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Brokering, Political Outreach and Consulting Services for Personal Rapid Transit Systems
PRT defined here and here and here and on
Planetizen here.
Our PRT Essentials presentation.
Planetizen here.
Our PRT Essentials presentation.
BetterCampus.org |
NEWS:
MIT weighs in on PRT here.
We agree with Wendell Cox: Transit is No Solution
to Global Warming. But PRT, partly solar powered,
is a completely electrified solution for today's
environmental issues.
PRT for Masdar, the "City of the Future", in Abu
Dhabi -- Robert Lohmann from winning vendor
2GetThere interviewed here.
New Vectus video released on You Tube here.
Per the City of San Jose: After reviewing the [recent
RFI] responses, we have concluded that [Personal
Rapid Transit] technology is ready for “prime time.”
(12.15.08)
We spoke to the Orangeline Development Authority
Board about PRT in the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way
and how it would be a complementary connector
system to the elevated high-speed system they
wish to operate from Los Angeles into Orange
County. We also introduced our colleagues from
Tubular Rail to the Board members and Chair.
ULTra publishes pictures of completed construction
at Heathrow Airport -- testing is underway with
multiple vehicles.
PRT makes the New York Times here (9/20/08).
We're presenting this treatment to the City of
Riverside's TAP (Transportation Accountability
Performance) Panel on September 8th on the
invitation of Mayor Loveridge.
USC Professor Catie Burke in an LA Times Opinion
piece on PRT here.
The European Commission recently: Moving Ahead
with PRT.
From Sound PRT, the group's President John C.
Todd discusses PRT on Seattle Public Radio.
SkyCab announces test facilities and a pilot system
in Hofors, Sweden.
Peter Muller of PRT Consulting reports that Vectus'
safety case has been finalized and submitted to the
Swedish Rail Authority. They've proven they meet
and exceed the SRA's safety requirements for PRT.
Peter also reports that ULTra will begin operational
testing at Heathrow in June. And see Peter's latest
PowerPoint on PRT in Sustainability issues here.
We're presenting this treatment to the Los
Angeles/Orange County (Metro/OCTA) Intercounty
Study technical advisory committee on 4/15/08. PRT
is the most viable alternative for a transit system in
the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way.
We've recently answered an RFQ for four Orange
County cities in response to the OC Transportation
Authority's Go Local program. Details available on
request.
We're quoted in the 4/6/08 Los Angeles Times.
PRT Strategies successfully presented this
treatment for Personal Rapid Transit in the LA/OC
Counties Pacific Electric Right-of-Way to the
Gateway Cities Council of Governments --
suggesting that PRT is a better alternative than the
failing Orangeline maglev (03/05/08). Orangeline
has been rejected for use in the PE RoW by OCTA
and removed from SCAG's Constrained Regional
Transportation Plan.
For our friends at the Airport Working Group in
Newport Beach, our presentation from June, 2007
to your City Aviation Committee is here.
Check out our new treatment for PRT along Orange
County's Santa Ana River on the Huntington Beach
tab.
PRT Strategies makes the Orange County Register
again -- in the Fountain Valley View.
We presented to the Southern California
Association of Governments RTP Workshop on
10/25/07, speaking to Goods Movement and PRT
between LA/Ontario Airport and Orange County.
We were invited on a Panel at the Santa Monica
Alternative Car and Transportation Expo on
10/20/07. Dr. Jim Moore from the Reason
Foundation and USC moderated the topic of
“Restructuring Transit in Los Angeles to Respond to
the Needs of the Riders“. Review our presentation
(sans videos) here and the LA Times notice here.
PRT Strategies presented this treatment for PRT in
the City of Westminster on 9/26/07.
New GOODS MOVEMENT and SOLAR Tabs have been
added for information on using PRT for Goods
Movement and generating electricity from trackway
using solar.
PRT Strategies had the opportunity to speak to the
Southern California Regional Airport Authority on
9/12/07 to recommend the consideration of PRT
between LA/Ontario Airport and central Orange
County to increase usage of this important and
underutilized facility.
PRT Strategies spoke to the La Palma City Council
on 9/04/07 -- recommending that PRT be considered
for implementation in the Pacific Electric Right-of-
Way. See our PowerPoint here.
PRT Strategies spoke to the Santa Ana City Council
on 8/20/07 -- recommending that PRT be considered
for implementation in the Pacific Electric Right-of-
Way. See our PowerPoint here.
PRT Strategies presentation to the Transportation
Planning & Operations Committee of the Orange
County Transportation Authority on July 12, 2007
was very well received. Three potential
applications in Orange County were presented
where light rail and other mass transit forms simply
aren't practical and certainly aren't cost effective.
MIT weighs in on PRT here.
We agree with Wendell Cox: Transit is No Solution
to Global Warming. But PRT, partly solar powered,
is a completely electrified solution for today's
environmental issues.
PRT for Masdar, the "City of the Future", in Abu
Dhabi -- Robert Lohmann from winning vendor
2GetThere interviewed here.
New Vectus video released on You Tube here.
Per the City of San Jose: After reviewing the [recent
RFI] responses, we have concluded that [Personal
Rapid Transit] technology is ready for “prime time.”
(12.15.08)
We spoke to the Orangeline Development Authority
Board about PRT in the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way
and how it would be a complementary connector
system to the elevated high-speed system they
wish to operate from Los Angeles into Orange
County. We also introduced our colleagues from
Tubular Rail to the Board members and Chair.
ULTra publishes pictures of completed construction
at Heathrow Airport -- testing is underway with
multiple vehicles.
PRT makes the New York Times here (9/20/08).
We're presenting this treatment to the City of
Riverside's TAP (Transportation Accountability
Performance) Panel on September 8th on the
invitation of Mayor Loveridge.
USC Professor Catie Burke in an LA Times Opinion
piece on PRT here.
The European Commission recently: Moving Ahead
with PRT.
From Sound PRT, the group's President John C.
Todd discusses PRT on Seattle Public Radio.
SkyCab announces test facilities and a pilot system
in Hofors, Sweden.
Peter Muller of PRT Consulting reports that Vectus'
safety case has been finalized and submitted to the
Swedish Rail Authority. They've proven they meet
and exceed the SRA's safety requirements for PRT.
Peter also reports that ULTra will begin operational
testing at Heathrow in June. And see Peter's latest
PowerPoint on PRT in Sustainability issues here.
We're presenting this treatment to the Los
Angeles/Orange County (Metro/OCTA) Intercounty
Study technical advisory committee on 4/15/08. PRT
is the most viable alternative for a transit system in
the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way.
We've recently answered an RFQ for four Orange
County cities in response to the OC Transportation
Authority's Go Local program. Details available on
request.
We're quoted in the 4/6/08 Los Angeles Times.
PRT Strategies successfully presented this
treatment for Personal Rapid Transit in the LA/OC
Counties Pacific Electric Right-of-Way to the
Gateway Cities Council of Governments --
suggesting that PRT is a better alternative than the
failing Orangeline maglev (03/05/08). Orangeline
has been rejected for use in the PE RoW by OCTA
and removed from SCAG's Constrained Regional
Transportation Plan.
For our friends at the Airport Working Group in
Newport Beach, our presentation from June, 2007
to your City Aviation Committee is here.
Check out our new treatment for PRT along Orange
County's Santa Ana River on the Huntington Beach
tab.
PRT Strategies makes the Orange County Register
again -- in the Fountain Valley View.
We presented to the Southern California
Association of Governments RTP Workshop on
10/25/07, speaking to Goods Movement and PRT
between LA/Ontario Airport and Orange County.
We were invited on a Panel at the Santa Monica
Alternative Car and Transportation Expo on
10/20/07. Dr. Jim Moore from the Reason
Foundation and USC moderated the topic of
“Restructuring Transit in Los Angeles to Respond to
the Needs of the Riders“. Review our presentation
(sans videos) here and the LA Times notice here.
PRT Strategies presented this treatment for PRT in
the City of Westminster on 9/26/07.
New GOODS MOVEMENT and SOLAR Tabs have been
added for information on using PRT for Goods
Movement and generating electricity from trackway
using solar.
PRT Strategies had the opportunity to speak to the
Southern California Regional Airport Authority on
9/12/07 to recommend the consideration of PRT
between LA/Ontario Airport and central Orange
County to increase usage of this important and
underutilized facility.
PRT Strategies spoke to the La Palma City Council
on 9/04/07 -- recommending that PRT be considered
for implementation in the Pacific Electric Right-of-
Way. See our PowerPoint here.
PRT Strategies spoke to the Santa Ana City Council
on 8/20/07 -- recommending that PRT be considered
for implementation in the Pacific Electric Right-of-
Way. See our PowerPoint here.
PRT Strategies presentation to the Transportation
Planning & Operations Committee of the Orange
County Transportation Authority on July 12, 2007
was very well received. Three potential
applications in Orange County were presented
where light rail and other mass transit forms simply
aren't practical and certainly aren't cost effective.
There is nothing more
difficult to plan, more
doubtful of success
nor more dangerous
to manage than the
creation of a new
system. For the
initiator has the
enmity of all who
profit by the
preservation of the
old institution and
merely lukewarm
defenders in those
who would gain by
the new one.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
difficult to plan, more
doubtful of success
nor more dangerous
to manage than the
creation of a new
system. For the
initiator has the
enmity of all who
profit by the
preservation of the
old institution and
merely lukewarm
defenders in those
who would gain by
the new one.
Niccolo Machiavelli
The Prince
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