The project develops a car-free and a pedestrian-friendly environment along the river banks with the construction of a public transport system powered by alternative energy sources.
The Tiber PRT is a personal automated transport system, a public transportation system comprising small, automated vehicles on a network of specially-built guide ways along the riverbanks. Tiber PRT systems offer a point-to-point service in several station located in the major touristic attraction of the city centre (as Circo Massimo, Isola Tiberina, Castel Sant’Angelo) and is designed to make a nonstop journey to the destination individual users have selected, and bypass intermediate stations, which are on separate tracks, running parallel to the main track and accessed via switches and offer faster end-to-end journey times than other forms of transit.
The elevated dedicated guide ways are located along the two riverbanks, at 10 meters over the streets level.
Stations are close together, and located on side tracks so that through traffic can bypass vehicles picking up or dropping off passengers and connects with elevators the three mobility stages: pedestrian environment at the water level, traffic and pedestrian environment at the street level and elevated transit level.