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personal rapid transit

Who benefits from personal rapid transit?

August 14, 2009

In Streetsblog San Francisco, Matthew Roth continues the debate about the SkyTran personal rapid transit project.

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Company pitches pods to Muni

August 11, 2009

Proponents of SkyTrain have met with the San Franciso (CA) Municipal Trnasportation Agency to pitch their personal rapid transit system.

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Going places: Rewriting transit history in Minnesota

June 18, 2009

Conrad deFiebre, Minnesota 2020 fellow, writes about the Going Places, the transportation exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul. The exhibit displays what he describes as a “weird imbalance,” especially in its depictions of light rail and personal rapid transit.

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Fifteen papers on personal rapid transit summarized

June 9, 2009

The PRT Consulting blog posted summaries from 15 papers on personal rapid transit from the 12th International Conference on Automated People Movers.

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Expo offers glimpse of future of transportation

April 28, 2009

Discussions are under way about installing a PRT system when the NASA Ames Research Park is redeveloped as a research hub in Mountain View (CA).

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Personal rapid transit startup

February 9, 2009

“A novel kind of transit system, in which cars are replaced by a network of automated electric vehicles, is about to get its first large-scale testing and deployment. Two of these Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems are being installed this year, one at Heathrow International Airport, near London, and one in the United Arab Emirates, [...]

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“Podcars” set for launch in Masdar City

February 4, 2009

“Masdar Rapid Transit ‘Podcars’ will be fully operational in Masdar City, Abu Dhabi’s US$22 billion new petroleum-free city later in the year, according to Systemica, the designers of the hi-tech personal rapid transit system (PRT). The PRT vehicles, which look like cars, but are fueled by solar power, seat six passengers and will run 6m [...]

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Heathrow personal transport pods are coming

January 24, 2009

London’s Heathrow Airport is testing driverless pods to transport passengers between their cars and Terminal 5 within a few weeks. The personal rapid transit system will comprise 18 battery-powered pods, each of which can carry four adults, two children, and their luggage. According to airport officials, passenger waiting time will not exceed one minute, and [...]

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