A few random thoughts on this issue:

1. The image in the DNT is an urban installation, but there are no skywalks in the photo (or should I say,"in the way").

2. Perhaps some kind of urban "Timber Twister" is a better solution. It would accomplish the same thing, be a tourist draw, and at $8 per ride, it would pay for itself faster.

3. How is it that the company that pitched the idea eight years ago is still looking for a model pilot project? No takers in 8 years might imply that it isn't a good idea.

4. The only viable PRT I have seen is in Morgantown, WV. College students use it to get from the housing towers to downtown campus buildings. Without 10,000 college students needing it, I don't see how ridership will be anything more than a curiosity.

5. It doesn't sound like it will go anyplace I can't go more easily and faster on my bike. Hey, maybe I can get tax payer funded money to buy a new bike!

6. To expand on #5: If it went UP the hill, and had a bike rack on it, I would pay to use it.

Put moving sidewalks in the skywalks instead?

Seriously though, I can see a need to transport people from remote (e.g., downtown) parking lots to Canal Park/Bayfront in a unique, cost-effective, way. Not sure if PRT is the answer though.

MONO=ONE
RAIL=RAIL

Aw, TimK beat me to it! D'oh.

Was that Ness playing the piano?