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Passengers use a touch screen to choose their destination and the 21 pods, which carry up to four passengers and their luggage, are laser-guided and take an average of ten minutes less than the airport buses, mainly by avoiding traffic on the roads around Heathrow.
BBC: The futurist: Heathrow��s personal transit pods
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Unable to afford to live near their jobs, many workers are forced to commute, mainly by car, and thus lose hours each day on congested roads.
ECONOMIST: High-tech America
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The council has limited powers, focusing mainly on civic planning, monitoring some public services and restaurants and also roads and civil construction.
BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Women appointed to Kuwait council