Last year, MetaEzra opined that with Cornell's expansion plans, Ithaca and the University were going to have to start considering the possibility of building a higher-order transit system. And so now the Ithaca Journal is featuring an article about a new Ithaca organization that is advocating for investment into a Personal Rapid Transit System. The concept may sound strange, but after a conference in Uppsala, Sweden in October Connect Ithaca, an organization dedicated to building a more sustainable infrastructure, met with the Institute for Sustainable Transportation and learned about a transportation system that's safer, faster, cleaner and quieter than any transit unit used on Ithaca's streets.Imagine it: Ithaca with less traffic congestion, less road construction and a new-age monorail zipping people around some 15 feet above ground.
You can read more about Connect Ithaca here.
