Suburbs make a lot of sense if you have a car, but none at all if you don't.  Your friendly local zoning board usually makes sure that you live more than walking distance (a 20-minute walk takes most people about a mile) from even a grocery store, let alone jobs, schools, churches, movie theaters, or restaurants.  However, most people like living in the suburbs.  Taxes and cost of living are usually lower than in the city, the schools are better, companies are increasingly locating jobs in the suburbs -- American infrastructure is oriented toward the suburban lifestyle. Giving up their cars is unthinkable to most suburbanites.

For most suburbanites, SkyTran won't mean they can give up their cars completely -- SkyTran lines will be miles apart -- but it will still change things. Taking away the stressful commute is most of it, but not all. Maybe go down to one car: stay-at-home Mom drops hubby off -- "My baby takes the morning SkyTran!". A young couple may drive to the station together; then SkyTran to jobs 50 miles apart. Maybe you lock your bicycle in the station near home, and another in the station by your job, or maybe you plug in your short-range electric car to charge at the station from a wind farm 100 miles away. "Mom's taxi" will be a lot less busy: the young teens can go to lessons and practice on their own, while both Mom and Dad make more of their games and band concerts. Lose some of the car stresses and expenses while keeping your suburban lifestyle; save the planet without giving up convenient rides to work or school or the mall.

SkyTran will be more significant for people in the "exurbs" (suburbs more than 50 or 60 miles from an urban center), and everyone else who needs to commute long distances (job moves; family members in the next city who suddenly need care).  The farther you need to go, the more time you'll will save by taking Skytran.  Skytran goes 100 MPH nonstop in the city, and 150 MPH or more outside them, with no sitting in traffic along the way.  A SkyTran commute of 60 miles might take 30-45 minutes, (depending on your distance to the nearest station, the speeds along the route, and whether your employer has a SkyTran station right in the building).  By car, you'd be lucky to get there in 90 minutes each way (traveling mostly on the freeway, against traffic or drastically warping your schedule to avoid rush hour).  More typical commutes could easily take two hours EACH WAY. Forget your family; forget your life!  SkyTran will make a huge difference for "extreme commuters".  Oh, and don't forget -- SkyTran commuting time isn't wasted staring through the windshield and cursing at the guy who cut you off; you can work or relax all the way instead of arriving stressed out.

Clearly, if people in the suburbs value their time, Skytran is the best way for them to get around.  (And we haven't even mentioned how safe, environmentally friendly, or inexpensive Skytran is.)