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BKC project would create true PRT network

BKC pod taxi route: would create urban PRT network. -BHiren 9-4-2024 on X

The route is configured as a network in the BKC project's "G Block".

UrbanLoop at Olympics: "Great success"

UrbanLoop president Jean-Philippe Mangeot (2nd from R) and Jean-Baptiste Hamonic, SQY deputy VP for Transport & Sustainable Mobility, and 2 unidentified officials. -UrbanLoop photo

Sep. 1, 2024- Over 6500 riders used the new PRT at the fan zone (cycling & BMX events) in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines during the 2024 Summer Olympics.

USDOT funds PRT repairs

PRT at Walnut St Station. -PRT NewsCenter photo

Jul 1. 2024- The US Department of Transportation has awarded $6.4 million to West Virginia University for its PRT system, according to news releases from that state's US Senate delegation. READ MORE

UrbanLoop preps for launch

Capsules departing factory on truck. -Frame from UrbanLoop video, YouTube

June 10, 2024- The French company is making the final moves leading up to launch of its Olympics public system. Links list:

• Capsule assembly
• Capsules leave factory for Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
• France 3 article
• Drone shots of cabin at SQY, route and stations
• Via Mobilis interviews Noemi Bercoff and Alexandre Benhamida
• Bercoff on Heart of the Matter podcast (Autotranslated subtitles available)

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Suzuki, Altman back Glydways

'Glydcar' -Glydways photo

May 22, 2024- Japan automaker and ChatGPT co-founder joined Glydways' $76M Series B funding round.

NIMBY group against Nancy project

Alignment envisioned for UrbanLoop implementation

April 28, 2024- France 3 has a brief report on the objections by an environmental policy group, Entente pour la Défense de l'Environnement Nancéien (EDEN), reminiscent of the early-2000s 'unproven technology' arguments raised in Minneapolis. Questions are asked based on subjective assumptions, as though the answers are unknown, or as if no testing or certification has occurred.

PRT plans unveiled in Mumbai

Ultra is widely associated with PRT in India

March 6, 2024- In a surprise move, the Maharashtra state government has granted approval for a 'pod taxi' project in Mumbai. An 8.8 km, 38 station route would link two rail stations in the upscale Bandra-Kurla Complex. The BKC is one of a number of business/residential districts which were created to take growth pressure off Mumbai's central business district. Aside from an estimated cost of $123 million and a 5,000 sq. m. 'depot,' no other project details are known.

• Business Insider: A feasibility study was performed. Feasibility study was begun Jan. 2021.
• Construction to take 3 years
• Illustrations 3-6-2024