Who wants SkyTran tracks running through their neighborhood?
Every town or city considering SkyTran will need to consider this, but fundamentally SkyTran will have far less impact on a neighborhood than any other means of improving your transportation choices. A new freeway (comparable traffic capacity) or elevated train track (less) running by your home would impact the neighborhood far more. No homes or businesses will need to be bulldozed. Construction will be weeks or months instead of years. SkyTran vehicles travel safely above people, animals and vehicles on the ground. Because of they have minimal frontal area and excellent aerodynamics, plus no wheels, motors or gears to make noise, even a 100-MPH SkyTran vehicle should be quiet enough to be unnoticeable indoors (see below). Also, almost none of SkyTran’s infrastructure is at ground level — even the boarding platforms and waiting vehicles are off the ground, out of the way — that’s huge in a crowded city. Every other alternative — even adding bus lanes and shelters, or unleashing swar
