I didn't hear anything different from his website but he has a way of instilling optimism. Thomas Hopkins spoke about high speed monorail. He was very enthusiastic and had some interesting ideas. He spoke about creating development along the highway corridor underneath the high speed rails. This is similar to an idea that I had earlier but life in the middle of congestion would not be very attractive.
Transit is free and certain highway traffic is tolled.
Later I was talking with another DOT guy and Hopkins approached us. He did not think that PRT could handle the capacity. With less than 100 attendees the designers were much more accessible than I ever imagined. It was easy to meet with people without feeling as if you were imposing. I met Doug Malewicki and the next day a few of us had lunch with Palle.