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The following is a monthly list of news items and additions and changes to this website: present back to 2007
April, 2019
Kitty hawk, flying cars and the challenge of going 3D
Future growth of global pod taxi market for key players
Article about Micro Grids - fast growing interest and activity is being observed
Uber uses push alerts to crack down on fake driver problem
A jetson's future? Assessing the role of flying cars in a sustainable future
The smart transportation dispatch from Carnegie Mellon U
Micro transit for general public demand-responsive transit
Movel wants to create single transit appto use anywhere in the nation
March, 2019
The Green New Deal should be on wheels
Info about performance, profits and losses that compare Uber and Lyft
Masdar city unveils first autonomous transport system - fleet of 7 autonomous shuttles
The future for electric vehicles - a few opinions
Tesla and the Green New Deal point the way tio a sustainable future
How utility companies can lead the EV revolution and still make money
The potential pitfalls of sucking CO2 from the atmosphere to make a low carbon fuel
Boring company gets nod fromLas Vegas authorities
The unihabital earth - article about a new book by Wallace-Wells
Article: Deep Adaptation: a map for navigating climate tradegy
Carnegie Mellon'sSmart Transportation Dispatch
Green New Deal vs. a Carbon Tax: a clash between action options for reducing carbon emissions
Process for converting CO2 into a clean fuel for use in conventional cars showing great promise
30 reasons to buy an electric car
Climate change is cutting deeply into the global fish catch and it's likely to get worse
February, 2019
Carnegie Mellon U, Smart Transportation Dispatch
Planning for autonomous vehicles: forthcoming short course, U of Toronto
Chinese government policies designed to stimulate purchase of electric cars
PRT solution for Glasgo airport attacked by train interests in Scotland
Real time integrated and connected: the bright, app-based future of public transport
As more EV's arrive, what's the future for gas-powered engines?
California high speed rail and the American infrastructure tragegy, explained
The future of air mobility will be a shared airspace
Passenger pods to replace Glasgo airport rail link
January, 2019
Glasgo airport to study adding a PRT link to connect with a nearby rail station
Link to Caltstart 2030 Clean Transportation summit,information and agenda, March 2019
New transportation newsletter announced by Wired Magazine - signup available
Uber incentivies drivers to switch to EVs
as self driving cars stall, players revive an old approach
Transit's death spiral, by Randal O'Toole: about RTD in Colorado
Self-driving car company targets retirement communities
Equity, teamwork, key to enabling flying taxis' in cities
TMC to fast track pod car project, study feasibility report (India)
Transit X PRT system could soon come tometro Atlanta
High speed trains coming to the US soon
9December, 2018
Presentations and proceedings from Maglev 2018, an international conference held in Russia
Pod taxis as metro feeders? Karnataka government revives controversial project
China races ahead with 5G installations and testing
Article about Elon Musk - Inside the giga factory (long)
Should you buy a hydrogen car? Answer these simple questions first.
Link to a video of a very fast ride in Musk's tunnel in LA - hoping to reduce surface congestion
The future of transit - PRT vs Maglev
Can the world produce enought cobalt for EV batteries?
Pod taxi project scrapped in Bengaluru, India
How the EPA rates an Electric Car
Coal is on the way out, natural gas is next
Solar-powered automated transit - its time is now
November, 2018
Solar-powered automated transit - its time is now
Evolutionary vanadium batteries showing promise for EV and other opplications
Autonomous vehicles are coming and there is no roadmap (yet)
7 interesting electric cars at Chinese auto show
Hamburg now en route to an emission-free bus fleet in 2030
Big and bold visions by the dozen: MTC and ABAG announce transformative project finalists (California)
PodCar dreams: the new age commuting plan for Thane City (India)
Why automakers try to slow and stifle the EV revolution
Ford buys electric scooter company to provide customers a first-last mile solution
Graz declaration: starting a new era, clean, safe and affortable mobility in Europe
Automated transit applications: real world examples - Contact author at rliu.njit@edu for a link to copy
Fossil fuel money crushed clean energy ballot initiatives across the country
China is crushing Europe's electric car dreams
Connected and automated vehicles news digest
October, 2018
EV charging infrastructure moves toward interoperability
End of driving workshop, DEc. 6, Missisauga, ON
Aare hydrogen-powered trains likely in the future? (already being used in Germany)
The world's leading electric car visionary isn't Elon Musk
Apple patents self-driving electric cars foorming peloton
Reliance expects to build India's first Sky Tran PRT project
The dirt on electric car batteries
REliance industries acquires a 12.7% stake in the SkyTrans PRT company
New BRT vehicles unveiled as operators call for fewer private cars
Bids wanted: Agency to study soon how to link Jewar airport with Delhi
Self-driving taxis hit the road in Dubai
Does Bell's eVTOL patent point to a coming patent war in new electric air?
WEbinar: Autonomous vehicle assignment and routing in congested transportation networks: Oct 25
Taping algae and plant waste to fuel a sustainable energy fture
Record breaking European mobility week participation in 2018
September, 2018
Inside the secret conference to launch flying cars
Californians to try to kill high-speed rail project by referendum
Skydrive: flying cars pique interest of Jpaenese Government
Ford's city of tomorrow challenge - funding opportunity
Self-driving cars can handle neither rain, nor sleet nor snow at present
World's first hydrogen powered electric train takes off - in Germany
To solve flying car's biggest problem, tie them to power lines
Stackable 'cars of the future" unveiled in Scotland
Atanlata Airport leaders urge officials develop better transit service : PRT a possibility
Driverless trucks and the future of the American trucker
Skytran pod transport system approved in Netanya, Israel
White Paper: /The Future Car - driving a lifestyle revolution
Sanity in the Valley of the Sun: evaluation of rail transit in Phoenix
August, 2018
The location and design of intermodal stations for a high speed ground gransportation system
A day in the life of a Waymo driverless taxi
Press release: Freedom Transit update
Germany has proven that the modern automobile must die
New study to consider potential for one-hour trips from Seattle to Vancouver BC and Portland
A new way to store electrical energy - using a crane and concrete blocks - surprising efficient
Excellent video illustrating what a Metrino PRT application could b e like inDubhi
Getting railroaded by the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce
Carnegie Mellon U: The smart transportation dispatch
Is geofencing the answer to cities electric scooter challenges ?
PRT at West Va U has resumed service after update
Update from the Swedish General Transportation System Foundation.
China's empire of money is reshaping global trade - including a new Silk Road
Can Waymo's self-driving cars help fix phoenix's public transit?
Shaxian, China, agrees to build a JPods solar-powered mobility network
July, 2018
City Lab: Parking has eaten American cities : five examples
Waymo hints at self-driving expansion into delivery and public transit
Transportation is now the third most vulnerable sector exposed to cyberattacks
First-Last mile solved: Free shuttle buses have found their place in busy cities
Atlanta Aerotopolis CID's studying best transit options for next 20 years
EU Auditor's high speed rail criticisms: lessons for North America and Australia
4th international conference on future mobility, 7-9 November, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Home from the honeymoon, the self driving car industry faces reality
Sunning and Baidu Appolo unveil a "micro Car" antonomous delivery van
Baidu just made 100th autonomous bus ahead of commercial launch in China
Toronto to experiment with driverless shuttle to connect residents to transit stations
Self-driving bikes in Seattle: another type of PRT
Autonomous vehicles will clog cities unless lawmakers step up: Study
We were told their would be Pod Cars - what happened?
June, 2018
Bengaluru's Pod Taxi Plan Gains Steam, but at the cost of a Metro line
New non-profit association launched to promote Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in the USA
Public transit is in decline in many wealthy cities
Superway PRT video from engineering students at San Jose State University
How the Koch brothers are trying to kill public transit projects in the US
The bike share war is shaking up Seattle like nowhere else
Economist article: The market for driverless cars will trend towards monopoly
Atlanta takes a gamble on transit expansion despite declining use
Transit workers take concerns about driverless busses to City Hall in Columbus Ohio
Larry Pages flying car project suddenly seems rather real
The Smart Transportation Dispatch: Carnegie Mellon University
It's decades past time to get a transit project rolling in Miami region
Harvard Business Review: How Ford is thinking about the future
May, 2018
Transportation in the age of AI and predicitive analytics, June 4, presentation at the Volpe Center
Enjoy the lines at Disneyland? You'll love Elon Musk's idea for transit
Opinion: Amtrak is in turmoil, Randal O'Toole
Opinion: Mass transit is collapsing everywhere, Randal O'Toole
Link to Terratrans Transit and Terraplane website
https://www.wired.com/story/vehicle of the future is a bike
FTA's Strategic Transit Automation Research Plan, 262 pp.
Why Nashville said "no thanks" to public transit proposal
Texas gets it first self-driving car service
Gothenburg, Sweden - first self-driving bus being tested in real traffic
How IoT- enabled infrastructure will revolutionize public transit
Should supply and demand determine the price for a fast commute?: about tolling policy
April, 2018
WSJ - States that raise taxes and tolls may have an edge in getting US DOT funds
Frst/last mile pod car project proposed in Indian city, Metrino PRT technology suggested
The smart transportation dispatch from Carnegie Mellon Univ.
Self driving Pods to be trialled in the Lake District National Park in the UK-using upgraded Ultra vehicles
Koch brothers group begins ad blitz against Nashville transit referendum week before election
Automated Driving Systems conference, Washington, D.C. June 19-20
FHWA makes available $60 million for advanced transportation technology grants
Nashville's hopeless rail transit proposal
Autonomous parking at Hamburg Airport aims to take stress out of finding a space
Largest ever ($4.9 billion) city pact for LAX people-mover, Bombardier technology
The CA high speed rail 2018 business plan - a classical model of deception
China's built a solar road so smart it will be able to charge your car
25th ITS World Conference, Copenhagen, 17-21 September, Theme: Quality of LIfe
Self-driving pods could be the future of urban transport in Greenville, S.Carolina
March, 2018
Austran's rapid transit vehicle prototype sold at auction in Australia
Tolls on downtown streets? Seattle mayor pushes plan to cut traffic, greenhouse gases
Bestmile platform enables multiple mobility services - new website provides details
Orange County, Calif, looks to microtransit to bridge ridership gaps in LA
Pod taxi project for Bangalor put on hold for now, as an election is pending
Emerging Technologies: Impacts on Transportation and Development, Pittsburgh, PA, July 15 -18
Elon Musk does a 180 on mass transit and makes Hyperloop buses his first priority
China's new maglev train, designed for urban and regional applications, to roll off production line
Charging large numbers of electric cars is likely to challenge grid capacity in some cases
California's bullet train is going to be way, way more expesive
How a new transit system could hobble Montreal
What's a proton battery? Three things you need to know
New video from Sky Tran, 2.4 minutes, quite different from previous videos.
Renault's new EV concept car, EZ-GO, hopes to change car-pooling forever
Why we should fix existing infrastructure first
ITS America urges Congress to prioritize Intelligent transportation technologies
New California bullet train business plan will show higer costs
February, 2018
Miami-Dade now plans Personal Rapid Transit for beach link
10 breakthrough technologies - the list for 2018 by MIT's technology review
Tech envisions the ultimate start-up, an entire city
Moovit, Mobileye to transform transportation together
Studies are increasingly clear: Uber and Lyft congest cities
Autonomous cars are about to transform the suburbs
The Future of Mobility - extensive website by Deloitte.com
German court defers ruling on banning diesel cars in cities
Moovit raises $50 million to expand it's global urban mobility operating system
Is Autonomous transit ever going to be a reality?
Next-Future transportation - autonomous, modular and electric - link to their website
Dubai tests the world's first autonomous mobility pods, from Next-Future
The hydrogen economy may become feasible after all
Didi Chuxing took on Uber and won. Now its taking on the world
Arrivo, a startup located in LA, promises the end of traffic in Denver and other cities
Trump's infrastructure plan is out and controversy is rampant!
D.C. mayor lays out the welcome mat for self-driving cars
Two barriers that keep pop culture from embracing public transportation
World transport convention, Beijing, June 18-21, submit papers for presentation by March 15
AXIOS scoop: Read the draft White House infrastructure plan (see part II).
Uber, the "metropocalypse", and inequality in D.C.
Uber-Waymo trial reveals curthroat race to control future of transportation
Calstart Clean Transportation Summit - California 2030, Sacramento, CA. March 260-27 (see agenda)
Climate leadership conference, Denver,CO, Feb. 28 (see agenda, Track 3)
January, 2018
Ford patents driverless police car that ambushes lawbreakers using AI
Five reasons for a driverless car slowdown
Experts give blessing to 600 km/hr maglev project in China
Proposal for high speed, 16 lane, 100 mile freeway in China
Soaring costs threaten California's bullet train
€ 267 million available to support transport projects in the EU
The potential pitfalls of electric cars, in 5 charts (Wired magazine)
Producing hydrogen from sea water could benefit the use of fuel cells in Japanese EVs
Masdar and Dept. of Transportation to conduct study of autonomous transport options
On demand car-sharing project, Poppy, launches in Antwerp
Mountain View, California, considers driverless transit system to fight traffic congestion
Automakers and policy makers may be on a path to EVs, but consumers aren't
Agenda: Calstart Clean Transportation Summit, Sacramento, Ca., March 26-27
The Coming Transit Apocalypse (by R. O'toole from the Cato Institute)
Safety advocates say not so fast on driverless cars
Japanese automakers fight for hydrogen fuel cells, instead of lithium batteries
Beijing's 608 km of subway lines (one is driverless) strive to meet rising public demand
Work begins on Central Chine maglev test line
More tenders to be floated for pod taxies: BBMP chief
How an automated car platoon works
Bengaluru PRT project update: ties with George included in single bid considered a liability
King George's partner makes a silent bid for Bengaluru's pod of gold (India)
Navistar aims to have more E-trucks on the road than Tesla by 2025
Denver mayor's anti-car agenda doubles down on failed policies (O'Toole)
Will autonomous vehices be able to handle all diriving conditions?
How could AI help to alleviate major traffic congestion problems?
Comparing aircraft safety issues with driverless car safety issues (Bloomberg article)
December, 2017
Yes, smartphone use is probably behind the spike in driving deaths (Slate article)
Link to the sustaniable city website - located in Dubai
Driving the future - on the cusp of a car revolution - San Francisco Chronicle series
Pod taxis in NCR (India) useful, but no magic pill for decongestion due to limited capacity
Navigation apps are turning quiet neighborhoods into traffic nightmares
Leveraging the space above our heads and the emergent eVTOL market
Eight smart transport start-ups selected for new intelligent mobility accelerators in the UK
Pod Taxis: Indian government to call for fresh expressions of interest this month
Gulf region sparks hybrid airship renaissance at Dubai 2017 airshow
Elon Musk vs. the Monorail (from Slate magazine, lots of comments
Noida, India, seeks green modes of transport for airport link
Ban the bike from cities? - have cities made a big mistake promoting cycling?
IVU and Best Mile Launch Autonomous Mobility Solution for Public Transit
Prospects for a short ride home in Bengaluru, India
https://newscenter.io/2017/12/transportation-startup-closes 6.5 million $ investment
$560 million project for aerial cabs mooted for Turango, New Zealand
Nissan to trial robo-taxis in Japan
California legislator working on a bill that would ban gas-powered cars by 2040
November, 2017
To see the future of cities, watch the curb - yes the curb
Arizona tech towns open to AV testing on city streets
A bus-shunning Texas town's big leap to Microtransit
Uber orders 24,000 autonomous cars from Volvo
India to float tender for driverless pod project in December for New Delhi
Denver has a coming transit apocalypse
Pod taxis to be a reality in Bengaluru by 2019
Taxi Pods may come to Bengaluru faster than BBMP can fix the potholes?
The owner of Volvo just acquired a flying car company
LST Urban: specialist in cable transport, French company, website in English
Bengaluru to have futuristic pod taxis? BBMP floatestender
Some Uber drivers in Lagos using fake GPS app to inflate rider's fares
It's the last stop on the Light Rail transit gravy train, Op Ed by Randall O'Toole
Self-driving taxi service from Waymo to begin shortly in Chandler, AZ (Phoenix region)
Uber's plan to launch flying cars in LA in 2020 really could take off
Forecast by Bob Lutz: Everyone will have 5 years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap
Personal Rapid Transit, current systems, outlook and pros and cons
Link to Volumes.com - The electric vehicle world sales database
Uber's goal is not to operate alongside public transit, but to replace it
The infinite suburb - they must be joking - book critique
World's first virtual train track unveiled in central China - includes a video
October, 2017
Seattle's Sound Transit accused of deceiving voters and in new State Senate report
LA looks to rideshare to build future of public transit - seeks proposals
The many problems with Autonomous Vehicles
Alphabet invests $1 billion in Lyft
Read about industry trends in the fuel cell technologies market, numerous transportation applications under study
Autonomous bus trial starts in Cambridge, Enngland
How Artificial Intelligence will impact transportation
PodCarCity Conference Newsletter, #3, Las Vegas, November 8-10, includes full program info, 10 pp.
Bangalor Mirror article: BBMP gets IISC OK, will roll out the PRT pods
Press Release: NVIDIA announces world's first AI computer to make robotaxis a reality
Inrex study of traffic contgestion hot-spots in 25 American cities
Bay Area Monitor article: Autonomous Vehicles Gain Momentum in CA, see pages 3 -5
September, 2017
The Rise of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) - includes details of an ongoing demonstration in Finland
Forward Pinellas, Florida, transportation form features a SkyTran project
Associate Administrator Vincent Valdes, Federal Transit Administration of the US DOT: Research, Demonstration and Innovation
Video: National Press Club: Transportation Experts Envision City of the Future
Trump administration slams the breaks on self-driving cars
The future of transportation was once a PRT system in West Va., by poorly informed author
World's largest airplane fires up all six engines for the first tiime
Link to: PodCar City conference newsletter #2 with lots of details, Nov. 8-10, Las Vagas
Gurugram, Vatanasi and Nagpur in Indian competition for pod taxi pilot
China to ban sale of fossil fuel cars in electric vehicle push - may join France and the UK
China's planned supersonic maglev transport in evaculated tubes
U of TExas_Austin_PRT_Study now available for your review_ 118 pp.
RethinkX report: Rethinking transportation 2020-2030, disruption, implications and choices, 77 pp,
August, 2017
Elon Musk is about to test his tunneling tech under LA - also see the Why Tunneling FAQ from the Boring Company
Metrino calls off partnership with Indian firm on pod taxi project
Pod car project in India solves funding problem to begin evaluation of PRT proposals from three contenders (Bengaluru)
Will Donald Trump expose america's great MASS TRANSIT hoax?
IISc scientists to decide fate of pod taxis for Bengaluru, India
Beijing's first maglev train goes into trial operation, set to open to public by end of 2017
How the internet of things is transforming transit - enabling mobility on demand
GM's robocar service drives employees around SF fo free
New generation medium-low speed maglev train completes 120 kph speed test in Cnina
TransLoc simulator helps cities test the feasibility of on-demand micro-transit
How driverless cars could generate reduced revenue for cities from parking tickets and meters
Link to video: How to Fix Traffic forever, 684.216 views so far, 11 minutes
July, 2017
Announcement: 24th International Maglev conference, Sept. 4-7, St. Petersburg, Russia
Sky Way (formerly Unitskiy String) video displays current status - in English
Update 1.9 provides some new capabilities for the Podaris PRT system design planning software
Railplane test achieves a zero headway exit of the middle vehicle in a three vehicle consist - a historical first ; see video and Railplane website for details
Conventional transit's precipitous decline, by Randal O'Tool
Amaravati (a planned city in India) team visits and studies Chinese maglev trains
White paper that describes and illustrates the Superway suspended and solarized PRT development poject at San Jose State University in California, 24 pp, 2017-03-04
Study paints perilous future for 50 credible automakers competing to make driverless cars
US DOT, FHWA: 2016 Report on urban congestion trends, includes comparisons with 2015
Automation and smart cities: are expectations realistic?: 2getthere white paper, 7 pp.
Traffic congestion is counter-intuitive, and fixable, Access magazine, U of CA, Berkeley
Ridesourcing's impact and role in urban transportation, Access magazine, U of Ca, Berkeley
Moovit wants its crowdsourced mapping data to transform public transportation
Flytrex planning to to manages drone delivery from store to door
China's vision for a straddling bus dissolves in scandal and arrests
June, 2017
How to reduce congestion, an idea that will not die, by Ed Anderson
BART completes $1.4 million installation of security cameras on every train
Finding Dora: the EU sponsored door-to-door travel app for airline passengers
Conference announcement: Pod Car City and Advanced Transit, Las Vegas, November 8-10
$7,800 electric microcar coming soon to Europe from China
A first look a our Waymo self-driving Chrysler Pacifica hybrid minivans
Patent infringement is being investigated by Canadian company, regarding BYD's Skyrail Monorail
Link to short video that shows BYD 's Chinese Skyrail monorail in operation - selling well in China, 28 Chinese cities have indicated interest, world-wide market anticipated
Why monorails are the future (really this time) - Bloomberg
Pod Taxi for an Indian City: A reality or bubble? - SkyTRan, Jpods, 2gethere and Metrino have expressed interest to RFI
World's first rail- less train unveiled in Hunan, China, triple articulated bus
Alphabet is making a drone tracking system to one day manage a sky full of flying robots
Boston discovers Bus Rapid Transit - dramatic station design competition results provided
World's largest airplane rolled out - designed to fling satellites into orbit, a Paul Allen project
May, 2017
The death of diesel: has the one time wonder fuel become the new asbestos?
Video: World's first all electric VTOL Jer Tested - are flying cars here?
Pod Taxi back on track, BBMP in India, issues a global tender, deadline for bids is June 1.
Mapped: The top 263 companies racing toward autonomous cars
Report on Measuring and Communicating Mobility situations and Issues in Washington D.C., 21 pp
Congress should approve Trump's effort to stop funding transit boondoggles
Open the window? No, close it - discussion of in-vehicle air pollution - much worse that you probably know
April, 2017
Two videos from Elon Musk's Boring Company (tunnels to reduce urban congestion). Click HERE and HERE to see them
Japan bets on a hydrogen-fueled future, from Scientific American magazine
Waymo's early rider program to begin operations with driverless cars in the Phoenix, AZ, region
BART train takeover by swarm of 50-60 teens, passengers robbed
Practices for evaluating the economic impacts and benefits of transit, 85 pp.
Honda will do nearly anything to get you into a hydrogen car
New patent obtained: Feather Rail - for vehicles that use a single rail at ground level
Moyers and Company: A better way to fund infrastructure?
Jacksonville, FL, considers dual mode approach to upgrade their old Sky Way, elevated, people mover
Link to information about French Sea Bubble designed for use in rivers
Reduce SF Bay area commuting by 25% - a winner in the FAst Company World Changing Ideas competition
March, 2017
Hover Train development announcement (translation from Dutch)
Why will self-driving cars fail?
How pedestrians will defeat autonomous vehicles - Scientific American article
Superconducting maglev train concept between D.C. & Baltimore -- and beyond, still active
Video: Hyperloop 1 planning to offer dualmode service - using autonomous vehicles for first/last mile connections (see last 5 minutes for this news)
Advanced Transit Association newsletter for March
Dubai set to get 2getthere 2.5 k automated shuttle bus system
Elon Musk envisions digging lots of tunnels as the "only" way to reduce urban roadway congestion
Robot cars with no human driver could hit California roads in 2018
How a a failed experiment in Kansas City could still represent the future of public transit
USDOT Secretary Chao says US drivers may face more tolls to raise infrastructure funds (scroll down for article)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, is fighting traffic congestion with software - and winning
Central Chinese cities to build more maglev lines
February, 2017
Tiny 'engine' turns natural gas into hydrogen
Arrival of electric cars likely to be far faster than previously forecast - preparations needed - click on Topics > Business
West Coast Rail Conference, LA, Feb 28-Mar 2.
To win the war aginst cars, San Francisco "weaponizes" real estate
Ford's new "hub" beneath the World Trade Center highlights a transport future beyond cars
SkyTran plans to finance and build 1 km demo system in India with its own funds
The Self-Driving Car's bicycle problem
Virigina Beach residents explore post-light rail options including PRT
January, 2017
Winners of student level hyperloop contest announced: Delft University team won first place
Implications for Public Transit of Emerging Technologies, National Center for Transit Research
New Alliance for Transportation Innovation launched in Washington, D.C.
Huge Federal Panel asks today: Why Waymo?
Mt. View, CA, City Council funds a $250k innovative transport study - be sure to read the comments
Japan bites bullet with very high speed maglev trains
Update on Greenwich autonomous vehicles Gateway demonstration, London region, December, 2016
Moving to Access: Is the current transport model broken?, Brookings Institutuion, January 11
December, 2016
European Transport Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 4-6 October, 2017 - call for papers and more
Beijing's first Maglev Line to begin operating in 2017
Looking for a green personal rapid transit technolgy? Check out this current market leader
Dubai's Autonomous Transportation Strategy aims to make 25% of all trips driverless by 2030
World's first cloud platform for the optimization of autonomous vehicle fleets, based in Switzerland
New book, entitled Automated Transit, Planning, Operations and Applications, by Rongfang Liu, at major bookstores - here is a link to the Table of Contents - three operational PRT systems are included.
CarTube - proposal for the Future of Urban Mass Transportation
Collection of Comments about the CarTube concept from other innovative inventors
Fast lane to the future of transportation
US DOT seeks proposals for creation of Beyond Traffic Innovation Centers - from non-profits, only
French Easy Mile driverless bus to begin first N. American demo in California - press release
U.C. Davis granted $14 million over 5 years to do research on sustainable transport, by the US DOT
How a 70 year old idea could make auto engines much more efficient
November, 2016
China to develop the world's fastest maglev train, capable of 600 kph, by 2020
Link to list of all US Transportation State/Local Funding approvals and rejections by voters
FHWA unveils national alternative fuel and electric charging network - includes 35 states
D.C. Study finds Georgetown-Rosslyn gondola link to be feasible - urges implementation
All ABoard the coming infrastructure boom - WSJ OP Ed - Cost-benefit analyses needed
University of Michigan may test new kind of on-demand transit system called "hub and shuttle"
Driverless Cars Ahead: Ontario, Canada, Must Prepare for Vehicle Automation, 76 pp.
October, 2016
10 Chinese cities currently planning maglev projects
Chinese firm launches R&D on 600 km/h maglev train
Seattle Times newspaper urges voters to reject massive Light Rail expansion plan
Link to Autobots PRT concept, under development in India, includes video from the inventor
Autonomous vehicle demonstrations on public streets underway in the UK
Transportation technology grants awarded to several US cities
Autonomous bicycle being developed at the U of Washington, Bothell Campus
Link to paper entitled Potential of PRT to Meet the Urban Transport Deficit, from India
Selangor aims for 446 km of public transit by 2035 - PRT component mentioned
September, 2016
Link to Spiri, Danish startup, features unique, shared, carpooling service, using electric vehicles, to launch in 2017
Link to Supraways suspended PRT/GRT concept website (Solar Urban Personal Rapid Automated System)
Link to new POD Transit concept, by Seattle inventor, tube system, see extensive website for details
Link to Maglev 2016 Conference Program, Sept 23-26, Berlin, Germany, includes Hyperloop content
Who owns the cars? The Billion $ Problem with Autonomous Taxis
Podcar City & Advanced Transit conference, September 19-21, Antwerp, Belgium, Newsletter #2
Sion - a solar electric car that uses embedded solar panels to keep batteries charged
Can we achieve 100 million plug-in cars by 2030?
August, 2016
Uber and Lyft to provide personal rapid transit services?
Fairwood joins hands with UK's ULTra for applications in Indian cities
Link to Hybrid Air Vehicles in Britan, developing very large airships for a variety of applications
Future of Urban Mobility - fly over the traffic in an air taxi - concepts by AirBus Group
And then, there is the autonomous bicycle from the Netherlands
Modified ULTra PRT vehicles ready for demo on the street in Greenwich Gateway area
Link to the program for Maglev 2016, Berlin, Germany, Sept. 23-25
China builds elevated bus (straddles cars that drive under it) and initiates a demonstration facility - click here for a link to the Chinese company that is making the straddle bus.
July 2016
Link to new cTrain (Caterpillar Train) concept - individualized, elevated, transit - from Jacob Innovations in Boston - click here for a more detailed presentation developed for the the CoLab competition at MIT, includes many excellent renderings
Driverless cars threaten to crash insurers earnings
Transport System Catapult Report: Mobility as a Service (MaaS), 52 pp.
Dealing with Cyber Security Threats in Critical Transportation Systems
Transit Columbus (Ohio) lauches petition urging city not to "leap-frog" light rail investments
Link to the US DOTs Build America Bureau - includes Build America Transportation Center (BATIC)
Richard Garriott makes a PRT presentation to the Urban Transport Commission in Austin, TX
PodCar City 10 conference announcement, September 19-21, Antwerp, Belgium
How the media screwed up the story on the fatal Tesla crash incident
Analyses of Germs on Mass Transit Systems
June, 2016
Press release: 2getthere obtains two large investments to deepen technological capabilities
The End of Traffic: How the Smartest People in the World are Fixing Your Commute, 22 min. video
Sky Tran to provide service to island in the UAE
Secret Alphabet division funded by Google aims to fix public transit in the US
Link to Cargobeamer website - built and in operation, moving freight from Germany to Italy
The Future of Transportation: Volpe Thought Leadership Series underway
Sideways elevators could ease London commuter crowd problems: MULTI Elevator from Thyssenkrupp
A powerful, yet tiny, engine inches close to powering EVs and drones
Link to update from SkyTran that contains some news
Link to Washington Post article about the US DOT Smart City Challenge - easier to comprehend
8 Lessons for Fixing the Cities of the Future
Link to new TRB website on Transformational Technologies - focus is on transportation technologies
Link to 2 reports from the Federal Highway Administration of the US DOT, from a Novel Transport Workshop that includes assessnents of presentations from 14 innovative transport inventors (scroll down to Novel Modes Workshop and Novel Surface Transportation Modes)
Link to new dualmode concept: Overland Automated Transport System, intro video, details and FAQ
May, 2016
2016 WAVE Trophy Rally and competition in the EU to Promote wide variety of ZEVs (w/video)
New type of monrail concept announced - uses suspension bridge technology for minimalist guideway
Watch this Chinese straddle-bus eat cars as it speeds down the highway - working scale model and computer animatiions
Maglev Systems - it's time to rethink the utility of conventional railroads
Google's waze takes aim at hellish Silicon Valley traffic
Soon you will not have to be rich to back a startup
Driverless cars and the future of transit - includes results from several simulation studies
Sky Tran plans to build first system in Lagos, Nigeria, undated, but appears to be current news
April, 2016
Can New Transportation Technologies Improve Equity and Access? Center for American Progress report
Connecting personal to mass transit, slide presentation, 44 pp, by Ingmar Andreasson
The future of integrated transit - our apps can connect with your apps
Press release: Sky Tran PRT Unveils its Technology Demonstration System
Driverless pods may run on Singapore's roads by the end of 2016
2getthere-Asia Joint Venture announced - see press release at 2getthere website
Transit's Dim Future, by Randal O'Toole
Report.pdfNYCity transit pulls the plug on the American Public Transit Association - withdraws annual dues of $400k
Link to - System Overload - problems of deferred maintenance, New Yorker magazine
Conference announcement: 2016 Energy Efficiency Global Forum, May 11-12, Washington, D.C.
New Infrastructure Protection Center established at the U of Illinois
Link to National League of Cities report: City of the Future, Technology and Mobility, 36 pp.
Driverless City project underway at the Illinois Institute of Technology, funded by the Nayar Prize
CityMobil2 final conference, June 1 and 2, Spain, demonstrations provided
Making the transition to a completely zero-emission global auto fleet, White Paper, 48 pp,
March, 2016
How not to measure traffic congestion - once again
Link to article in Bloomberg BusinessNews about the TEV project - has generated lots of interest
News about William Alden's approach to improving in-airport mobility, from parking to the gate. Includes excellent video.
Link to video that describes an Airport PRT technology, being developed by William Alden in Boston
Transit is dead. Let's Prepare for the Next Mobility Revolution
Transit Leap - Autonomous Vehicles and Transit
End of Driving and What Happens to Transit?
Link to: City Mobil2 Newsletter, #7, Feb. 2016 - reports on a number of driverless vehicle demonstrations in the EU
BMW races to build autonomous cars but sees significant roadblocks ahead
23rd International Conference: Maglev Solutions for People, Cities and Regions, Sept. 23-25, Berlin
Slovakia is a natural 1st stop for the hyperloop - no joke
Metrino sale in India announced
February, 2016
Link to some recent photos of the PRT installation at WVU in Morgantown, WV.
DOT announces $500 million available in current round of TIGER grants
Hate your commute? - It's going to get worse
MIT's Climate CoLab competition now soliciting proposals for transportation solutions
Will Masdar become the world's first green-ghost town?
California proposal to shift funds from bullet train to a variety of water projects gaining support
Jacksonville, Florida, might modernize its 1980's Sky Way peroplemover system
South Korea opens it's maglev line to the airport for public service
January , 2016
Transit ridership slumps in LA region despite heavy investment in rail transit lines
Results from 2015 Senino Survey of Mayors, conducted by Boston University Initiative of Cities, 46 pp.(top priorities: roads, mass transit and water/waste water treatment
Link to Transportation Futures report from the Minnesota DOT
Link to: Mexican Modutram Group Rapid Transit (GRT) presentation at recent Pod Car City 9 conference
Program info: International Conference on Automated Peoplemovers and Automated Transit systems
Trends among young people not getting driver's licences terrify automakers
US DOT Director position available - fosters devlopment and deployment of innovative technologies
Link to Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Issues in Major Cities (AEB 30)
Could Computer-Controlled Pods Alleviate our Choked City Streets?
December, 2015
The race to create a hyperloop technology heats up - January 13, 2016 will be a milestone meeting.
New book announcement: Monorails, trains of the future arriving
Driverless cars, including PRT vehicles, give lawyers a bottomless list of defendents
Floating gondolas could be solution to Mexico City's traffic problems
Link to an updated and expanded website for Solar Tublar Transit concept
Updated website for 2getthere, automated mobility for sustainable mobility, in the Netherlands
2getthere's PRT system at the Masdar ecocity in Abu Dhabi sets record ridership highs
Transmodal capsule concept - has its day in the sun arrived?
Cracking the Gordian Knot: Advancing ATN Development and Deployment, by Catherine Burke
Multi-year FAST Act signed by Obama - here's a summary of transportation bill's contents
November, 2015
Research at University-based Consortium to Drive Singapore's Transport Future Forward
Fortune magazine: This Futuristic Maglev Pod Transit System Will Soon Be a Reality
Numerous presentations from PodCar City 9 conference are now available on-line
Driverless electric shuttles are coming to cities around the world - first/last mile solution
Injecting Innovation into Public Transportation: $1 million for nine Transit Center grants announced
The ACCEL moving sidewalk from ThyssenKrupp - a dream come true
An urban vehicle for the future under development at the Media Lab at MIT
Hyperloop technologies raises $26 million in convertible notes
Hperloop project construction of test facility about to get started in California
October, 2015
Update on proposed PRT network for U TExas in Austin - making some progress
Link to Danish RUF dualmode system's analysis of its many capacity options
Honda's moving its hydrogen fuel cell car into production
2016 Grants from the Transit Center: Injecting Innovation into Public Transportation
Must driverless cars be programmed to kill?
Podaris website: Collaborative Feasibility Planning for Transport Systems software
Transport Systems Resilience and Climate Change, TRR Report 2532, 18 papers
Arx Pax Hover Board technology suggested for 1/12 scale Hyperloop vehicle prototype
Robo taxis to be tested in Japanese town
Link to the Build America Transportat Investment Center (BATIC) of the US DOT
September, 2015
City Mobile 2 Newsletter (EU) - lots of progress with automated vehicles, 8 pp.
National Public Radio story about PRT - focus on SkyWeb Express, produces lots of comments
Google wants to increase bike use in the Silicon Valley - to be more like Copenhagen
Excellent PodCar City 9 conference program now available, 4-6 November, 2015, San Jose, CA
Lofty Taxi update, Ottawa, Austin network concepts and additional technical page
Press Release: SkyTran obtains an investment from Google's Innovation-Endeavors fund
Urban Mobility Scorecard - congestion data for your city, from Texas A&M University
Conference announcement: International Urban Freight Conference, Oct. 21-23, 2015, Long Beach, CA
New E-book announcement: The End of Traffic and the Future of Transportation (available from Amazon.com)
August, 2015
Link to the Advanced Transit Association website (ATRA) - see/subscribe to the ATRA Pulse newsletter, upper right corner
Conference announcement: Leading force in advancing public transit -- APTA
Expediting Future Technologies for Enhancing Transportation System Performance, 119 pp. , TRB publication
2getthere announces partnership with German company to design and build 3rd generation GRT vehicle
New video from EcoPRT showing recent progress, about 10 minutes
July, 2015
Conference announcement and call for papers: Disrupting Mobility, Nov. 11-13, 2015, Cambridge, MA
Egypt-Canada partnership to build a 1.5 billion monorail line in Egypt, using Bombardier technology,
Hackers remotely manipulate the operation a Jeep SUV on a public highway
Conference announcement: 13th National Light Rail and Streetcar Conference, Nov. 15-17, Mlps, MN
Videos and discussion of a rider's experience with the SkyCube PRT at Suncheon Bay in S. Korea
Link to TED talk about Google's driverless car development progress
New German PRT concept features suspended vehicles that can be lowered to the ground, eliminates need for stations
Greenville, South Carolina, PRT project terminated - maybe be initiated again in the future
Remix - a data intensive transit planning startup, based in San Francisco
Google could reinvent commuting?
Future TRIP Act introduced in Congress by Ranking Democrat Lipinski of Illinois- wants significant reform of transportation capabilities in the USA.
June, 2015
Link to Automated Vehicle Insights selected for you by CATES
Seattle survey results: What would it take to get you out of your drive alone commute in your car?
TRB conference announcement: Surface Transportation System Resilience to Climate Change Impacts
Call for Papers, Monorailex, Las Vegas, CA, Nov. 12-15, abstracts due by June 30th
Swift Tram - suspended GRT concept, switchable with off-line stations
Powering trams with fuel cells - goodby to overhead wires?
Link to new suspended PRT , called TransitX, based in Boston, MA
May, 2015
Google gets permission to test self-driving cars on Silicon Valley streets this summer
Link to an excellent update on the status of the RUF dualmode system (46 pp) - worthy of emulation
World's first solar roadway in the Netherlands produces more energy than expected
Link to Leitner Ropeways website - includes detachable capability for chairlifts - also has built an urban application in Italy
Link to a new PRT website for Lofty Taxi, from Canada
US DOT: A Guide to Transportation Decisionmaking, updated 4/15, 24 pp.
Link to an Interesting editorial about emergency evacuation from elevated monorail installations
April, 2015Link to a video that shows NASA's autonomous vehicle in operation at the Johnson Space Center
Link to the most recent US transportation annual statistics report from the US DOT
Kickstarter effort underway to raise funds to develop a PRT-type airport circulator system
Proterra's electric bus leaps into the limelight
Webinar: Securing Transportation Systems, April 28, 1 pm, EDT
March, 2015
Link to video that describes Bie-Bus mass transit concept from India, 5 minutes
Link to video: HAMO - Toyota's New Urban Transport System, 3+ minutes.
Egypt unveils plans to build new capital east of Cairo - an innovative transport opportunity?
Measuring What We Value: Setting Priorities and Evaluating Successes in Transportation
Conference announcement: Disrupting Mobility: A Global Summit Investigation of Sustainable Futures, November 11-15, Cambridge, MA, includes call for papers
LUTZ driverless Pods to be demonstrated in Milton Keynes in the U.K. - see video
The Purpose, Function and Performance of Streetcar Transit in the Modern US City, 421 pp.
Greenville (S. Carolina) County Economic Development Corporation, PRT Evaluation Study, 76 pp.
February, 2015
Link to a Request for Proposals, for a 4.2 mile PRT system, from Greenville, South Carolina
CityMobile 2 workshop on socio-economic impact of road automation
Company intends to build a five mile Hyperloop test facility in California
PodCar circulator being considered for Domtar site in Canada
Fact-finding tour: visit 8-10 driverless transit systems in S. Korea, June 5-9.
Quantum leap for PRT - Metrino wins government approval for project in India
Seattle Task Force created to examine future transportation issues in Puget Sound Region
ORSKI's Innovation Briefs - Financing transportation infrastructure - better solutions needed
Transport Research News: Performance Management in Practice - what works, what doesn't
NREL Report: Fuel Cell Buses in US Transit Fleets: Current Status in 2014
How to make Infrastructure Sexy-- by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
Update of Study of the Future of Urban Mobility - includes ratings of needs in 84 cities
Forecast estimates congestion problems will be significantly Transport Research News: Performance Management in Practice - what works, what doesn't reduced for 700 m drivers
Conference Announcement: American Planning Association, April 18-21, Seattle, Washington
Link to Highway-Boondoggles report from the U.S. Pirg education fund
Link to Frontier Group's website transportation research studies page
Commuting in America 2013: National Report on Commuting Patterns and Trends
Volpe report on intermodalism - a 20-year perspective, includes video
Google planning to offer a driverless version of the Uber concept - maybe
January, 2015
2getthere signs a MOU that may lead to an installation of a 55-vehicle GRT feeder system in Taiwan
PRT: The Revolution that almost happened in the Chicago suburbs
Morgan Design's Large Single-Piece Composit Structure for SkyCube (aka Vectus) PRT Vehicles
Urban rail troubles: Hawaii and Maryland, by Randal O'Toole
Automated Vehicles: The Coming of the Next Disruptive Technology, 72 page report from
The Conference Board of Canada2getthere introduces newly designed GRT vehicle
Musk to build hyperloop test track for companies and student teams to use for testing their pods - probably somewhere in Texas
Citymart - a business that helps cities identify and evaluate innovative urban systems, currently working in 80 cities around the globe - website has a TEDx video that provides details and examples
High Speed Rail is a Waste of Time and Money
Ground broken on controversial high speed rail project in California
December, 2014
Link to a basic wiki about Carsharing
Link to a preview article on a forthcoming book: The End of Driving
China's High Speed Rail:Rapid Growth of New Travel Optiion
Video of some rider reactions to test runs of Google's fully functional autonomomous car
Google announces development of fully functional autonomous car - test program underway
Danish RUF dualmode system one of five winners in Russian competition Link to RUF's winning submission
Know your customers! - Recent Changes and Future Directions in Travel Behavior
Nationwide group of engineers developing Elon Musk's Hyperloop hight speed transport concept
Link to 2015 annual TRB meeting, detailed program information
November, 2014
Updated website for the Russian Unitran concept, in English, many videos
Updated Shweeb Sky Smart website - human-powered bicycles, elevated, suspended, PRT
Link to CargoFish website - for automated, area-wide, distribution of small goods in cities
Debunking myths about the viability of fuel cell autos, powered by hydrogen fuel
Los Angeles: Rail for Others (analysis of work trip mode shares over past decades)
City Science Initiative at MIT Media Lab - includes update on MIT's foldable city car
Trains and driverless cars headed for a collision in Florida (trains defeated badly Nov. 4 election)
October, 2014
MISTER changes name to Metrino-PRT, incorporates in New Zealand, updates website
LInk to especially good driverless auto video, from Volvo
GM demonstrates EV-N micro car for use in dense city environments at Detroit ITS conference
Link to Tianjin Eco-City in Singapore - A Model for Systainable Urban Development
Reimagining the auto - interview with futurist
Link to website for the Chinese Tubenet Transit PRT concept, now undergoing test track development
Link to report: Re-Programming Mobility: The Digital Transformation of Transportation in the U.S.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries offers Crystal Mover APM for high speed, off-airport, urban applications
Town Being Built for Driverless Cars in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Link to a CityLab article about the future of freight movement in the US
Cybertran International named Semi-Finalist in Clean Tech competition
September, 2014
Link to new PRT advocacy website: Get Over Traffic
Link to a BBC radio interview, TEVproject (dualmode) explained in less than 4 minutes
The empty car convoy, video from Hundai
Link to City Mobile2 website - describes several automated vehicle developments and demonstration projects in EU cities
Canadian maglev concept aims for network switching capability
Link to multiple presentations from the PodCar 8 conference in Sweden
Evidence in support of the case for urban PodCar applications in the future, PodCar 8 presentation, 21 slides
Review of three years of experience with the Heathtrow Pod service, PodCar 8 presentation, 21 slidesFrom Personal to Mass Transit, paper by Prof. em. Ingmar Andreasson, 42 slides
New website for ROAM system, previously known as MegaRail
August, 2014
Benefit-cost analysis of a RUF dualmode network for the Copenhagen region, report and data used in spreadsheet form, a good example for other dualmode advocates to emulate
3D animation firm in Manchester, U.K. has done excellent work on transport systems
New video of maglev system at Incheon Airport in Korea - 11.5 minutes
July, 2014
FBI brands autonomous cars as "lethal weapons" and a grave security risk
Korean Rotem maglev system makes sale to St. Petersburg
Helsinki "mesh" plan for integrated areawide mobility
South Korea begins service with domestically developed maglev train at Incheon airport
Will driverless cars help us drive less?
SkyTran signs contract for pilot application in Tel Aviv, Israel - (press release)
3rd Automated Vehicles Symposium, San Francisco, CA, July 16, 2014
Center for Advanced Transportation and Energy established in Seattle, Washington - research, education, integrate, accelerate
June, 2014
Link to a new Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) website, group located in the Netherlands, offering an extensive planning and analysis workshop
TRB Conference Summary, Sustainable Energy and Transportation, Strategies, Research and Data, November, 2012, 80 pp.
Smart Sustainable Mobility: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, 78 pp
Country plans to convert conventional scooters to electric 3-wheel scooters, in massive transition
Conference Announcement and Newsletter - PodCar City, Stockholm, Sweden, September, 2014
City Mobile Newsletter #3 - describes a number of automated vehicle demos in several EU cities
The future of transportation - CityLab - series of special reports
More thoughts on Google's self-driving car
How Google self-driving cars might affect our cities, pro and con, with links to many similar articles
May, 2014
San Jose State University students unveil operational scale model of a suspended PRT concept
China's Ascent in World Transport - Facilities and Use Data
Link to a new video from POSCO about the Vectus (SkyCube) installation in S. Korea
Is Electricity a Clean Transportation Energy Source?
Link to website for Swift Tram, suspended mass transit concept, based in Colorado, under development
April, 2014
Launch expected summer of 2014 - Podaris, a toolkit for planning and designing Automated Transport Networks (ATNs), from the U.K.
Link to new very low cost PRT concept called ecoPRT, based in North Carolina
Link to a new mass rapid transit concept from India, called Leadrail's_Bie_Bus 2014, focus on high capacity transport service,
Link to new website: HER - Hybrid Electric Roadtrains, by McHenry Enterprises - very good animations provided, submitted to FHWA's novel systems competition
US DOT wants your opinions on the Administration's Open Government initiative
March, 2014
Updated presentation aout the Swedish General Transport System - full screen view suggested - use arrows at bottom to advance, includes update
of the very popular Bubbles and Beams video at the end of the presentation.Flying cars - link to ongoing work at MIT
Maglev 2014 conference, Sept. 28 - Oct. 1, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 192 days left
Create the Future contest - $20,000 prize, both products and concepts eligible
City Mobile 2 overview - demonstrations involving driverless cars may supplement existing transit systems
in lower density urban areas in Europe - collaborative approach being used with numerous partnersAutomated Cars: A Smooth Ride Ahead?
February, 2014
Ten, six-coach maglev trains to be delivered to Beijing's subway system by end of 2014
Buckminster Fuller Challenge - $100k prize available, proposals accepted starting February 14.
Link to 20 things to like about biking in Groningen, the Netherlands - profusely illustrated with photos
Automated Vehicles Symposium announcement: July 15-17, Ancillary Meetings, July 14 and 18, San Francisco airport, CA
January, 2014
Technology that would enable police to remotely disable cars being developed in the EU
California High Speed Rail project - facing new legal, fiscal and political uncertainties - see Vol. 25, No. 2 of Ken Orski's Innobriefs
Link to Transportation News - daily update focused on alternative transport events and activities
Want to have a partnership with the Ford Motor Company? Inventors and Patent holders welcome, but not marketing or advertising messages
Conference: Transforming Transportation, Washington, D.C., January 16-17, 2014 - Program information
Link to the website of the International Transport Forum of the OECD in the EU
December, 2013
Update on the demise of the Better Place electric vehicle effort in Israel and Denmark
Link to Transportation News - focused on alternatives that use clean energy
Megabus plans expansion in the U.S. - primarily for inter-city travel services
November, 2013
Link to article about self-driving planes, trains and trucks
Link to article about a pilot project in Geneva using a very quick-charging articulated bus
Link to YouTube video that shows multiple Vectus PRT vehicles in operation at Sucheon Bay, S. Korea
Link to op-ed item in support of the Portland Streetcar System
Link to a critique of the Portland Streetcar System, by John A. Charles, Jr.
Link to Citi-transmitter Community Vehicle System design study, by Vincent Chan
EU and China engage in joint effort to improve urban mobility in Chinese cities
Initial reports from the new Commuting in American study, free to download
Article summarizing testimony at a Congressional Hearing on Driverless Cars, from the Detroit News
October, 2013
Update on North American Car-Sharing Market Trends, 2013 - substantial growth is revealed
Conference announcement: Transforming Transportation, Washington, D.C. at the World Bank, January 16-17, 2014 - focus on business investments in sustainable transport.
Link to the Facebook page for the Center for Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions (CATES) in Seattle - good way to keep up with breaking news from around the globe
Swedish request for comments on reasons why people wont discuss innovative transport opportunities - click on Traffic Blog
Link to presentations from the Stanford Road Vehicle Automation workshop held in July, 2013
Korean pilot project features electric buses and inductive charging testing
Link to a new dualmode concept called Netway in an article entitled "The Future of Roads: No Driving, No Emissions, Nature Reconnected
September, 2013
Conference announcement: Innomobility: Connected, Sustainable, Multi-modal Transportation, Greenville, S.Carolina, Nov. 6-7
Link to ET3 article in the Denver Post
Link to Big Think interview with the inventor of the SkyTran PRT concept, Doug Malewicki, March, 2010
The Modular Bus - link to an article by Tyler Folsom, published in Traffic Technology Internation magazine
August, 2013
Operational scale model of Mexican PRT system called Modutram - YouTube video, 1.06 minutes, uploaded in 2011 Modutram now has a full scale test track in operation
Link to TRB publication: Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual, 3rd edition (includes chapter on demand-responsive modes)
Link to TEV concept website - features autonomous dualmode vehicles on an elevated guideway for high capacity, high speed travel within and between cities. Downloadable 71-page booklet with considerable detail on all aspects of this concept is also available, in English and Chinese (see the bottom of the main website page). TEV = Tracked Electric Vehicle.
Link to US DOT ITS Joint Program Office ITS Newsletter: August 2013
TAXICOL, new French dualmode system, elevated, GRT type vehicles, prototype vehicles shown at recent Geneva Auto Show
Spanish suspended PRT system obtains US Patent 8375865, high capacity pods, steerable, no switch required
Link to a new webpage about the Hyperloop concept for very high speed travel in a tube
Link to a paper entitled Self-Driving Tricycles, by Tyler Folsom
July,2013
Final Report: MagneMotion Urban Maglev demo project at Old Dominion University, July, 2013
Two million US licensed drivers over age 85 now, many more in the future
Transportation and Development Institute Congress, Orlando, Florida, June 8-11, 2014 - abstracts due July 31, can be done on-line
Link to an impressive video presenting a Straddling Bus concept - from China
June, 2013
New Center for Advanced Transportation and Energy Solutions (CATES) established in Seattle
Link to program information for the TRB Vehicle Automation conference at Stanford U
TIDE - Transport Innovation Deployment for Europe Newsletter #1
2013 World Transit Research Newsletter from Monash University in Australia
Central Japan Railway Co. unveils new high speed maglev prototype, testing program to begin
New report on declines in driving in the U.S. & Link to critique of this report by Wendell Cox
May, 2013Doppelmayr ropeway carries autos on a suspended platform - YouTube video shows how it works.
German rail system to test foldable electric car for feeder/distributor system in Berlin
Mexican ModuTram PRT now operating a large test track, aerial photo available at their website (click on Productos)
Update on City Car development and plans included in an article in the Financial Times, May 5, 2013. Includes a photo of the current vehicle design and plans to offer it for sale in the EU next year.
The Growing Transit Communities Strategy: Public Review Draft, Puget Sound Region
April, 2013
Vectus APM presentation.pdf
Moving Freight in Metropolitan Areas - Volpe Transportation Systems Center webinar in MayATRA's response to San Jose's Automated Transit Network Studies - an open letter
Urbanaut monorail You Tube video now available, 10 minutes, illustrates Korean project: See http://www.urbanaut.com/ for more details
Link to a TED talk: How to Solve Congestion Problems, the experience of Stockholm, Sweden
Ingenuity Awards 2013, Urban Ideas in Action, transport systems entries wanted
Workshop on the Future of Road Vehicle Automation, July 16-19, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Energy for Tomorrow, conference sponsored by the New York Times, includes Future of Transport and Traffic on agenda, April, 2013
Link to article: Beyond Widgets- Envisioning a Real Transportation Revolution
Conference announcement: 14th National Transportation Planning Applications Conference, May 5-9, Columbus, OhioLink to a paper by Wendell Cox on Transit Policy in an Era of Diminished Federal Aid
Link to article entitled The End of Transportation Funding As We Know It
Chinese automakers race to Latin America's hot auto market, preparing to enter US market
Link to Forbes article (Part 5) entitled Here's How Automakers Can Still Win Against Google's Driverless Cars, by Chunka Mui (Links to Parts 1-4 are included, Part 6 is planned but not yet published)
February, 2013
Link to a New Vectus PRT presentation
Smart Cars newsletter from the Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering project
Conference announcement: 14th International Conference on APMs, Phoenix, AZ, April 21-24, 2013
Construction of Beijing's 1st urban maglev train to start soon
Link to a youtube video of a very interesting airport baggage handling system, from a German company
Heathrow announces plans for an additional PRT system
Every new car connected to the web by 2014?
Update on the Vectus PRT project in S. Korea - expected to open to the public in April
Link to information about electric bikes for a variety of urban applications
January, 2013
Toyota is testing autonomous vehicles in Michigan
Link to new JPods video - funds available, ready to build theme.
Exploratory Advanced Research solicitation from the Federal Highway Administration of the US DOT
Link to Quarterly report: National Transportation Statistics, from the US DOT, includes 269 tables
Link to Automate Dualmode Newsletter, #5 - includes a link to a new SkyTran video from Plum TV
US DOT seeks stakeholder input as part of preparation of it's next strategic plan
New PORT PRT concept website eliminates need for stations, includes 6+ minute video
Pocket Guide for Transportation for 2013 now available from the US DOT
December, 2012
Why driverless cars will trump transit rivals - especially PRT, by Richard Gilbert
Link to a review article about various electric car companies during 2012
JPods and UK-based Equity Capital Ltd sign a letter of intent to build a large scale PRT system to help ease congestion in the Atlanta, GA region.
Copenhagn aims to be the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025
Link to the latest MicroWay presentation, featuring use of natural gas to generate off-grid electric power for operations
November, 2012
Link to a development study of a pneumatic path-guided transportation system, called TubeWay, from Germany, English available.
Description of RITA's Technology Scanning and Assessment program
Link to New Vectus PRT overview article
Link to an update on the Vectus PRT project under construction at Suncheon Bay in S. Korea
October, 2012
Link to the Official ARUP and Aerospace Corporation Automated Transit Network (ATN) Feasibility Study, 10/17/2012 for San Jose, California
Aerospace Corporation's report to the San Jose ATN study released - 421 pages. Executive Summary a good place to begin a review.
iMobility Challenge consortium to promote safe, smart and clean mobility in the EU
Link to new Cities for Mobility video - in English, 6 minutes
Monomobile dualmode system newsletters #5 and #6 now available
September, 2012
MegaRail website update now available
New slide show provides more detail about the Puget Pullway dualmode concept, being developed in Seattle
12th National Light Rail Conference: Sustaining the Metropolis, LRT and Streetcars for Super Cities, Salt Lake City, Novermber 11-13-2012
Auto Shuttle dualmode concept wins competition sponsored by Bombardier for new urban mobility ideas.
Link to article about privacy concerns stemming from California's robocar legislation
Major Parts of the Supplier's Technical Proposal, by Jeff Davis
Link to Automated Transit Networks, 46 slides, by Peter Muller, PRT Consulting
IEEE experts expect driverless cars to dominate the roadways by 2040
Link to the website for the Public Automated Cart Transportation (PACT), a maglev concept from India
19th ITS World Congress, Preview, Vienna, 22-26 October, 2012 (20 pp).
August, 2012
Discussion of Control System Attributes Relevant to Personal Rapid Transit Control Requirements, by Jeff Davis
Link to a paper entitled Energy and Autonomous Urban Land Vehicles, by Tyler Folsom
Will Robot Cars get Stuck in Policy Traffic?, by Joseph Coughlin, MIT Age Lab Director
Discussion of Brick Wall Stop issues, by Jeff Davis
Link to article about some possible future impacts of driverless cars on the status quo
Link to Borroni-Bird's Personal Urban Mobility presentation at the 2012 TRB Highway Automation conference
Link to Martin Lowson's presentation at the 2012 TRB Highway Automation conference
Implementing PRT: Client's Requirements that a Supplier Must Meet in a Proposal Review Process, by Jeff Davis
Financial resources requirements for a PRT project, by Jeff Davis
Michigan DOT prepares to test driverless cars
July, 2012
Link to article about the new Vectus PRT vehicle design by Pininfarina of Italy.
Link to an article about why urban transport innovation is so important in India, by Nathan Koren
Initial Korean maglev project at Incheon International Airport nearing completion
Current PRT projects and studies in India
Link to new website for the Northeast Corridor future rail improvement concepts (Boston - Washington)
June, 2012
Link to blog post by Peter Muller: Some paths to US personal rapid transit implementation
Link to the Transport and innovation Portal in the EU
Conference announcement: 6th Pod Car City, Berlin, September 18-21, 2012
Information about a Feasibility study, now underway, for the Colorado DOT I-70 project
Link to a website that describes a 2nd generation, high speed, switchable, maglev technology
New book: The Fight for Maglev, by Danby and Powell, available from Amazon.com
May, 2012
Link to the 19th Annual ITS World Congress, Vienna, Austria
Review of three major transport technology studies for the USA during the past 44 years
Link to FeatherRail updated summary paper
MLab, which stands for Mobility Thinklab: is a new think lab for sustainable mobility and innovation in transport
High Speed Rail Conference, San Francisco, May 22-24
Link to the Flightrail website - uses atmospheric propulsion, 1/6th scale model in operation in California
April, 2012
Link to PRT article in Discover Magazine, by the Impatient Futurist
City Alternative Transport Systems (CATS) - EU project aimed at developing driverless taxis for urban applications
Link to video about MIT's City Car development and applications, driven with joystick
Link to a new video from the Danish RUF dualmode system
Link to new website for continuously moving belt in a tube for high density urban applications
IEEE Unveils Transportation Electrification Web Portal
TEDx video about a three-wheel EV being developed in Eugene, Oregon (15 min.)
TRB paper on a new approach to solving the empty PRT vehicle redistribution problem
Technology Strategy Board in the U.K. establishes a Transport Systems Catapult group
March, 2012
Three approaches to dealing with the PRT capacity issue
ULTra PRT wins a London Transport Award
ITS International launches new website
FasTran cantilevered monorail update - excellent technical brief
PRT industry status report: 2getthere, ULTra PRT and Vectus PRT
New book published: The Fight for Maglev, by James Powell and Gordon Danby
Publishing opportunity - Journal of Modern Transportation - based in China
"Mass transit gets personal", article in Discover magazine, April, 2012, currently print edition only, pp. 24-25, digital copy available in April. http://www.innovateuk.org/
Updated Bubbles and Beams video from Sweden, dualmode concept, 15,946 views to date
February, 2012
Beem Car - a suspended GRT vehicle under development in the U.K. - makes use of composites
PRT Developments, seminar presentation by Martin Lowson at the University College London
Information about the US DOT's Small Business Grant Program that supports transport innovations (next solicitation April 2, 2012)
Mixed-mode PRT and GRT needs to be examined and analyzed - here's an initial commentary
New excellent YouTube video about Vectus PRT
January, 2012
MIT City Car, Renamed Hiriko, Is Headed to Production
Modutram of Mexico has now opened the third operational PRT test track in the world
What People Really Want from Transportation Systems, by Peter Muller (2012 TRB presentation)
Ridesharing Methodology for Increasing PRT Capacity, by Peter Muller (2012 TRB presentation)
Barriers to Entry for advanced transit systems, by Sam Lott (2012 TRB presentation)
Updates on MagneMotion's Urban Maglev efforts at Old Dominion University and future M3 system plans
Link to a new dualmode concept description: Tubular Guideway Transit, by Jon Bogle
Conference announcement: Sustainable Mobility and Cities: Marrying Technology and Policy, Berkeley, CA., Feb. 23rd
A New Architectural Design of Elevated Small Group Automated Rapid Transit, paper published in the Journal of Public Transportation
An Assessment of City-Wide Applications of New Automated Transport Technologies, 13 pp, 5 authors
December, 2011
Compact, updated, description of three market-ready PRT systems (ULTra, Vectus and 2getthere)
ATRA Workshop: Maximizing Airport Landside Value, March 22, 2012, Baltimore-Washington Airport
World's largest urban PRT system announced for Indian city
Conference on Electric Roads and Vehicles, Park City, Utah, Feb. 17-17, 2012
Third International Summit on the State of the Connected Vehicle, Troy, Michigan, Jan. 18-19, 2012
New paper published on empty vehicle redistribution algoritms for large scale PRT and taxi systems
New book announcement: The Road Ahead: "Why Are We Driving 21st Century Cars on 20th Century Roads with 19th Century Thinking?" by Phil Tarnoff , link to a YouTube preview
November, 2011
SkyTran PRT (aka Unimodal) wins award in national innovative concepts contest
Better Place to start operations in Israel and Denmark in 2012, after 4 years and investments of $750 million
Evacuated Tube Transport wins award from DaVinci Institute (Best Commercial Product of the Year)
Conference announcement: 3rd International Monorail Conference, Las Vegas, NV, December 14-16, 2011
October, 2011
Link to a paper titled The MaglevTube Puckpodcar for mass urban transportation, from South Africa
Link to a new dualmode concept called AutoMate, from Israel
Link to a Maglev 2011 keynote presentation: Status of Maglev Projects in the USA, by Larry Blow
Link to new dualmode concept called Bimodal Glideway
September, 2011
Link to slide show about Vectus PRT, entitled From Uppsala to Suncheon City, by Jõrgen Gustafsson
Link to an excellent video presentation of the EV-N electric vehicle prototypes and deployment concepts from General Motors
PRT system called ModuTram being developed in Mexico, prototype under construction
ULTra PRT officially opened to the public at Heathrow Airport in the U.K.
Link to updated website for Magne-Force's LEVX system
Link to Specifications of the Korean Urban Maglev system
August, 2011
Link to PodCar City Conference Newsletter #3, Stockholm, Sweden, September 6-8, 2011
Link to Future Transportation YouTube video - briefly shows 52 innovative concepts
Link to paper titled The Autonomous Tricycle, submitted to the 2012 meetings of the Transportation Research Board, by Tyler Folsom
Link to PodCar City Conference newsletter #2, 5.5 meg, Stockholm, Sweden, September, 6-8, 2011
Link to new Heathrow Airport video showing ULTra vehicles in operation
Link to Fontinalis Partners website - venture capital firm focused on innovations in transportation, based in Detroit. MI.
Link to paper titled Reallocation of Empty Personal Rapid Transit vehicles en Route, by Ingmar Andréasson
July, 2011
Conference announcement: 4th Annual Forum - Roads for Tomorrow, Rome, November 9-11, 2011
Link to an Early View abstract for a paper titled Simulation-based analysis of personal rapid transit: service and energy performance assessment,
by Katharina Mueller and Sgouris P. Sgouridis, forthcoming in the Journal of Advanced TransportationLink to new, compact description of current Personal Rapid Transit system attributes, prepared by ATRA Industry Group, 2 pp, illustrated.
Link to a paper titled Modelling and Simulation of a PRT Network, by Castangia and Guala, 2011, 13 pp.
Link to new Personal Rapid Transit information source, several languages provided
Update on MIT's CityCar project
Link to report from the MIT Energy Initiative's Symposium on Electrification of the Transportation System, April, 2010, 156 pp.
Position Paper: Urban Mass Transit Administration's Program of Development and Deployment of Automated Guideway Transit, by J.E. Anderson, June 1979, 25 pp.
June, 2011
PodCar City conference Newsletter #1 now available (Stockholm, September 6-8, 2011)
New partnership announced: Roadway Electrification and Automation (PREA), centered at Utah State University
Link to article about global land use trends of importance to future transport planning: The Dispersionist Manifesto, by Joel Kotkin
Link to report: Potential Viability of Advanced Transit at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport, Center for Transportation Studies, U of Minnesota
Conference announcement: 5th PodCar City: Tomorrow's Lifestyle Today, Stockholm, Sweden, September 6-8, 2011
Link to Skyway website - concept features dualmode vehicles using an electrified guideway
May, 2011
Link to Final Report: Review of potential radical future transport technologies and concepts, from the EU, June 2010
Link to a report by Princeton U students on their study of a state-wide PRT network for New Jersey, 318 pp
Link to the Thinking Highways magazine - North American edition
Future mobility takes centre stage in Germany in May
April, 2011
New book: The Third Generation Roadway: Metropolitan Transport for the 21st Century, by Roger Davidheiser - quite inspirational, good graphics, paperback, 287 pp. Information about the content of the book and several pictures are
available here.
Link to the Electric Drive Transportation AssociationShanghai 2030 video - featuring EV-N dualmode vehicles from General Motors China
13th International Conference on Automated Peoplemovers and Urban Transit Systems, Paris, May 22-26, 2011
Bubble Motion PRT concept from BMDesign in Finland
March, 2011
Link to new PRT video featuring ULTra PRT, from India, 7 min. (withdrawn, no longer available)
Link to white paper: Preparing the EU Transport Area for the Future, 31 page roadmap to 2050
Link to new portal for urban transport mobility solutions launched in the EU
Link to a Cellular Mass Transit concept - devised by some people in Austin, TX
Link to the facts about Daventry's PRT investigations (a U.K. community)
Link to Pillar Track Regional People Mover concept, from Austria
February, 2011
An Invitation to a New Transportation Mode, by Tyler Folsom, 8 pp.
Ridership Effects of PRT with Mass Transit, by Ingmar Andréasson, 16 pp.
January, 2011
Link to Hiriko website in northern Spain - building MIT's CityCars - excellent illustrations
Link to new website for Freedom Transit - a dualmode concept for passenger and freight travel on electrified guideways. Additional details are provided in a 1 page WhyFT? statement and a 30 page paper.
Sky Ride Technology offers a suspended monorail -type human powered personal vehicle
Masdar launches an electric vehicle pilot study
December, 2010
Link to the long range plan for the PRT system at West Virginia University in Morgantown (401 pp., takes a while to download).
Link to paper entitled Social Ramifications of Autonomous Urban Land Vehicles, by Tyler C. Folsom
Link to website in northern Spain that describes work on MIT's CityCar, includes video
Presentations and videos from the PodCar conference in San Jose, CA., now available
Video of Masdar City personal rapid transit (PRT, Podcar) system in operation
Video from MISTER PRT shows ground level station concept-- other recent videos also availableLink to Trains of the Future: a Popular Science archived 10-slide show of 20th century concepts
Passenger Terminal Expo 2011, March 29-31, Copenhagen, Denmark (programme includes a session entitled PRT for Airports and Cities with 14 presentations, March 30th (billed as a World Class Airport Conference).
November, 2010Masdar's first building complex opens, podcar picture, top row, right side, click to enlarge
From Italy to China on Autopilot, Wired magazine article about an autonomous vehicle trial
Brief description of the Suncheon Bay Project in South Korea, by Vectus PRT
A Summary Report from the Personal Rapid Transit Workshop, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 18, 2010 - Sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Transportation, 20 pp. (link on left side of page)
New website - People-Express Thruway - the PET Solution, based in Hawaii
Link to GM Blue Paper: Roadmap to 2030 - GM Sustainable Urban Mobility, 11/2010, 32 pp
Link to reports from the Ithaca, NY, PRT study
October, 2010
Link to a YouTube video about an autonomous taxi project in Germany
Link to Guidebook for Planning and Implementing Automated Peoplemovers at Airports, 229 pp.
Link to an article that offers some explanation of the decision to limit PodCar deployment in Masdar
Bike Metro - new Danish invention features dualmode bike network for sustainable urban travel, video also available
September, 2010
Link to the new website for the Labis train for high speed and intraurban applications
Shweeb monorail wins $1 million from a Google competition about improving transportation in cities
Link to new MISTER YouTube video
Link to new website featuring TOD and Smart Growth news
Link to a new mass transit concept called Fastran - a cantilevered monorail
Link to a new brochure for the General Transport System Foundation in Sweden, 12 pp. Also, see the Bubbles and Beams video that is very similar to the GTS concept.
Link to new publication from the U.K. - Guidelines for Implementers of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
August, 2010
Reinventing Transport blog from Professor Paul Barter in Singapore
Back to the Futurama with cooperative mobility (two Futurama videos and one Intel video)
July, 2010
Link to a major update of website for Modern Transportation Systems Corporation - an innovative maglev approach
Sustainable Urban Mobility 2020, July-August Futurist article, by Ryan Chin of MIT's Media Lab
Link to the website for the PRT conference at Heathrow airport, September 21-23, 2010
Newsletter about forthcoming 4th PodCar City conference, San Jose, California, program and early registration information
Link to new 21st century "superway" presentation by MegaRail
June, 2010
List of 21 responses to Minnesota DOT Request for Interest on PRT
ITS America Transportation Technology News - subscriptions available
Dual Mode Transportation - A Revolution in Motion, by Andrew Andrusko
Link to new report that analyzes the Danish RUF dualmode system's capacity
Link to Pod Car 4 conference website, San Jose, California, October 27-29, 2010 - early bird registration ends in July
May, 2010
Link to summary of the Modern Mobility conference held in Kansas City, Kansas - focus was on a PRT study.
Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) - Automated People Mover (APM) Comparison, by PRT Expert Peter Muller
Link to a description of a deployment roadmap (strategy) for Robocars
Link to update of the US DOT's ITS Strategic Research Plan
Amberglen PRT network study, Portland, Oregon suburb
Link to a US DOT white paper: Achieving the Vision: From VII to Intellidrive
April, 2010
Conference announcement: PodCar City, San Jose, California, October 27-29,2010
Link to new website: FHWA Livability Programs Initiative
New General Transportation Systems foundation established in Sweden
Link to the latest ULtra PRT Heathrow video - features multiple passenger testing
Link to new webpage focused on MIT's Mobility-on-Demand project at their Media Lab
Passenger Terminal Expo 2010 – Summary of PRT Presentations
March, 2010
Short course announcement and illustrated flyer: Modern Mobility: What is PRT and Why Should You Care?, April 23, 2010, Kansas City, Kansas
Urbanaut releases specifications for its PRT version
Bigger is not always Better, article in Passenger Terminal World, March 2010, pp 64-68, by Peter Muller
Article about PRT in Cities-for-Mobility e-magazine, pp 11-13, Vectus PRT photo on the cover
Link to paper entitled "Development and Evaluation of Traffic Management Strategies for PRT", by Pengjun Zheng, David Jeffrey and Mike McDonald, U of Southhampton, U.K.
The Gondola Project - a cable-propelled transit primer
February, 2010
Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) proposal in India - PRT being considered as a transport component - very impressive concepts
The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) is a free database featuring up-to-date information on European transport research activities. It enables policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to access results of EU or nationally financed transport research in the European Research Area (ERA).
Link to a report on the 2010 ATRA Technix meeting, held at the U of Maryland, by Stan Young. Includes an excellent BBC video that features the ULtra PRT project at Heathrow airport.
Link to Strategic Research Directions, Priorities and Performance Metrics for Implementing Personalized Transit in Urban Areas, submitted on behalf of the Advanced Transit Association to the Research and Innovative Technology Administration of the US Department of Transportation, 7 pp.
Minnesota DOT issues a Request for Interest about Personal Rapid Transit, 10 pages
Links to a new website for Zesttrans - a Russian dualmode and PRT concept, English version provided
January, 2010
Link to a paper entitled "Improving Transportation Requires New Solution", by Peter Muller (10 pp)
JPods releases long-term deployment plan
Masdar video from Gulf News - walking tour
Winona, Minnesota, City Council agrees to apply for $25 M to develop a PRT demonstration
PRT vehicle testing underway at the Masdar eco-city in Abu Dhabi
Conference announcement: High Speed Rail 2010: Bringing HSR to America, Orlando, FL, March 4-5, 2010
Podcars - new travel on track: A sustainable travel option (summary of Swedish Government study, in English)
How to design a PRT guideway, by J. Edward Anderson
December, 2009
Link to news and a new video from String Transport in Russia
Link to Monocab VRT in Australia, patents pending
PRT Niche Options for Minnesota, including Edina, St. Paul and Rochester network illustrations
Link to new dualmode concept from Switzerland - a microcar-train combination - forthcoming in 2010
Link to a thesis that describes a Dualmode concept called Speedway, by Christian Foerg of Germany (English version, well -illustrated)
Link to CNN video on the Masdar eco-city status
Link to a major update of the ULTra PRT website
November, 2009
Adaption of a Harvard Business School teaching case on PRT, by Prof. Ben Edelman
Link to PodCar conference newsletter #4Link to new website for the Masdar eco-city in Abu Dhabi - lots of videos and an image gallery
Link to PRT brochure from Winona, Minnesota - Winona is Ready!
New Shweeb website now available - a suspended, human-powered monorail, with switching and off-line stations
October, 2009
Link to Zest PRT (Russia) website - new videos have been added
Evolution of PRT, by J. Edward Anderson
Conference announcement: Innotrans 2010, Berlin, Germany, September 21-24, 2010 (see marketing movie, available in 10 different languages)
MIT weekly transportation seminar underway, includes overview video presentation by Associate Dean Barnhart.
Conference announcement: Polis - EU Cities and Regions Networking for Innovative Transport Solutions, Brussels, December 10-11, 2009 (Lowson, Lohmann and Jan Van Dijke, TNO are presenting)Link to Intrago Mobility website - personal electric vehicles - on-demand
Link to conference announcement: Transportation Summit 2009, Portland, OR, November 4-6.
Link to a new MegaRail presentation - describes and illustrates its high-speed cargo system
Conference announcement: 3rd METRANS National Urban Freight Conference, October 21-23, 2009, Long Beach, California
Link to new website by group interested in encouraging PRT in Austin, TX.
Invasion of the PodCars - link to article in Boston.com - Ideas sectionLink to 3rd International PodCar Conference Newsletter #3
September, 2009
Summary of Swedish PodCar Study, in English
Are They Ready? - Mega-Regions Growth and Transportation Investment in 22 American Mega-Regions
World's first city-wide PRT system underway at the Masdar eco-city in Abu DhabiNew book information: Automated Transport Systems for Sustainable Urban Mobility, by Tom Voge, August '09 (see Amazon.com for details, Paperback, $75.
Link to the International Monorail Association, based in the NetherlandsSkyTran (aka Unimodal) partners with NASA on development of control software
Conference announcement: Sustainability, Social Responsibility, Energy Conservation, & Fall Maintenance,
October 4-6, '09, St. Louis, Missouri (agenda only)August, 2009
Conference announcement: 21st Annual Public Private Ventures in Transportation, Sept. 24-25 '09, Washington, D.C.
Conference announcement: PodCar City COP 15, December 9-10, 2009, Malmö, Sweden
TRANSvisions: Final Report on Transport Scenarios with a 20 and 40 Year Horizon, March, 2009, 244 pp.
Consultation on the future of transport in the EUEditorial: Mr. Kasai goes to Washington (Japanese High Speed Train - rail and maglev - experiences)
CargoTunnel - an underground system for goods movements to/from various locations within a city
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge winner for 2009 - MIT Media Labs City Car and Roboscooter: Sustainable Mobility and Mobility on Demand Systems
July, 2009
Integrated Urban Transportation Network Congress, 2009, Shanghai, China, 9/3-4/2009
3rd PodCar City conference newsletter #1, Malmo, Sweden, December '09
Hyundai Rotem (So. Korea) urban maglev webpage (go to Rail Systems > Products > MAGLEV'S)
Chinese video clip shows the new Beijing maglev prototype running on its Tangshan test track.
Speedway: a new dualmode concept from Germany (website and video)An Intelligent Transportation Network System (ITNS): Rationale, Attributes, Status, Economics, Benefits and Courses of Study for Engineers and Planners, by J. Edward Anderson, 35 pp.
Link to new Sky Tram website - a suspended mass transit concept that uses old airplane fuselagesJune, 2009
Mott MacDonald appointed lead designer for Masdar infrastructure
Boeing's Personal Rapid Transit history
China develops low speed maglev system for applications within urban areas
Link to paper about implementation the PRT plan for the Masdar eco-city: Introducing PRT to the Sustainable City, by Lohmann and Guala - a very extensive description of the plan, 15 pp.
Link to Brick Wall Stops and PRT, by Richard Gronning
Link to a Summary of the 15 PRT papers presented at the 12th International APM '09 conference in Atlanta, GA,
June '09, by Peter MullerPRT Plans in several Swedish Cities, by G. Tegnér, extensive review of current PRT planning studies in Sweden, 21 pp
Links to two additional analytical papers regarding PRT in Swedish Cities, by G. Tegnér
Extending PRT Capabilities, by Ingmar Andreasson - explores ways to increase the capacity and speed of PRTLink to the official blog of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, Ray La Hood
May, 2009
ULTra PRT circulator network presentation for the Perimeter Center major activity center in Atlanta, Georgia
New website for sustainable transport interests: Thecityfix - global scope
Air Car update - inventor Guy Negre with Airpod compressed air-powered cars
FTA report on low speed maglev research program - focused on lessons learned, March, 2009, 47 pp.
The Tipping Point? - PP presentation at the Heritage Foundation, May 13, '09, by transportation analyst Alan E. Pisarski
Conference announcement: Cities for Mobility, Stuttgart, Germany, June 14-16, 2009
Open PRT specification project: Rethinking PRT design - a blog
Conference report: , April, '09, PRT at Heathrow Airport, by Peter Muller
Conference announcement: International Conference on Sustainable Urban Transport and Environment, Paris, June 24-26, '09
Link to an ATRA report about the Carbon-Free Mobility conference held in Oakland, CA,
Major update of ULTra PRT website: information about Heathrow airport project, proposals in San Jose, Santa Cruz and Alameda Point, implementation customization, details on vehicles, guideway, stations, control, capacity, environmental benefits, safety certification, solar, ATS staff, partners and history.
April, 2009
Link to a RUF concept that makes use of PUMA-like vehicles
Three new marketing presentations from Megarail: Low carbon alternative to traditional Texas turnpikes and Commuter Rail proposal for the Dallas-Ft. Worth region (applicable to other large metropolitan regions), Near-term I-25 & I-70 Mountain Corridor Solution (Colorado).
APM '09 conference PreProgram now available: Connecting People, Connecting Places, Connecting Modes
Link to some good PUMA information at Segway's website
Link to new English version of Schmid Peoplemover website
Conference announcement: City Mobil, Finland, May 8, '09 - program info in EnglishMarch, 2009
PRT conference at Heathrow Airport in April , 21-23 '09 - Final Program and Registration Information
Link to historical document: Lea Transit Compendium on PRT, 46 pages, 1975 (includes 11 system descriptions)
Link to historical document: Lea Transit Compendium: PRT Supplement, 21 pages, 1975 (updates on two systems)
Link to Intransition magazine - look for article entitled "Unconventional Transportation: Reinventing the Wheel", Winter '09, pp 11-18
Photo update on Magplane project in Inner Mongolia - construction of a maglev coal transport system is underway
Link to a new Sky Taxi website, mostly in Russian but has some content in English
Link to a 60 minute video on Transrapid maglev history and Shanghai installation - very instructive
Press release: MIT to take on global transportation challenges - will generate 21st century solutionsFebruary, 2009
Link to planned research program of the Federal Transit Administration, Fiscal Years 09-13
President Obama's Urban Policy agenda
Link to: The Transit Wire - information about emerging transit technologies
Japanese HSST urban maglev brochure used in Honolulu, HI, now available on-line
Abu Dhabi public transport plan revealed - includes three PRT projects
Can We Transform the Auto-Industrial Society? , New York Review of Books
Preliminary program: Carbon-Free Mobility conference, Oakland, CA, March 6, 2009
PRT study by Ingmar Andreasson for Södertälje, Sweden - contains superb graphics
January, 2009
Link to new website for the Multi-flow Air Car
Link to new website for Vehicle-Infrastructure-Integration (VII) activities
Conference announcements: Carbon-Free Mobility, March '09, Oakland, CA and ATRA Heathrow, Heathrow Airport, April, '09
Link to Newsletter #5 which provides an update on the City Mobil projects in the EU
Automated Electric Transportation objectives at Utah State University elab
Car-free Masdar City will run on green cars
PRT gets another chance at life, article in Venture magazineLink to paper by Dr. Mogge of CH2M Hill about the Masdar PRT project
Link to National Journal Transportation Blog, contributions by Expert Insiders
Photos of Masdar PRT vehicle from the World Energy Forum exhibition in Abu Dhabi
Article about Masdar, located in Abu Dhabi - site of the first areawide PRT application in the world
Transforming America's Transportation Future, Automated Electrified Transportation (AET) vision paper
Virginia DOT report to the legislature on the status of PRT systems
Urbanaut monorail project underway in Incheon, Korea
Rail Meets the Road with the TriTrack http://tinyurl.com/bqh5fe
December, 2008
Eulogy to Dr. Jack H. Irving, PRT pioneer at the Aerospace Corporation, by J Edward Anderson
New Vectus PRT videos on YouTube; one is a new animation, the other shows operations in the snow, in Uppsala, Sweden
Conference announcement: 12th International Conference on Automated Peoplemovers, Atlanta, GA, May31-June 3, 2009Link to website that describes an AirCar venture
Link to information about City of San Jose's interests in an Automated Transportation Network
Link to the EU's #1 web portal on urban transport and mobility - now in its 10th year
Call for Papers: PRT at LHR (Heathrow airport) conference, April 21-23, '09
Link to illustration of several innovative systems for getting around town in the future: Forbes magazine, December 22, 2008 issue
Link to a collection of recent ULTra PRT pictures at Heathrow Airport in the U.K.
Link to a new Russian website that illustrates PRT-Zest and Tram-Zest concepts - both have dualmode capabilities
NICHES + Newsletter: New and Innovative Concepts for Helping European Transport Sustainability Towards Implementation,
December, 2008, Issue 1.EU Video: The Hands-Free Future for Transport, 8 minutes, includes City Mobil and Heathrow Airport
MonoMobile and Monofreight Newsletter #4 - describes new development funding prospects
Link to new company called Fastransit - working with Applied Levitation (see videos) on a switchable Maglev GRT/PRT concept
November, 2008
Florida Solar Energy Center to support solar-powered monorail system (SkyTrain) development (press release)
Conference announcement: Intermodes, February 4-5, 2009, Brussels, Belgium
Link to: Mobility on Demand: Future Transportation in Cities, Smart Cities, MIT Media Lab, June, 2008
Entire SeaTac Major Investment Study is now available on-line - resulted in a PRT network being selected as the preferred alternative
New website for PRT International launched - J. Edward Anderson is Managing Director.
What happened at the PodCar conference in Ithaca, NY, September, 2008?
October, 2008Maglev 2008 conference program now available, December 15-18, 2008, San Diego, California
Santa Cruz, California, solicits RFQs for a PRT study, pre-submission conference October 30, proposals due Nov. 13, '08
MegaRail prototype vehicle video now available on YouTube (click here for background presentation)
Table of Contents for the Daventry PRT Scoping Study, and link to the entire document, 160+ pp.
September, 2008
Link to City Gondola website - suspended GRT concept
Link to Beamways website, a suspended PodCar system under development in Sweden
Link to Metrail monorail website - low cost monorail system.
Link to pictures of Rotem's Daejeon maglev monorail 1-km demo site, in Korea. Inchon International Airport project being planned for 2012.
Automated Road Vehicles website
Korean urban maglev project described in Railway Gazette article
Update of the ATI - Advanced Guideway System website
1978 video of 1/10 scale PRT model developed by the Aerospace Corporation
August, 2008
Some details on the Dual Mode Vehicle (road and rail) development effort in Japan
Conference Announcement: Monorailex 2008, How to Move the People, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 10-11, '08
Work begins on the Monometro suspended monorail application in Saudi Arabia
International Seminar: Automation for Urban Transport, Sept. 19 '08, La Rochelle, France
PodCar City conference newsletter-2 now available
2008 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle demand and systems analyis update study released by the FTASelf-funding Commuter Rail that Really Works, a presentation by MegaRail Transportation
Beyond Oil, Transforming Transportation - Agenda for the Annual TransTech Conference, September 4-5, '08 - Microsoft Event Center, Redmond, WA
MicroRail passenger & cargo monorail/LRT/BRT + freeway alternative - presentation
20th International Conference on Magnetically Levitated Systems and Linear Drives, 15-18 December, '08
San Diego, California
Offer of Participation for novel German maglev system - Details at website, currently only in German
July, 2008New PRT website - concept only, features vehicles operating on the street on rails
Futrex System21 monobeam system offered for sale
MISTER suspended PRT system investor offering document now available
Transportation for America, new coalition of advocates for transportation improvements
Pod Car City conference newsletter, #1, July 25, 2008
European Transport Conference 2008, October 6-8, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands
Robosoft delivers three driverless vehicles using autonomous GPS guidance - includes YouTube video
15th ITS World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems, New York City, November 16-20, 2008: ITS Connections: Saving Time, Saving Lives: Conference Program details, 80 pages. Technical sessions and demonstrations planned.
12th International Conference on Automated Peoplemovers, May 31-June 3, 2009, Atlanta, Georgia - call for Abstracts and Program Information
Hydrogen: Hope or Hype? - Design News Special Report
News regarding Swedish SkyCab PRT activities
New BAA Heathrow ULTra PRT video on YouTube
Scope of National Academy of Sciences study: American's Energy Future, report with transportation content, final report expected in January, 2009
Guideway Transportation System with Integrated Magnetic Levitation Suspension, Stabilization and Propulsion Functions, USPTO Patent Application 20080148991
Personal Rapid Transit: Preempting the Need for Oil in Urban Transport, by Bill James
Futuropolis 2058: Creating Sustainable Urban Environments Through Innovation, Singapore, October 21-22, 2008
June, 2008
Some details about the Masdar eco-city in Abu Dhabi, now under construction
Call for Papers: Cities and Climate Change: Responding to an Urgent Challenge, Marseille, France, June 2009
Dual Mode System Design "Absolutes", by Kirston Henderson of MegaRail, formulated initially in 2000, with additions in 2008
Proposed System Design Requirements for a Dual Mode Transport System - derived from the CEETI study of dual mode transport
Low Carbon Vehicle development to receive major boost with funds from the U.K. government - 13 projects currently underway,
three more planned (press release) For overview, go to the Technology Strategy Board > Innovation Platforms > Low Carbon VehiclesMay, 2008
RUF publishes an Investor Prospectus - good summary of current status
Full report: Dual Mode Vehicle and Infrastructure Alternatives Analysis, by Christine Ehlig-Economides and Jim Longbottom, Texas A&M University and Texas Transportation Institute, April, 2008. 136 pp. Also available on-line is the Executive Summary and Table of Contents
These latter two pages also provide CEETI's definition of Dual Mode, a link to a video that illustrates one type of dual mode system and a link to descriptions of a wide variety of other systems currently being developed around the world.Link to a new Dual Mode concept called Railbus, being developed in the Netherlands
PRT Activism: Strategies and Attitudes Toward Conventional Transit, by Nathan Koren, 5/2008, 21 pp
17th Annual ULI Conference: Developing Master-Planned Communities, Washington, D.C., June 12-13, 2008
Simulated fly-through of Masdar eco-city, with NPR article, by Foster+Partners, 5 minute video
PRT Applicability to Sustainability, by Peter Muller
April, 2008
Link to European Local Transport Information Service - aims to be the #1 portal on clean urban transport in Europe
Cities-for-Mobility publishes first eMagazine, contains lots of relevant articles
Link to a website about folding bicycles - deals with first/last mile problem
New Aerotrain website - provides history of this effort by Rohr Industries in early 1970s to develop a tracked air cushion vehicle
(TACV) for 60 passengers with a speed of 150 mph.Conference Announcement: Opportunities in Transportation Infrastructure, Washington, D.C., May 14-16, '08
2008 Pocket Guide to transportation statistics, now available on-line
International Transport Statistics Database website launched, includes all G8 nations and others
A New Business Model for Urban Transportation, illustrates a transit utility concept using a PRT application example in the Dulles Airport Corridor in Northern Virginia, by Paul Hoffman, Booz-Allen-Hamilton, January '08, Power Point file, 14 megs
Conference Announcement: Cities-for-Mobility, World Congress, June 1-4, 2008, Stuttgart, Germany, English version
March, 2008
Link to an Automotive X-Prize competition blog for current information
Conference Announcement: The Pod Car City: Sustainable Transportation, Sept. 14-16, 2008, Ithaca, New York
New MegaRail presentation describes their Commuter Rail product - has dualmode capability
MegaRail's proposal for the Trans Texas Corridor concept
Relaunch of Intransition magazine: Transportation Planning, Practice and Programs
Link to the Transport Research Knowledge Center in the EU
February, 2008
3rd Annual Texas Transportation Forum, Austin, Texas, April 20-22, 2008 (includes session on the "future")
Link to a large and excellent collection of innovative transport videos at a website in Norway
Added new subsecond-headways page at ITT website
Magplane signs $1.9 M design contract with Inner Mongolia (see Latest News for press release)
ULtra PRT/Heathrow project update, includes several ground and one aerial photo of built guideway
High Tech Monorails - 2 disc DVD set now available, world wide coverage of operational systems, includes Shanghai Transrapid maglev
Conference announcement: Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure Systems, March 31 - 1 April, Amsterdam
Link to "Some History of 32 PRT Simulation Programs", new paper by J.E. Anderson
Aerobus gains final approval for completion of high profile project in Weihai, China
Link to a PRT-focused website based in New Zealand
January, 2008
Link to a paper entitled A PRT/Airport Automated Peoplemover (APM) Comparison, 9 pp, by Peter Muller
Comparative Visualization: PRT & Conventional Mass Transit, by Peter Muller (Power Point presentation, reader needed)
Link to a small electric vehicle concept from Switzerland, called Acabion
Conference announcement: Maglev 2008, 15-18 December '08, San Diego, California
Forum 2008: Transport and Energy: The Challenge of Climate Change, Leipzig Conference Centre, 20-30 May 2008
MagneMotion receives $6.9 M award from FTA to continue urban maglev development work (press release)
Using PRT for goods movements - concepts and illustrations
Update on ULTra PRT installation at Heathrow Airport, includes construction pictures and videos
Link to new Australian Skyrail monorail website
Links to two excellent student project reports; one deals with the design of RUF junctions, the other deals with the design of a RUF route. Both are very impressive examples of what talented and motivated students with good direction can do.
PRT - the connective tissue of better mobility, by J. Schneider
Link to a new RUF movie, mostly animation but also shows prototype vehicle in operationDecember, 2007
2nd Annual City Logistics Expo, Padova, Italy, 27-29 November 2008
Transportation blog initiatied by French student - contributions and comments welcome
New contribution to the Dualmode debate page: An Interface Standard for a General Transport System, by Bengt Gustafsson
New contribution to PRT debate page: Fitting PRT into an Existing Multimodal Environment, by Richard Gronning
New book entitled Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil, by Gilbert and Perl, Table of Contents, forthcoming, January, 2008
Severe shortfalls in current public transport - and why podcars may make the difference, by Göran Tegnér
November, 2007
Transportation Research Board publication: Intelligent Transportation Systems and Vehicle-Highway Automation, 2007
New brochure from Vectus PRT now available on-line
HOVER - High Occupancy Vehicles on Express Routes -- ride sharing concept from New Zealand
Link to Cities-for-Mobility website - a global network of cities dealing with urban mobility issues
Link to A General Transport System - paper from the Swedish Institute for Transport and Communications Analysis (SIKA)
Link to Automated Transport Systems website - describes preferred attributes of a dualmode system
October, 2007TRB Session on Dual-Mode Transportation: Benefits and Challenges
Link to City Mobil project website - a large scale effort in the EU to develop automated urban transport systems
Videos of presentations at the October PodCar conference in Uppsala now available on-line
Updated SkyWeb Express website now available
Vectus PRT Quicktime movie that shows one vehicle being operated on Uppsala test track
BBC CyberCar demo video from the Daventry PRT conference
Updated, excellent, Bubbles and Beams PRT video from Sweden on YouTube
Conference: Sustainability - the Future of Transportation, Anaheim, CA, Dec. 2-5, 2007
Magplane to build maglev pipeline in Mongolia
September, 2007
Book: Transit Systems Theory by J. Edward Anderson, 1978, now available on-line, 20 MB download
Announcement: Transportation Research Board, Annual Meeting, January 13-17, Washington, D.C.
ATRA 2008 Call for Papers for January '08 meeting (date changed to January 12)
National Geographic video report on Transrapid Maglev development and initial application in China
New ULTra PRT animation on YouTube
Two new videos now available for Ollie Mikosza's MISTER PRT system from Poland
Updated Tubeway website from Germany, now features thin film PV for solar energy collection
New marketing brochure from SkyWeb Express: Product Introduction
Updated invitation to The Podcar City conference and details of the conference program, October 1-2, Upsalla, Sweden
CargoRail Port Operating Plan presentation for Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles assessment, 9/2007, 10 pp.
Two PRT articles are published in the September issue of Transport Times in the U.K. > click on Current Issue
August, 2007
Conference announcement: 1st World Forum on Sustainable Mobility, Nantes, France, December 9-12, 2007
Austin, TX, inventor of TriTrack to be included in the Automotive X Prize competition
Update for the Flyda monobeam technology - patents have expired and are now in the public domain
National Automated Highway System Consortium Reports from 1997 now available online -
includes details from San Diego automated vehicle technologies at Demo '97.July, 2007
New System 21 blog, illustrations, technical details and general discussion, by Larry Edwards
Conference Announcement - Daventry Transport, September 26, 2007 (located in the U.K.)
PRT Standards conference, Minneapolis (Fridley), MN, September 19, 2007, sponsored by ATRA
PRT simulation software course by Ed Anderson now available
June, 2007
Collaboration among Mutually Dependent Players is Required to Achieve Large Scale Change in a Ground Transportation System, by Jim Longbottom
Development of the Containerization Industry as a Close Analogy for PRT Advocates, by Nathan Koren
PRT article in Business 2.0 magazine, June 1, issue, now posted at CNN website (it's mostly about the ULTra PRT project at Heathrow Airport)
Customer Response to a Dual Mode Personal Rapid Transit System, MBA Thesis by Yonas Jongkind, Simon Fraser University, 2006, 74 pp.
International PRT Conference, October 1-2, 2007, Uppsala, Sweden - information now available
Report on the Feasibility of PRT in Santa Cruz, California, by Jeral Poskey
New eco-city project in Abu Dhabi will be auto-free and use a PRT technology for internal circulation > go to NEWS, page 3
Video from Swedish TV showing Vectus PRT test facility in operation, with English translation
New dualmode animation from Qwiklane, 9+ minutes
May, 2007
Bubbles and Beams - a delightful PRT/dualmode animation from Sweden
New website: Next generation of mass transit - NOWAIT Transit of Sweden
Report on a PRT seminar held in Luleå, Sweden
Call for Papers, 2nd Annual National Urban Freight Conference 2007, December 5-7, Long Beach, California
Call for Papers, Chinese conference on Urban Transport, Beijing, August 2-4, 2007
New Jersey PRT Study Final Report released, 144 pp, pdf format
New PRT system concept, called Y-Rail from Austria
April, 2007
City of Luleå, Sweden, encouraged to consider a PRT application (located 940 km north of Stockholm)
PRT consulting firm launches new website, focused on PRT applications in So. California.
Japanese Dual Mode Vehicle, works on roads and rail - YouTube video
TEXXI - the taxi you text with a cellular phone for a shared ride
Conference announcement and call for papers: 11 th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for
Elderly and Disabled Persons (TRANSED): June 18-21, 2007; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Call for Papers, Challenges and Opportunities Towards More Sustainable Transportation, Taipei, 4-6 December 2007
Marketing Strategy of the HSST Maglev SystemCabintaxi video now available on YouTube
March, 2007
Recent Q&A session with J. Edward Anderson, regarding Personal Rapid Transit
Urban Life with PRT - ATRA's Second Morgantown, WV, Seminar, May 4-5, 2007
Where Transportation is Going: Transportation in the CLIOS Era, Seminar by Prof. Joseph Sussman, MIT, at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
Future by Design - website includes cities, energy, construction, transportation, space ideas, by Jacque Fresco - Futurist
ITS America Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA, June 4-6, 2007, 35 page conference brochure now available provides program details
February, 2007
Toy maglev train video on YouTube - in German, high temperature superconductor, simple device, absolutely amazing.
Link to Edmontonians for PRT website (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Paul Hoffman's PRT presentation at the TRB meeings, "Personal Rapid Transit, Strategies for Advancing the State of the Industry, Washington, D.C., January, 2007 (requires PowerPoint reader), 7 megs
Illustrative PRT network design for Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, by Eric Baumgartner
The State of Urban Transportation, by J. Edward Anderson (written in 1970 but the problems are still the same, only much worse).
Transporting Freight Containers by Pneumatic Capsule Pipeline (PCP): Port Security and Other Issues, TRB paper by Henry Liu, July 2006
Draft report on the feasibility of Personal Rapid Transit in Santa Cruz, California, 52 pp (listed under Transportation Planning Program header)
TEXXI - the taxi you text with a cellular phone for a shared ride - operating now in Liverpool and San Francisco. A 13 MB video
is available that describes how the system is operated at: http://www.texxi.com/pro/texxi.nsf/videoviewer?OpenPage&video=driversbysHigh Capacity Personal Rapid Transit, Rationale, Attributes, Status, Economics, Benefits, by J. Edward Anderson, January '07, 20 pp
January, 2007
Preliminary Proposal for a PRT Network for Daventry, U.K. (press release)
Link to MegaRail's updated and extended CargoRail presentation to the Gateway Council of Governments Board of Directors and two COG Cargo Transportation Study Groups for Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, January 17, 2007
Link to a paper entitled "Major Activity Center PRT Circulator Design: Hacienda Business Park" (California), by Steve Raney
Link to a study focused on the design of an extensive PRT network that could assist the solution of some transportation and air pollution problems in the Melbourne regionLink to Open Source (OScar) project website - a group working on the design of a simple and functional auto concept
to spread mobility, using Open Source principlesJPods PRT signs agreement with Swiss company to commercialize its automated transit concept in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
-- Link to JPods website
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