RUF: The Future Of Vehicle Transportation?

Rapid, Urban, Flexible. At first glance, it looks like a transport system "The Jetsons" could love.

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March 10, 2001, 9:00 AM PST

By Christian Madera @http://www.twitter.com/cpmadera


"For more than a dozen years, inventor Palle Jensen has been almost evangelical in his belief in this dual mode transportation system. Around the world, he's witnessed "the train people" and "the car people" butting heads as congestion and pollution problems only got worse."

Thanks to Eric Goodman

Friday, March 9, 2001 in CNN

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