Abstract: A guideway for automated and nonautomated transportation of passengers and cargo has a pair of guiderails enclosed by a shroud. The vehicle wheels are carried within the shroud with ends of the axles extending through the slots. An electrical bus bar is located within the shroud for providing power to the vehicle. Some vehicles have axles which are extensible. The system also has ramps for loading and unloading the automobiles onto the guideways. The guideway ramps allow adjustment of the vehicle wheel track width upon either entering or exiting guideway access ramps by using a system of roller assemblies mounted into the surface of the ramps. The vehicle moves sideways on rollers in the supporting surface so that the vehicle tires are not forced to slide on the supporting surface. One side of the ramp is a V-shaped channel with a central groove for retaining the wheels on one side of the vehicle in line with the ramp.