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Picture from the report, "What YOU Should know about RAPID TRANSIT" – 1960 report about rapid transit by the Atlanta Region Metropolitan Planning Commission. This report focused on a comparison of rapid transit technologies under consideration (heavy rail, monorail, etc) and costs more than the actual system plan. Notice the "Avondale" and "Marietta" destination signs in the trains.

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Maglev (magnetic levitation) train in Shanghai - CHINA

A Brill Liner on the way from Sharon Hill to 69th Street, approaches the junction at Drexel Hill.

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USA: The California State Transportation Agency has awarded $500m in capital grants for 17 ‘transformative’ rail and public transport projects under its Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program.

Today, the city of Yichang, in China’s central Hubei province and the site of the Three Gorges Dam, opened a major transportation and urban development project largely funded by an Asian Development Bank loan. The Yichang bus rapid transit corridor, initially on Dongshan Avenue in the city center, will serve half a million daily passenger

Mott MacDonald has a strong track record in delivering personal rapid transit (PRT) systems which are not only reliable, but also attractive, convenient and comfortable to passengers. The major benefit – they consume less carbon.