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personal rapid transit

San Jose airport to study pod cars

May 27, 2010

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (CA) has set aside $4 million to study a personal rapid transit system, and the City of San Jose will host an international pod car conference this fall.

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The last mile in Tysons Corner: Can PRT connect the dots?

March 17, 2010

With four new Metrorail stations planned for Tysons Corner (VA), Greater Greater Washington has published a series of posts that examine the “last-mile” problem, considering busways and personal rapid transit as alternatives to traditional bus circulators.

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Heathrow’s PRTs: Will they work elsewhere?

December 29, 2009

In The Transport Politic, Yonah Freemark writes about the planned personal rapid-transit system at London’s Heathrow Airport (UK).

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Minnesota college could test PRT

December 22, 2009

Officials in Winona (MN) want to host a personal-rapid transit test lab at Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical.

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Transportation of the future or elevated fantasy?

November 30, 2009

A story on Southern California Public Radio offers an overview of personal rapid transit.

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Invasion of the pod cars

October 5, 2009

The Boston Globe talks about personal rapid transit — AKA “pod cars” — and presents arguments from both sides of this sometimes polarizing issue.

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NASA teams up with SkyTran

September 9, 2009

NASA has signed an agreement with Unimodal to collaborate on an advanced transportation vehicle system.

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West Virginia PRT system back in service

September 1, 2009

The personal rapid transit system at West Virginia University is back in operation after a three-month break for diagnostics and system repair.

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Cooperative cybercars: Transit of the future?

August 21, 2009

European researchers on the CyberCars2 project have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other.

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Autonomous technology requires debate, report says

August 20, 2009

As society continues to put more control in the hands of machines, a report from the British Royal Academy of Engineering says that more debate is needed about the ethical and legal issues.

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