MISTER

MISTER ("Metropolitan Individual System of Transportation on an Elevated Rail") is a personal rapid transit (PRT) system developed in Poland. It belongs to the group of PRT systems using a carriage suspended beneath a rail, mounted approximately 6 meters above the ground. [ [http://www.mist-er.com/ MISTER homepage] ]

Olgierd Mikosza, the inventor of the system, claims that switching rails at intersections will be done at full speed of about 50km/h. [ [http://www.podcar.org/uppsalaconference/video/october1st/KEYNOTE%20SESSION%20on%20Vendor%20FLASH/Ollie_Mikoza_MIST_ER/Ollie_Mikoza_MIST_ER.html Presentation at Uppsala PRT Conference, Sweden] ] In addition, adding new intersections and stops should require very little modification to the current network.

Currently, Opole [ [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/opole/1,35086,5489260,Kolejka_gondolowa_podbija_swiat.html Newspaper article] (Polish language)] and Rzeszów [ [http://miasta.gazeta.pl/rzeszow/1,34971,5471359,Pojedziemy_gondola_nad_Rzeszowem_.html Newspaper article] (Polish language)] are two cities in Poland involved in including MISTER in their public transit system.

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