Google Car
18 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

Google Car »

The “Google car” (as it usually called) is a fully-functioning autonomous vehicle.  Their video shows a man who is blind ‘driving’ in a Read more…

The TGV at 357 miles per hour (575km/h)
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

The TGV at 357 miles per hour (575km/h) »

No list of transportation triumphs would be complete without the Train à Grande Vitesse!

High-speed trains perform a different function from TEV electric vehicles Read more…

General Motors Futurama, World Fair 1939
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

General Motors Futurama, World Fair 1939 »

This is GM’s Futurama exhibit at the 1939 World Fair in New York – a mind blowing projection into their future – defined as 1960! Read more…

The original high-speed train c.1938
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

The original high-speed train c.1938 »

This video show the awesome Mallard steam locomotive that holds the world speed record of 125mph for a passenger train powered by steam. Read more…

London Heathrow Airport’s ULTra PRT “pods”
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

London Heathrow Airport’s ULTra PRT “pods” »

Personal Rapid Transport (PRT) is an idea that’s been around for a long time – as the video by BBC’s technology show “Click” Read more…

Kwiklane
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

Kwiklane »

Kwiklane has many features in common with our TEV electric highway system – like the use of normal rubber tired vehicles, automatic checking Read more…

Bi-modal Glideway
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

Bi-modal Glideway »

Like all bi-modal systems, this design has great advantages over standard roads.  It uses specially designed vehicles with both rubber and auxiliary steel Read more…

BMW Driverless Car
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

BMW Driverless Car »

When we originally posted about this it was big news. Now many of the leading car manufacturers have a vehicle that will drive Read more…

Moving Platforms
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

Moving Platforms »

British train designer Paul Priestman noted that high-speed trains are not really very fast because they need to stop to transfer passengers. The Read more…

Mister PRT
9 Sep
2014
Written by Caroline

Mister PRT »

This is a driverless, elevated taxi system for cities based on recirculating pods.  This Polish concept is very well thought out. We see Read more…