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Morgantown personal rapid transit system
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The PRT's Beechurst station, outside the downtown campus, soon after sunrise.
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Pods leave Beechurst and head toward WVU's engineering campus.
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The PRT runs a mix of scheduled trips and on-demand rides — the latter PRT's "personal" side.
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An afternoon crowd waits for a PRT pod.
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PRT cars are designed to seat eight people or hold twenty standing.
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The PRT's terminus looks over WVU's medical campus and its gigantic parking center.
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Cars wait at the PRT's control center, where they're rolled off the track for repairs.
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Without agents or conductors, the PRT's managers keep watch through security cameras in each station.
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PRT pods undergo periodic maintenance; they've been running for over 40 years.
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PRT project manager John Jeffrey cracks open the "brain" of a PRT pod.
