What's New Archive, 2004
December, 2004
Italian tube transportation system (Pipenet) website has been updated and an English section added
Small dualmode bus being developed in Japan by Japanese Railways, uses both conventional rails and roads
Link to new video from Norway, showing Skyweb Express application near Oslo
Link to the report of the National Commission on Energy Policy, Dec. 2004
Draft report from the Advanced Transportation Technology Forum held in Houston now available on-line, 5/12 technologies were
selected for further study (13 pages, pdf format) Final report expected in January, 2005Link to new content at Korean BT dualmode website
Improving Metropolitan Decision-Making in Transportation: Funding and Devolution for Greater Accountability, by Robert Puentes, Brookings Institution, 2003
November, 2004
New Jersey legislature passes a bill that requires a study of PRT, to be completed in late 2005
Link to the Hytran suspended monorail website
Link to a new small-vehicle PRT-type system called Autotran
Request for proposals for PRT system services from the BAA
New website devoted to Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) data now available
October, 2004
Innovative Transport Simulator iTS MAIT - free software and User's Guide now available
New Chinese-made Maglev Technology announced - designed for intraurban travel
Program: Advanced Transportation Technology Forum, Houston, TexasIntelligent Multimode Transit System (IMTS) being developed by Toyota
Links to several new papers that are now on-line at the Magplane website
Link to website for the French Air Car (in English)
September, 2004
Link to new French website on Aerotrain et Naviplane - very interesting history of transportation innovation, has English version and includes several illustrations.
Velotaxi website: German company, muscle-powered with electrical assistance, room for two people plus some baggage, many dealers in Europe and other countries (none in the USA yet).
Automated Guideway Transit: Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems, Office of Technology Assessment, 1975, 375 pp, pdf format
New website for SurreySystem dualmode concept
New type of monorail being developed in Houston, Texas, called Mezzanine Transit
Personal Transportation System (PTS) - a dualmode concept being developed in California
A Perfect Synthesis (LeviCar maglev dualmode concept description), by Joshua Zev Levin
What are the real options for reducing 'Car Dependence'?, by Ray Brindle, 7-page article by an Australian author
New introductory-level website describes PRT concepts with interesting animations, in English and Spanish
August, 2004
Link to Autoway website - a PRT concept now being developed in the U.S.
Transport Research Knowledge Centre - an extensive resource of transportation programmes and research results funded by the European Union and at European national level.
Seattle design community attacks monorail project
Cascadia Monorail Press Kit regarding Seattle monorail project now available
Link to "The Design, Operation and Benefits of Sky Web Express", by J. Edward Anderson, 20 pp
New Mega/Micro/CargoRail presentations:
MegaRail Background and Products Booklet
MegaRail Products Overview presentationHigh Speed Rail pages:
MegaRail High-speed Rail Presentation
Presentation of alternate to proposed Texas Corridor
MegaRail Commuter and Urban Rail pages:Commuter Rail Presentation
Urban Light Rail Problems and Solutions presentation
Technical data for MegaRail Urban transport systemsMicroRail Urban Transport pages:
Urban Light Rail Problems and Solutions presentation
Technical data for MicroRail Urban transport systemsCargoRail page:
CargoRail PresentationLogistics Systems for Sustainable Cities, 2003 Conference Proceedings
July, 2004
Link to the Institute for City Logistics - for current information about moving goods in urban areas
New animations now available for the RUF dualmode system - click on "Movies" to see them
The Hallucigenia Project: Incorporating Robotics with Vehicle Technology
Six pages of photos of the new Las Vegas monorail
New slide show from Blade Runner in the U.K.
Futuristic Transportation - an exhibit sponsored by the UC-Berkeley library, includes a section on PRT
Skytaxi Power Point slide show now available on-line, 2+ megs
SkyCabs - a GRT concept featuring two-way travel on a monobeam being developed in New Zealand
Great Rail Disasters, by Randal O'Toole, June 2004, 84 pp, pdf file, now available on-line
New book entitled Why Phoenix?, by Robert S. Ruehrdanz - it's a "first" novel, self-published.
A Growth Vision for Southern California - report now available on-line, includes plans for a region-wide maglev system
Update and article on the Blade Runner dualmode system being developed in the U.K.
June, 2004
Updated system concepts presentation from RUF International now available
Updated system concepts presentation from MegaRail Transportation now available
Maglev on the Development Track for Urban Transportation
Top 25 Origins of Visitors to the ITT Website, May 2004
First International Conference on Modern Monorail Technology, Austin, Texas, September 24-25, 2004
Enoch, Wixley and Ison, Practical Lessons for Winning Support for Radical Transport Proposals, World Transport Policy and Practice, 10:1, 2004
May, 2004
TRB Committee on Circulation and Driverless Transit Call for Abstracts for 2005 TRB Meeting, January, 2005, Washington, D.C., Deadlines: June 15 for Abstract, August 1 for full paper.
Some Suggested Attributes of a High Potential Personal Rapid Transit Project, by J.B. Schneider
Advocacy Lessons Learned for Getting the FIRST PRT System Built, by Steve Raney
Transit-Alternatives discussion list terminated, but replaced by Techtalk, Policy and Announce e-mail lists, visit ATRA website to subscribe to one or all.
Call for abstracts, International Automated Peoplemovers Conference, Orlando, FL, May 1-4, 2005
Link to article entitled "An Automated PRT System for Landside Airport Operations", February, 2004
April, 2004
Link to paper entitled "Suburban Silver Bullet: PRT Shuttle + Wireless Commute Assistant and Privacy Protecting Commute Shed Study Using Cellular Location Tracking", by Steve Raney
Link to website for the Munich Maglev Project (English version now available)
Call for abstracts, 10th Conference on Transportation Planning Applications, April 24-28, Portland, Oregon (deadline for abstracts is August 13, 2004)
Link to The Dualmode Transportation Revolution, by Francis D. Reynolds
Call for Papers, New Public Transportation Systems and Technology committee, for the Transportation Research Board meeting, Washington, D.C., January, 2005
Update on status of ADART Dial-a-Ride application in Corpus Christi, TX
Link to website for Atmostrack, a compressed air concept being developed in the U.K.
Link to Sustainable Silver Bullet Study: PRT for Palo Alto, CA
An Overview of Automated Guideway Transit in Japan, Part I, by Leroy Demery, 23 page pdf file (560k).
Link to critique of PRT by Light Rail Now and responses from four PRT advocates
Maglev 2004 - 18th International Conference on Magnetically Levitation and Linear Drives, Shanghai, China, October 25-28, 2004 - 125 papers from 13 countries
BASim simulation program description - used by Austrans GRT to assist their planning activities
Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) to hold meeting at SeaTac, Washington, May 14-15, 2004
Projected Evolution of Surface Transportation Systems in the USAInnovative Transportation Technology - list of U.S. Patents
March, 2004
Link to Councilman Zimmerman's PRT network concept for downtown Minneapolis - excellent graphic presentation
Link to Russian suspended vehicle concept, called Transcar (in Russian only but some illustrations are provided)
Link to Aerobus news about new project in Weihai, China
New book now available: 21st Century Personal Rapid Transit, by Raymond MacDonald
Link to new Texas Transportation Corridor proposal from Megarail
Link to new dualmode concept, called Puget Pullway
New dualmode Power Point presentation now available
Update on status of Blade Runner dualmode concept
Link to: Electrified Guideways: A More Realistic Vision than the "Freedom Car", by Bruce A. McHenry
Illustration of a RUF dualmode network for Copenhagen, from a planning report written in Danish
February, 2004
Magtube, Inc. - focus is on moving freight at present time.MonoMetro Monorail releases a short, but very high quality, animation (download
the Waterloo Bridge file to see it) - more similar animations plannedMeeting the Challenge of Serving Large Complex Systems with Group Rapid Transit, by Richard Arthur
January, 2004
US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics releases 2004 Pocket Guide to Transportation (free, click on "products" for ordering information, 50 pp.)
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