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They might want to try these approach:

1. They should convince company with $$$ such as Google, FB, Apple to build this for building between their campus buildings.

   Those company has $ and regulation issues might be might a lot smaller compare to convincing a city like SF to do it.

   Might be easier to sell because of the "cool factor". 

   Those companies can easily convince City of Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Cupertino to let them do it.

2. If #1 works, those companies can build routes between the public transit hub, large shopping malls to company. Help ease the parking/commute issues.

3. Convince Disney Land, World to do this for the "cool factor".

4. All Major convention centers, sport stadium to build routes to major shopping mall/large parking structures nearby.

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A tech campus deployment makes a lot of sense, since it's always a lot of people going different places— eg, difficult to service effectively with buses or conventional rail.

I think the only option with real value is #4. The WVU pods are really nice for ferrying students allll the way from their dorms and apartments to the enormous football stadium. A place like Morgantown, WV, is pretty much using every square foot of land it can, so parking is out of the question. But let's face it, getting to ANY stadium on game day sucks when you're sharing the experience with tens of thousands of people.

Only problem is that it's a very specific use case and is likely only to have seasonal ridership. And any example that can be used to show why something can be built is one backfire away from being a reason not to do so.

Disneyland had one and they ripped it out 20 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeopleMover

Of course, it was just a "ride" and only covered Tomorrowland. I've always thought they made a mistake not covering the whole park with one of these.

> I've always thought they made a mistake not covering the whole park with one of these.

Appropriately enough given the topic at hand, they have a train for that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneyland_Railroad

The Disneyworld one is still there. Funny that I rode it as a kid, then I was able to take my own children on it just a few years ago.

Disneyworld also has a railroad (and the monorail) that serves a purpose of serving the whole park. I went at peak season and the railroad seemed to keep up with demand, although I think that's because it serves the "outside" of the park, and if you're wandering the inner parts of the park it's just easier to walk to where you need to go.

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