What's New Archive, 2002
December, 2002
New automated freight product from Siemens Transportation, called CargoMover
Article reviews seven emerging transportation technologies
November, 2002
Seattle monorail plan narrowly approved by voters
Study of alternative transit technologies released by Sound Transit of Seattle, Washington
Link to a new website for the City Shuttle concept - designed to provide circulator service in Major Activity Centers and other high density areas of the city
New German website that describes CompuCar concept - has English component
October, 2002
"Prognosis for Intelligent Surface Transportation" is intended to be a basis for further innovation and for presentations to legislators
Recent photos show rapid progress on MicroRail PRT vehicle and guideway
New paper on the ULTra PRT system being developed in the U.K. (it's a large pdf file, 1.8+ megabytes)
September, 2002
Results of a dualmode vehicle design study from Germany and Sweden
Description of the Bee-Hive dualmode concept which features the use of trucks carrying small personal vehicles on urban freeways
Taxi 2000 raises enought development money from private investors to begin Phase I Prototype program
New video at the ULTra PRT website, about 4 megabytes in size, click on News button to get access to it.
Pallets Revisited and Other Dualmode Comments, by Kim Goltermann. Response by William Turnbull
August, 2002
Information about the German Schmid Peoplemover system for assisting pedestrians cross heavy roadway traffic and other barriers to pedestrian movement
Several new photos of the Las Colinas Urban Center and its Automated Peoplemover system have been posted by Jon Bell. They are especially good for illustrating the visual properties of an elevated guideway in an Urban Center.
Excerpt from Tomorrow's Transportation: New Systems for the Urban Future
July, 2002New photoindex page for casual ITT website browsing
Critique of dualmode concepts by David Gow
Description of the CyberCab concept in a 1996 book by Finnish author Eero Paloheimo
New maglev concept called Interstate Traveler, includes dualmode capability
New book entitled The Transportation Renaissance: The PRT Solution, by Edmund W. F. Rydell now available
Listing of transportation technologies examined in the Future Urban Transportation Systems report from the Stanford Research Institute, published in 1968
Table of Contents from new dualmode book (awaiting publication) by Francis D. Reynolds
June, 2002
Dualmode station design (illustration and commentary) as described in a patent for a Personalized Transportation System, issued to Homer T. McCrary
Las Colinas: The Inside Story of America's Premier Development - a 2001 book that includes current information on the Las Colinas automated peoplemover and its role in the development of this large complex in Texas. Also see this Los Colinas web page.
Personal Rapid Transit versus Dual Mode Transportation, by Francis D. Reynolds
Photo of American Maglev vehicle being placed on guideway at Old Dominion University
Link to new website for Magna-Force's LEVX maglev technology being developed in Washington State
SIPEM peoplemover at the Dusseldorf International Airport in Germany scheduled to begin operations in July, 2002
May, 2002
Link to website for York PRT - which looks like a reincarnation of Raytheon's PRT 2000
Link to an article in Oregon's Future Online: "Had enough of auto-dominance yet?"
Colorado Department of Transportion maglev research program description
MegaRail Transportation Systems awarded patent for maglev version of their technology
World's first Magplane line moves forward in China
April, 2002
Report on low speed maglev technology development program from General Atomics published and now available on-line as a large (1.3 megabyte) pdf file
MicroRail guideway segment built and static tests conducted successfully - see Press Release
An article about the British ULTra PRT system in Cardiff is available in the March-April issue of Urban Transport International
Book entitled The Transportation Renaissance: The PRT Solution, by Edmund Rydell published and available at amazon.com or xlibris.com (go to bookstore and search). It's 232 pages, hard or soft cover, October, 2001.
University of Pennsylvania professor and assistant publish sharp critique of maglev technologies in Transportation Quarterly
March, 2002
Maglev patent awarded to Kirston Henderson of Megarail Transportation Systems
Link to a Russian website that describes a string transport system that features very minimal guideway structures - includes a very extensive FAQ component
New 17-minute PRT video now available from Taxi 2000. Contact Steve at ProMedia Productions for a copy
Link to a new maglev website for the Modern Transport Systems Corporation, located in California
February, 2002
Link to a description of the Rideway concept
New page on the CyberCab peoplemover technology now being deployed in the Netherlands
Major update of the Parkshuttle automated peoplemover development and operations in the Netherlands
Construction of World's First Transrapid Maglev Railway in Shanghai - Progress Report
Illustrations of an areawide, large-scale Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) network, for Minneapolis-St. Paul, showing how its development could be staged over time
January, 2002
Eyewitness report by Steve Raney on the ULTra PRT project in Cardiff, Wales, announced on January 17, 2001. Includes a diagram of the test track, a variety of pictures and a video
Four recent photos of the Serpentine peoplemover vehicle from Switzerland
Automated freight study at the Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Roadrunner website - a very large bus concept from the U.K.
December, 2002
New automated freight product from Siemens Transportation, called CargoMover
Article reviews seven emerging transportation technologies
November, 2002
Seattle monorail plan narrowly approved by voters
Study of alternative transit technologies released by Sound Transit of Seattle, Washington
Link to a new website for the City Shuttle concept - designed to provide circulator service in Major Activity Centers and other high density areas of the city
New German website that describes CompuCar concept - has English component
October, 2002
"Prognosis for Intelligent Surface Transportation" is intended to be a basis for further innovation and for presentations to legislators
Recent photos show rapid progress on MicroRail PRT vehicle and guideway
New paper on the ULTra PRT system being developed in the U.K. (it's a large pdf file, 1.8+ megabytes)
September, 2002
Results of a dualmode vehicle design study from Germany and Sweden
Description of the Bee-Hive dualmode concept which features the use of trucks carrying small personal vehicles on urban freeways
Taxi 2000 raises enought development money from private investors to begin Phase I Prototype program
New video at the ULTra PRT website, about 4 megabytes in size, click on News button to get access to it.
Pallets Revisited and Other Dualmode Comments, by Kim Goltermann. Response by William Turnbull
August, 2002
Information about the German Schmid Peoplemover system for assisting pedestrians cross heavy roadway traffic and other barriers to pedestrian movement
Several new photos of the Las Colinas Urban Center and its Automated Peoplemover system have been posted by Jon Bell. They are especially good for illustrating the visual properties of an elevated guideway in an Urban Center.
Excerpt from Tomorrow's Transportation: New Systems for the Urban Future
July, 2002New photoindex page for casual ITT website browsing
Critique of dualmode concepts by David Gow
Description of the CyberCab concept in a 1996 book by Finnish author Eero Paloheimo
New maglev concept called Interstate Traveler, includes dualmode capability
New book entitled The Transportation Renaissance: The PRT Solution, by Edmund W. F. Rydell now available
Listing of transportation technologies examined in the Future Urban Transportation Systems report from the Stanford Research Institute, published in 1968
Table of Contents from new dualmode book (awaiting publication) by Francis D. Reynolds
June, 2002
Dualmode station design (illustration and commentary) as described in a patent for a Personalized Transportation System, issued to Homer T. McCrary
Las Colinas: The Inside Story of America's Premier Development - a 2001 book that includes current information on the Las Colinas automated peoplemover and its role in the development of this large complex in Texas. Also see this Los Colinas web page.
Personal Rapid Transit versus Dual Mode Transportation, by Francis D. Reynolds
Photo of American Maglev vehicle being placed on guideway at Old Dominion University
Link to new website for Magna-Force's LEVX maglev technology being developed in Washington State
SIPEM peoplemover at the Dusseldorf International Airport in Germany scheduled to begin operations in July, 2002
May, 2002
Link to website for York PRT - which looks like a reincarnation of Raytheon's PRT 2000
Link to an article in Oregon's Future Online: "Had enough of auto-dominance yet?"
Colorado Department of Transportion maglev research program description
MegaRail Transportation Systems awarded patent for maglev version of their technology
World's first Magplane line moves forward in China
April, 2002
Report on low speed maglev technology development program from General Atomics published and now available on-line as a large (1.3 megabyte) pdf file
MicroRail guideway segment built and static tests conducted successfully - see Press Release
An article about the British ULTra PRT system in Cardiff is available in the March-April issue of Urban Transport International
Book entitled The Transportation Renaissance: The PRT Solution, by Edmund Rydell published and available at amazon.com or xlibris.com (go to bookstore and search). It's 232 pages, hard or soft cover, October, 2001.
University of Pennsylvania professor and assistant publish sharp critique of maglev technologies in Transportation Quarterly
March, 2002
Maglev patent awarded to Kirston Henderson of Megarail Transportation Systems
Link to a Russian website that describes a string transport system that features very minimal guideway structures - includes a very extensive FAQ component
New 17-minute PRT video now available from Taxi 2000. Contact Steve at ProMedia Productions for a copy
Link to a new maglev website for the Modern Transport Systems Corporation, located in California
February, 2002
Link to a description of the Rideway concept
New page on the CyberCab peoplemover technology now being deployed in the Netherlands
Major update of the Parkshuttle automated peoplemover development and operations in the Netherlands
Construction of World's First Transrapid Maglev Railway in Shanghai - Progress Report
Illustrations of an areawide, large-scale Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) network, for Minneapolis-St. Paul, showing how its development could be staged over time
January, 2002
Eyewitness report by Steve Raney on the ULTra PRT project in Cardiff, Wales, announced on January 17, 2001. Includes a diagram of the test track, a variety of pictures and a video
Four recent photos of the Serpentine peoplemover vehicle from Switzerland
Automated freight study at the Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
Roadrunner website - a very large bus concept from the U.K.
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