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in 1970s Germany had very active R&D on Public transportation's system like Transrapid or Cabinentaxi
Cabintaxi in English, was a German people mover development project undertaken by Demag and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm with funding and support
from the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT, the German Ministry of Research and Development).
August 1973 by a 150 meter test track and three 3-passenger vehicles installed near German town of Hagen.
1976 the test track was expand to 1,9 km
in 1979 the financing of program was stop by new German government
in Juli 1981 the test track was demolished
English links
]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinentaxi
German links
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinentaxi
http://www.gleismann.de/15.cabinentaxi/c3.html
Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdF0FK-2io
Cabintaxi in English, was a German people mover development project undertaken by Demag and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm with funding and support
from the Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (BMFT, the German Ministry of Research and Development).
August 1973 by a 150 meter test track and three 3-passenger vehicles installed near German town of Hagen.
1976 the test track was expand to 1,9 km
in 1979 the financing of program was stop by new German government
in Juli 1981 the test track was demolished
English links
]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinentaxi
German links
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinentaxi
http://www.gleismann.de/15.cabinentaxi/c3.html
Youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERdF0FK-2io