Mark Funkhouser used to ride West Virginia University's Personal Rapid Transit system, which he recalled "was broken down half the time."
Now he'll help develop a light rail system for Kansas City, Mo., population 450,000.
...He says the PRT "wasn't really mass transit...
Recently a snowstorm shut down the PRT and buses has to shuttle the students around.
Of course, ATRA is planning a seminar to celebrate the so-called PRT system that breaks down half the time.
More about the WVU PRT at the PRT is a Joke website.
