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February 9, 2012
Ex-legislator's amnesia on transit funding
| Former NJ Assemblywoman Charlotte Vandervalk's op-ed calls for pod transit, but wonders why "not a single PRT system is underway." Why doesn't Republican Ms. Vandervalk blame her party's decades-long attacks on public transit funding? When funds for public transit is limited, it makes innovation appear riskier and therefore transit agencies are unwilling to make such purchases. And that makes investors less willing to invest in would-be PRT manufacturers.
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February 9, 2012
Vectus materials on Suncheon project
January 29, 2012
PRT test track running in Guadalajara
January 10, 2012
India's Hottest New Transportation Trend
January 9, 2012
Masdar hosts Dutch delegation
January 5, 2012
"India to get world's largest urban transport podcar system"
January 4, 2012
PRT's off at Gujarat development
December 28, 2011
January Calendar
• Jan. 21, 2012: The annual ATRA Technical Information Exchange is at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Studies in College Park (College Park Station, Metro Rail and MARC). Early bird registration is $35 by Jan. 10.
•ATRA workshop and other activities of interest at the annual TRB conference at the Washington DC Hilton*:
:: Jan. 22: ATRA- "Ready For Automated Mobility," 1:30-4:30 pm.
:: Jan. 22: ATRA annual board meeting, 8-9:30 pm in the Monroe Meeting Room.
:: Jan. 23: "Working Together: Multiplying Efficiency by Modal Efficacy," 1:30-5:30 pm.
:: Jan. 23: "Critical Roles of Automated Guideway Transit in Multimodal Systems," 7:30-9:30 pm.
:: Jan. 24: "Innovations In Mobility," 2-3:45 pm.
:: Jan. 24: "Major Activity Center Circulation Systems Committee," 1:30-5:30 pm.
* Registration may be required for some events. Venues TBA unless shown.
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December 24, 2011
FridleyPatch examines Taxi 2000
December 19, 2011
Editor's Blog: Dubious Eco-Promoter
December 16, 2011
Amritsar pods in NY Times
December 15, 2011
First Urban PRT Network
December 12, 2011
Taxi 2000 pops up
December 12, 2011
Ceremonial start to Amritsar pod system
December 11, 2011
Heathrow operating data
December 7, 2011
Masdar Anniversary
December 5, 2011
Founder of 'Swift PRT' decides it's not economically viable
December 3, 2011
Dancing pods!
UAE 40th National Day celebration -- IRENA sustainable technology program, Masdar 'dancing pods,' part of multimedia extravaganza: Video (segment at 1:31:30)
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December 1, 2011
Heathrow transport official interviewed
November 9, 2011
'Jetson jetset'
November 2, 2011
Poland's MISTER goes to Brazil
October 31, 2011
Small start-up has big dreams
October 28, 2011
PRT is historic
October 25, 2011
Vietnam interest in PRT
October 21, 2011
7 figures to sponsor "iconic" Heathrow pods
October 18, 2011
Ultra website updated
October 13, 2011
Delhi study done
September 29, 2011
Amritsar PRT approved
September 24, 2011
Slightly ahead of its time?
| South Wales Echo article. As ULTra's first pod system goes public at Heathrow, Martin Lowson says Cardiff couldn't build PRT in 2002 due to lack of competitor, as required by EU rules. Cardiff maintains it was a funding decision.
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September 15, 2011
Official launch of Heathrow PRT
September 10, 2011
Guadalajara university program advances
September 9, 2011
Heathrow PRT video tour
September 8, 2011
"A concept whose time has come"
September 7, 2011
Editor's Blog: These are known as Outcomes
August 30, 2011
Editor's Blog: Statistics For Luddites
August 29, 2011
First PRT project in India shaping up
August 19, 2011
PRT in "TPM Idea Lab"
August 8, 2011
Editor's Blog: JPods to sue MnDOT
August 5, 2011
PRT in NY Times' Wheels blog
August 2, 2011
SkyTran on KGO TV news
July 28, 2011
Morgantown receives JPods visit
Following news of the start of long-awaited upgrades to the university PRT
system, Morgantown, WV got a visit from a company that wants to upgrade the whole thing. JPods claims to be about to commence construction in China -- with what appears to be a $400 million construction contract.
(Update) A NewsCenter source who reads Chinese says JPods' Kunming letter of agreement includes the points
1) Kunming government has agreed with Jpods to build the transit system;
2) JPods to open a factory in Kunming;
3) JPods to open a local office in Kunming
It makes no mention of money or any financials. It is unclear how 'solid' the agreement is.
A NewsCenter source who reads Chinese says the Kunming government webpage sets the contract value as 400 million yuan renminbi, or $62.3 million. The source of the funds is not identified.
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July 15, 2011
India projects make progress
July 6, 2011
1970s history
July 6, 2011
Long Weekend Newsdump
June 25, 2011
Vectus groundbreaking
June 12, 2011
Milton Keynes revisits elevated transit
| Milton Keynes Citizen. The uniquely planned southern England city is hoping PRT can be the elevated transit system it had hoped for 40 years ago, when monorail had been considered.
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