Texas, Dave Owsen
https://www.wired.com/2010/04/solar-powered-pods-bring-privacy-to-public-transportation/
Criteria used to assess innovations: Eco-friendly, safe public transportation
The Community Transit design study is an overhead rail system promoting personal pods as means of public transportation while maintaining social distance. It is powered by solar energy and suggests two rails alongside each other. This will allow the pods to stop only when desired and pods advancing can simply pass the stop and passengers can ride directly to their destination. The solar pods that don’t get used for travel can be used for packages and other parcels that need to be delivered in the city which could help eliminate delivery traffic on roads.