This looks like something right out of Disney World. But no…it’s not part of Disney’s famous monorail system. It’s the Clarian Health Networks People Mover that transports families, physicians, employees, Indiana University medical students and the public between Methodist, Indiana University and Riley Hospitals. It was a huge undertaking to build but has run quite efficiently since being completed in 2003.
I’m told there are two trains with 3 cars each. As I was watching one day recently, there seemed to be a train running from one direction or the other about every 5 minutes. Quietly, nearly silently, whooshing by overhead at what appeared to be about 20 mph. What I didn’t realize until I inquired about it is that they were “driverless” and their 1.5 mile route is totally automated. But not much to worry about as there is no traffic to get snarled up in. They have their own ”roads” above it all.
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