Long, slow commercialization of the Internet, 1926-2007.
Major investor awareness:
- Investment by Bill Gates in Glydways. 2023, Gates comment: “When it happens, AVs will change transportation as dramatically as the PC [personal computer] changed office work.”
- Vinod Kosla on the change via Glydways 2025, “People tell me it won’t happen. It will be the principal mode of transit in all cities. Its cheaper than a private car. It’ll be faster than a private chauffeur-driven car. I could go through lots of reasons.”
News stories
- Physical Internet®: Packet switching people and cargo in cities.
- Praetor Capital 2021 estimate of PRT capital value of $31-58 billion.
- It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a new way to travel in Macon
- Sugarland, TX
- Time Magazine
- MARTA_Glydways
- Arlington (min 45:45), TX mayor intent to build a gondola system, SwyftCities.
- Glyway and Susuki announcement
- Forbes, Glydways Has A New Vision For Public Transit
- MSN, Road Congestion Keeps Ruining Your Life? Why Let It, When There Is A Glaring Solution
- Seven Cities in the World Where You Can Ride an Aerial Cable Car
- Jeral on The Building Culture PodCast
- Bill Gates invests in Glydways: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/transforming-mass-transit-small-evs-144221516.html
- Praetor Capital 2021 estimate of PRT capital value of $31-58 billion: https://www.jpods.com/documents/PRT_Opportunity_Praetor_Capital_2021.pdf
- SwyftCities, Time: https://time.com/7094115/whoosh-queenstown-gondola/
- SwyftCities: https://www.wfaa.com/article/life/north-texas-aerial-gondolas-transportation/287-875e4c1f-376f-4bc7-9178-c8499ad71d8d
- SwyftCities: https://starlocalmedia.com/friscoenterprise/news/frisco-plano-two-of-five-dallas-area-cities-interested-in-aerial-gondolas-transportation-system/article_168181a2-3807-11ef-ae6a-3fee6ff29965.html
- SwyftCities: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/transportation/2024/06/27/uber-like-elevated-cable-cars-could-be-dfws-next-attempt-at-tackling-traffic/
- SwyftCities:https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/gondolas-texas-cities-19548140.php
- JPodsTX: https://jpodstx.com/nctcog/
- JPods Iraq: https://jpods.com/iraq/
- Law in Massachusetts: https://baystatesunway.com/s-1993/
- Documentary: https://jpods.com/rb
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