What's New Archive - 2005
December, 2005
Parry Peoplemover begins second application in the U.K. - propulsion is via a flywheel and vehicle is like a tram.
Urbanaut Monorail Technology Center opens near Seattle, features operating 1:10 scale model to demonstration its components
Tubular Rail website updated - now includes three movies and several more new graphics
Link to graphics from a study of an application of Cabinlift to a hospital complex in Bremen, Germany
Link to a study of how PRT could be applied throughout the entire state of New Jersey, by a Princeton University class, 118 pp., pdf format.
Links to Cabintaxi and Cabinlift videos - very good for introducing PRT concepts - both show real systems in operation
New International Maglev Board website launched - includes discussion Forum, free registration
November, 2005
Links to seven architectural renderings of Cabintaxi application concepts derived from several photos of the Cabintaxi test track.
CEETI Virtual Workshop on Dualmode Transportation: Driverless Freight Systems, December 9, 2005
Link to updated website for Puget Pullway dualmode system
Trade-offs to consider when designing a transit system, by J. Edward Anderson
Call for papers and conference information: Maglev 2006, 13-15 September, 2006, Dresden, Germany
Conference Proceedings CD now available: William L. Alden Morgantown O&M Seminar, October, 2005
October, 2005
Link to new book information: Intelligent Vehicle Technologies and Trends, by Richard Bishop
Link to information about the EcoTaxi project in Finland, prototype under development
Link to California Regional Maglev Project - San Diego to Los Angeles
September, 2005
Information about the Virtual Workshop on Dualmode Transportation, held on 9/16/2005
Links to three very good illustrated updates from RUF International: One on guideways, one on the role of fuel cells for use in RUF vehicles and one on implementation strategy
August, 2005
Link to Vanderlande Industries website - a global leader in automated baggage handling and screening systems for airports, based in the Netherlands
Article: Why we need a transport revolution, by Malcolm Buchanan
New automated freight system from Siemens, in Germany
New monorail design from Germany, two-way travel on one guideway, people and cargo versions, in German but very well-illustrated, English version coming later
Virtual Workshop on Dualmode Transportation, 10-part series, to begin in September, 2005, hosted by CEETI at Texas A&M University
Link to the Tubular Rail website - a unique monorail-type system that does not require a conventional guideway
July, 2005
Advanced Automated Transit Systems (AATS 2005) conference, Bologna, Italy, 7-8 Novermber, 2005, abstracts due by September 16, 2005
Link to Mobilicity website in the U.K. - features an automated GRT system, prototype vehicle now being developed, project report available (14.3 Mb PDF)
Article from World Energy Monthly about the new Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation (CEETI) at Texas A&M University (posted with permission of World Energy Monthly)
Link to a Dutch website that describes an effort to foster transportation innovations in the Netherlands
Link to a new website about maglev technologies, in German
New GRT-type system being tested in Austria, called the Coaster, features both an alpine and urban version
New Center for Energy, Environment and Transportation Innovation (CEETI) gets underway at Texas A&M University
June, 2005
Some results from a 30-mile Cabintaxi network simulation in Hamburg, Germany
PRT proposal for the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WashingtonEPA awards Cities 21 a "Transforming Office Parks into Transit Villages" grant
Pedal power thrives in Germany and many other countries - article about Velotaxi (more details and pictures at www.velotaxi.de)
May, 2005
Overview of the status of national/international maglev projects
Zhonghua-06 -- a light-weight, suspended, maglev system under development in Dalian, China
RUZway - a low-cost, elevated, solar-supplied PRT-like system being developed in India
April, 2005
Comprehensive update of MegaRail website now available
Final Program for New Transport Visions in Orlando - April 30 - a day of presentations and discussions sponsored by the Advanced Transit Association - preceding the Automated Peoplemovers Conference, APM05, May 1-4
March, 2005
Intelligent Multimodal Transit System (IMTS) - a dualmode bus that began operation this month at EXPO 2005, in Japan
New Jersey Department of Transportation issues Request for Proposals for PRT Study
Link to new video about the Monomobile dualmode concept
Link to latest presentation from MegaRail Transportation, pdf file, 2+ megabytes, 29 pages
HSST urban maglev train starts public service in Japan as part of EXPO 2005 in Japan
Link to the text of House Bill 1429 which has passed the Washington legislature without dissent (97-0) - includes PRT and maglev as potential technologies of interest. It now goes to the Senate for further action.
Link to article entitled The DualMode EV Revolution, by Francis D. Reynolds, published in EV World
February, 2005
Link to article about FlyBy PRT - a joint effort between POSCO of Korea and companies in Norway
Link to website for the UK Ultraspeed project - a maglev concept using German Transrapid technology
Link to maglev project located in the Philippines - working toward a National Maglev Initiative
Link to paper entitled Application of New Technology Product Research to New Suburban Commute System Design and Validation, by Steve Raney, 2004.
Link to paper entitled Morgantown People Mover - Updated Description, by Steve Raney and Stan Young, 2004, 12 pp.
New PRT company formed, called PRT International, LLC by Dr. J.E. Anderson and associates
Link to excellent Swedish PRT deployment study (16 pages, illustrated, shows staged implementation plan)
Link to Neue Bahntechnik Paderborn (NBP) website in Germany - modular railway system that combines a sophisticated undercarriage with the advantages of the Transrapid using existing railway tracks - to carry both passengers and cargo
January, 2005
Link to "A SemiMaglev Urbanaut - A New Total Monorail Concept", by Einar and John Svensson, illlustrated Word document, 4+megs
Update (1/22/05) of MegaRail & MicroRail System Specifications now available
Article about a PRT study for the entire state of New Jersey, done by Princeton University students
4th International Symposium on Underground Frieght Transportation, Shanghai, China, October 2005
Link to a new newsletter entitled Transport Innovator that is focused on BRT and innovative bus technologies and projects around the world
Article entitled "The Structure of Transportation Revolutions", by Daniel Sweeny
Link to conference summary: Access to Destinations: Rethinking the Way We Look at Transportation, U of Minnesota, December, 2004
Easy-Rider - a dynamic carpool service now operating in Amsterdam
Intelligent Grouping Transportation (IGT) - a taxibus concept being developed in the U.K.
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