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| A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man ....which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. -G Gordon Liddy |
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 guideway 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.
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 guideway 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.