WVU Celebrates 5 Decades of People-Moving PRT, Still ‘the Ride of the Future’

WVU Celebrates 5 Decades of People-Moving PRT, Still ‘the Ride of the Future’

First built at West Virginia University as an experimental project, the iconic Personal Rapid Transit system, or PRT, is marking 50 years of transporting students, faculty and staff, and visitors across the Morgantown Campus.

WVU celebrates 5 decades of people-moving PRT, still ‘the ride of the future’

First built at West Virginia University as an experimental project, the iconic Personal Rapid Transit system, or PRT, is marking 50 years of transporting students, faculty and staff, and visitors across the Morgantown Campus.The University will celebrate the milestone with a series of special events Nov. 3-8.

At 50 years, West Virginia University celebrates its ground-breaking PRT system

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The familiar hum of the gold and blue "Personal Rapid Transit" cars has been part of life at West Virginia University for half a century. This fall, the "PRT," which was the first large-scale automated guideway transit system in the U.S., is celebrating 50 years of service to students, faculty, staff, and […]