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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 |
ABC San Jose airs segment on Mineta Airport PRT project. 06.02.10
5.4.10 YouTube video on the Masdar system.
San Jose Mercury News says Airport PRT project is "futuristic transit solution"
here. 05.25.10
New ULTra Heathrow video demonstrates 48 passengers passing through one
station in less than
5 minutes here. 04.08.10
ULTra wins UK award. 03.15.10
ULTra vehicles Ready for Final Testing at Heathrow Airport (03.05.10)
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success? (02.16.10)
Taxi 2000 pledges $5 million for Minnesota PRT testing facility. (01.24.10)
Grasp potential of personal rapid transport, consultant tells Mayor [of London].
(01.22.10)
Fox Business' Stossel on The Rail Scam. (01.21.10). Dismal LRT numbers out of
Portland here.
Winona to seek $25 million, signs off on application for test pod technology. MN
city looks to build PRT testing facility. (01.20.10)
New 2GetThere vehicle demonstration video from Masdar here. Featured at
World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. YouTube. (01.19.10)
As light rail starts to derail in Honolulu, check out updates and our
recommendation for PRT on the Honolulu page.
Recommended read: Rail Disasters of the Oughts.
PRT Strategies quoted in the Long Beach Business Journal on transportation
options for re-vitalization of the Queen Mary. (12.21.09)
Newgeography: PRT as 21st Century transport. (12.21.09)
YouTube video of full-length ULTra PRT ride at Heathrow Airport -- Terminal 5 to
parking lot and return. (12.17.09)
Harvard Business School on PRT: Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to
Success?
Prof. Edelman's research here.
Emirates Business on PRT: "could change how we travel".
City of Winona, MN considers PRT. Brochure here. More here and here. 1/18/10
update here.
LA City Councilman shows interest in PRT.
In response to a recently completed Streetcar study for the City of Long Beach,
we spoke and presented this to a City Council Study Session on 11/17/09.
Interest in PRT increases in Great Britain. 130 designers submit ideas for PRT in
Bath.
San Jose ABC news piece on Mineta Inrernational Airport PRT development here.
J. Edward Anderson's latest paper on the Evolution of PRT.
San Jose Airport exec visits ULTra Heathrow operation. “I was impressed with
the great amount of thought and attention to detail Advanced Transport Systems
(ATS) has invested to translate this innovative technological concept into an
attractive transit service— the kind of service patrons will want to continue to
use once the 'wow' factor has faded.” -- Laura Stuchinsky, Sustainability Officer,
San José Department of Transportation. City PowerPoint here.
See our new graphic portrayal of light rail vs. PRT costs in Honolulu here.
New ULTra video here.
Boston Globe posts an excellent article on PRT here.
David Gow's series on PRT here (Seattle Examiner) charts its development
history.
We've responded to the Honolulu American Institute of Architects' contention
that at-grade streetcars are a better solution for the city than elevated light rail.
Per our new page for Honolulu, PRT IS A BETTER SOLUTION.
Vectus announces MOU for 40 vehicle, three mile system in South Korea.
Vehicles said to operate at 37mph (60kph), much faster than existing
competition. New 2009 Vectus brochure available here. And more here via
Vectus' September, 2009 newsletter. More on Vectus' parent, POSCO Steel here.
Read our recent column in the Long Beach Business Journal suggesting PRT for
downtown Long Beach and to attract re-development for the Queen Mary and its
adjacent property. We've put up a new page for Long Beach.
PRT under consideration for the City of Mountain View (CA), Google and NASA
facilities (SF peninsula).
PRT Consulting blogs "Transportation in Broken".
New Masdar information here from 2getthere.
The Morgantown PRT system at the University of West Virginia has been
upgraded and is back in regular service. This system has delivered over 23
million injury-free miles and carried over 63 million riders since the 1970s.
Having said PRT is "ready for primetime", the City of San Jose, CA has released
the first of two RFPs to research and evaluate an Automated Transit Network to
connect Mineta International Airport with their local LRT and BART commuter rail
systems.
ULTra enters operational testing at Heathrow. The 21-vehicle $45 million system
should be open to the public in the Spring of 2010. 400 vehicles are said to be
planned.
We presented our ideas for Huntington Beach to HB Tomorrow's June Board
meeting.
MIT weighs in on PRT here.
Wendell Cox nails it: 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 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.
5.4.10 YouTube video on the Masdar system.
San Jose Mercury News says Airport PRT project is "futuristic transit solution"
here. 05.25.10
New ULTra Heathrow video demonstrates 48 passengers passing through one
station in less than
5 minutes here. 04.08.10
ULTra wins UK award. 03.15.10
ULTra vehicles Ready for Final Testing at Heathrow Airport (03.05.10)
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success? (02.16.10)
Taxi 2000 pledges $5 million for Minnesota PRT testing facility. (01.24.10)
Grasp potential of personal rapid transport, consultant tells Mayor [of London].
(01.22.10)
Fox Business' Stossel on The Rail Scam. (01.21.10). Dismal LRT numbers out of
Portland here.
Winona to seek $25 million, signs off on application for test pod technology. MN
city looks to build PRT testing facility. (01.20.10)
New 2GetThere vehicle demonstration video from Masdar here. Featured at
World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. YouTube. (01.19.10)
As light rail starts to derail in Honolulu, check out updates and our
recommendation for PRT on the Honolulu page.
Recommended read: Rail Disasters of the Oughts.
PRT Strategies quoted in the Long Beach Business Journal on transportation
options for re-vitalization of the Queen Mary. (12.21.09)
Newgeography: PRT as 21st Century transport. (12.21.09)
YouTube video of full-length ULTra PRT ride at Heathrow Airport -- Terminal 5 to
parking lot and return. (12.17.09)
Harvard Business School on PRT: Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to
Success?
Prof. Edelman's research here.
Emirates Business on PRT: "could change how we travel".
City of Winona, MN considers PRT. Brochure here. More here and here. 1/18/10
update here.
LA City Councilman shows interest in PRT.
In response to a recently completed Streetcar study for the City of Long Beach,
we spoke and presented this to a City Council Study Session on 11/17/09.
Interest in PRT increases in Great Britain. 130 designers submit ideas for PRT in
Bath.
San Jose ABC news piece on Mineta Inrernational Airport PRT development here.
J. Edward Anderson's latest paper on the Evolution of PRT.
San Jose Airport exec visits ULTra Heathrow operation. “I was impressed with
the great amount of thought and attention to detail Advanced Transport Systems
(ATS) has invested to translate this innovative technological concept into an
attractive transit service— the kind of service patrons will want to continue to
use once the 'wow' factor has faded.” -- Laura Stuchinsky, Sustainability Officer,
San José Department of Transportation. City PowerPoint here.
See our new graphic portrayal of light rail vs. PRT costs in Honolulu here.
New ULTra video here.
Boston Globe posts an excellent article on PRT here.
David Gow's series on PRT here (Seattle Examiner) charts its development
history.
We've responded to the Honolulu American Institute of Architects' contention
that at-grade streetcars are a better solution for the city than elevated light rail.
Per our new page for Honolulu, PRT IS A BETTER SOLUTION.
Vectus announces MOU for 40 vehicle, three mile system in South Korea.
Vehicles said to operate at 37mph (60kph), much faster than existing
competition. New 2009 Vectus brochure available here. And more here via
Vectus' September, 2009 newsletter. More on Vectus' parent, POSCO Steel here.
Read our recent column in the Long Beach Business Journal suggesting PRT for
downtown Long Beach and to attract re-development for the Queen Mary and its
adjacent property. We've put up a new page for Long Beach.
PRT under consideration for the City of Mountain View (CA), Google and NASA
facilities (SF peninsula).
PRT Consulting blogs "Transportation in Broken".
New Masdar information here from 2getthere.
The Morgantown PRT system at the University of West Virginia has been
upgraded and is back in regular service. This system has delivered over 23
million injury-free miles and carried over 63 million riders since the 1970s.
Having said PRT is "ready for primetime", the City of San Jose, CA has released
the first of two RFPs to research and evaluate an Automated Transit Network to
connect Mineta International Airport with their local LRT and BART commuter rail
systems.
ULTra enters operational testing at Heathrow. The 21-vehicle $45 million system
should be open to the public in the Spring of 2010. 400 vehicles are said to be
planned.
We presented our ideas for Huntington Beach to HB Tomorrow's June Board
meeting.
MIT weighs in on PRT here.
Wendell Cox nails it: 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 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.