DALLAS — Swyft Cities, in partnership with local transportation officials, isFive North Texas cities - Dallas, Plano, Arlington, Frisco and DeSoto - have expressed interest in being home to the alternative public transportation. The transportation system, known as Whoosh, uses electric vehicles that look like aerial gondolas but use technology to move independently on an aerial network of cables and rails, according to a press release from Swyft Cities.
The vehicles would be on demand, like Uber, and make no stops at intermediate stations, the release states. Now Whoosh, in partnership with the North Central Texas Council of Governments will evaluate potential sites in some of the cities to decide which one will be the first to move forward with a pilot system. The selected city will then develop more detailed plans for timelines, routes and planning, the release states.
More and more major North Texas roads are expected to become more congested by 2045, according to the North Central Texas Council of Governments'“Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country, adding more than 1 million residents every 7 years," Michael Morris, P.E., NCTCOG director of transportation, said.
The technology is a lower-cost, lower-emissions alternative to traditional transportation, the release states.
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