{"id":2541,"date":"2013-07-31T10:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2013-07-31T03:19:55","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T07:19:55","slug":"futuristic-skytran-mass-transit-soon-to-be-in-tel-aviv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/07\/31\/futuristic-skytran-mass-transit-soon-to-be-in-tel-aviv\/","title":{"rendered":"Futuristic Skytran mass transit soon to be in Tel Aviv"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/feature-urban-planet.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Described by its developers as &#8216;the jetsons made into real life&#8217;, this innovative new system of personal rapid transit, designed by NASA and the private company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skytran.net\">Skytran<\/a>, will make Tel Aviv the world&#8217;s first city to embrace this new system of mass transit.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OEMOpCRktm4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The skytran &#8220;pods&#8221; have been designed following the concept of magnetic levitation (maglev), much like the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/news\/archive\/2013-06\/05\/japan-maglev-train-test\">MagLev trains<\/a> in operation in East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Skytran\u00a0would provide a greener, less expensive, faster (capable of reaching 241 km\/h), and more comfortable alternative to cars and bus lines.<\/p>\n<p>The pods must be requested via website or mobile app and they arrive almost instantly. After entering, having already inputted the desired location, you are brought directly to your destination.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas creating or expanding existing underground subway networks is disruptive and expensive, skytran networks can be more easily implemented into cities along wide boulevards, suspended over the street.<\/p>\n<p>This is not the only futuristic idea for reinventing transportation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.et3.com\">ET3 (Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies)<\/a> is another example of progressive inter-city transport innovations as well.<\/p>\n<p>Are these futuristic innovations the next step in meeting Canadian cities&#8217; transportation needs?<\/p>\n<p><em>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.designboom.com\/technology\/skytran-tel-aviv-builds-the-levitating-public-transit-of-the-future\/\">Design Boom<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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