Amid our recent national panic attack over the nauseating roller coaster gas prices are riding, a couple of emirates on the Persian Gulf are innovating furiously. Dubai and Abu Dhabi are receiving a ...
Masdar City was designed to be a cleantech geek’s dream come true–it will be almost entirely powered by renewable energy, cooled by towers that draw wind into breeze corridors, and navigated by a ...
February 4, 2009 As we’ve reported previously, the oil rich nation of the United Arab Emirates is leading the way in sustainable living research with the construction of Masdar City. The city is ...
A novel kind of transit system, in which cars are replaced by a network of automated electric vehicles, is about to get its first large-scale testing and deployment. Two of these Personal Rapid ...
The doors swish shut and with the press of a touchscreen button, the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) car is off, gliding through the tunnels beneath Abu Dhabi’s new Masdar City. The sleek four-passenger ...
Personal rapid transit (PRT) has seen its fair share of political strife and skepticism, particularly in the U.S. where a few projects are stuck at the planning stage. But this novel way of getting ...
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