Isn there an economy of scale in transit systems; i.e., to carry a given traffic level, won a system of many small vehicles cost more than a system of a few large vehicles?
The basic features of PRT follow logically as features that minimize the total cost per passenger-mile. These features permit true minimization of guideway cost, vehicle-fleet cost, and operating cost while maximizing service. Data shows that transit vehicles cost about the same per unit of capacity no matter how large or small they are. Contrary to intuition, there is no economy of scale. By using nonstop trips, possible with off-line stations, the average trip time of a PRT system is two to three times less than in a conventional transit system, which means that the fleet capacity (number of vehicles x capacity per vehicle), and therefore fleet cost needed to serve a given number of trips, is less by the same factor. Vehicles of the size required to hold up to three seated adults have a much smaller cross section and weigh substantially less per unit of length than large standing passenger vehicles, and, because of much lower dynamic loading, lead to lower guideway weight (15 times l
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