explain why PRT attracts nutcases from across the political spectrum.
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