Masdar City PRT

Masdar City is a carbon neutral, car-free city, featuring Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) to accommodate mobility. Phase 1A of the Masdar PRT system is approximately 1.4 kilometers long and features 2 stations: the North Car Park and the Masdar Institute for Science and Technology. The system first opened to the general public on November 28, 2010, marking the 14th year anniversary of operations in November of 2024. While the system availability and vehicle availability consistently exceed 99.6% and 99.9% respectively during the first 10 years of operations. The current system availability, as of September 2024 reflects 87.6% with a vehicle availability of 88.3% due to the life cycle preventative maintenance schedule, ensuring the system can continue operations. The PRT system is operational 18 hours a day, from 06.00hr until midnight, every day. That equates to total operational vehicle hours of 290,000 today.

The 10 vehicles operate on-demand, featuring angled berth stations allowing for independent entry and exit of vehicles. The system is carrying 5 times the anticipated amount of passengers, averaging >85% average occupancy during the weekends. On May 22nd, 2014 the system carried its 1 millionth passenger, now with over 2.5 millionth passengers carried in November 2024. The vehicles are entirely powered by Lithium-Phosphate batteries, allowing a range of 60 kilometers on a 1.5 hour charge. The vehicles are recharged at the berths while docked. The PRT system has already completed over 1 million single trips and has driven a total distance of over 1.2 million kilometers with an average occupancy of 2.2 passengers over it’s lifetime thus far and counting…