Approximate system concept.

Tysons Corner is a well-known suburban "edge city," on 4.9 square miles with a worker-heavy daytime population of more than 100,000. An approximate PRT system concept sketch has been created.  The red, green, and blue segments roughly follow the three shuttle bus circulator routes shown in the "Tysons Strawman" planning report. Each of the three PRT segments has roughly 15 stations and 4 miles of PRT guideway, with a very rough cost estimate of $30M to $60M per segment. Moving silently above Tysons traffic congestion, ULTra is faster than a car. For Tysons, ULTra makes carpooling, Metro, and bus more effective.

PRT is Faster than a Car. Trip time from Freddie Mac ( 8000 Jones Branch Dr.) to Metro Stop #2 (Tysons Blvd & Chain Bridge Rd - Tysons Corner Center):

• PRT: 3 minutes (including 20 second average wait time)
• Driving: 7 minutes. Include driving 0.9 miles in Tysons traffic plus moderate Tysons parking hassle
• Circulator bus: 15 minutes. Makes multiple stops (a "milk run"). Circulators are usually a bit faster than streetcar.
• Streetcar: 17.5 minutes (6.5 min average wait time, 11 minute 1.4 mile trip @ 8 min/per mile [jogging speed])

"Instead of waiting until Tysons' very long-term [$165M per mile] fixed-guideway transit is built, Tysons could become a visionary community by building and implementing a state-of-the-art PRT system at the beginning."

- From: "The last mile in Tysons Corner: PRT" by Steve Offutt, http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=5181. 

For more details, please see this Tysons Corner PRT application page.