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Jerry Schneider, friend of the NewsCenter, receives ATRA award for Outstanding Contributions for creating the Innovative Transportation Technologies website. 10-5-2016

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State of Selangor, Malaysia proposes small PRT 'radius' in city of Petaling Jaya (pop. 638,000, 38 sq mi) 10-4-2016
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NPR's All Things Considered: A Revolution That Didn't Happen 10-3-2016. Joe Palca on the WVU PRT upgrade.
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Dubai: Podcar bridge access to Bluewaters Island to be done by December. 9-17-2016
Sources: Podcar vendor may be announced at Sept 19-21 Podcar City conference
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Ambitious Gurgaon Timeline 9-12-2016
Highways agency NHAI has jurisdiction on 'pilot route' for Gurgaon pod taxi. NHAI minister says 'work' to start after 3 month tender; 'operation' within a year. Phase One: suspended PRT system, 24 km route, $132.1M.
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The Morgantown PRT on gameday, by a writer covering the visiting team. 9-3-2016
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PRT is under New Ideas in the USDOT's National Online Dialogue on FTA's 5-Year Strategic Plan for Research 8-30-2016
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Ed Anderson addressed the Rotary in Princeton, MN 8-25-2016
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Bangalore local infrastructure administration BBMP follows Gurgaon, has interest in building a pod network, despite naysayer. 'Metrino' may be becoming synonymous with PRT in India. 8-2-2016
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Celebrating Ten Years 8-1-2016

Schoolbus entrepreneur Michael Tornabe is excited about PRT, particularly Jpods, as described in a June press release (1, 2) concerning a plan to raise what sounds like local private funds for Jpods applications. Jpods's partnership with Switzerland's Festel Capital is mentioned prominently -- for legitimacy? To lend an international air? Leaving aside the question of the feasibility/desirability of private transit companies, the NewsCenter feels compelled to point out that the Jpods-Festel arrangement was inked in 2006 (see 12/28/2006 here), and the succeeding decade is an eternity in venture capital terms. We sought out Dr. Gunter Festel himself for a comment. Festel told us that, although his arrangement with Jpods has not officially ended, he has had no communication with Jpods or its founder Bill James since 2008.


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Modutram and 2getthere submit proposals to Greenville-Spartanburg Airport. 7-12-2016

Airport commission's move characterized as putting on the brakes over cost
Taxi 2000 bid exceeded budget 7-18-2016
    Visits to Modutram and Masdar planned; next step would be soliciting construction bids.

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Podcar City 10 Conference announced for Antwerp, Sept. 19-21.
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South Korea: a 5.5 km PRT network is being considered in Gwacheon ('Elgin'), which boasts a number of Seoul cultural and tourist attractions, as well as a government administrative center. 7-8-2016
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Now the Gurgaon-Delhi pod project could be delayed because the national highway agency forgot to get permission from the local municipal government corporation, the Times Of India reports. 6-24-2016
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Inventing Tomorrowland 6-09-2016
Washington Post article on the USDOT Smart City Challenge; table at bottom links to all the submissions, including Greenville SC (ATN) and Raleigh NC (EcoPRT)
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India - Pod taxi project inching towards reality. National highway agency receives 4 qualification bids: Metrino, "Sky Dran" (sic), Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd. and Neel Metal Products Ltd. The agency will request RFPs from these entities.
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"Podcar: Local Engineer Develops New Transit System" (Everett, MA) 5-13-2016
Publicity for Transit X and developer Mike Stanley. Article presents Transit X as new concept, does not mention it is part of the wider field of PRT.
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Interview with Fairwood Group vice-manager Ranbir Saran Das - slow deployment of PRT due to churn in government administrations. 5-4-2016
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Delhi-area transport plans include Metrino pod pilot 3-9-2016
A top official with Metrino confirms the company's involvement to the NewsCenter. -Ed.
Bid invitation in April - 'skyrail' (gondolas) also in contention. 3-20-2016
Work could begin June 1 4-5-2016
Gurgaon pod taxi project put on fast track 5-12-2016
Whatever that means. We have to ask -- When's the tender? There has to be one, right? -Ed.
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The Road Not Taken 2-24-2016
Another sprawling recounting of the history of PRT development, by the Verge's Adi Robertson, with photo essay
• Adi Robertson discusses PRT on the What's Tech podcast (17:11). 3-1-2016

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Council puts pod cars back in the mix 2-17-2016
Silicon Valley city commits $200,000 for study. Maybe calling it AGT and 'driverless people-movers' can overcome resistance to PRT.
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Raleigh, NC one of 77 applicants for USDOT grant 2-15-2016
Smart City Challenge: one $40m grant to be awarded to a city with "bold, data-driven ideas to improve lives by making transportation safer, easier, and more reliable."
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Phase 3 of WVU's PRT upgrade would be new, lighter vehicles 2-13-2016
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India: Jaipur OKs $200m budget which includes pod transit 2-13-2016
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Dehradun, Uttarakhand - India: Govt to include PRTS in reworked smart city plan. 2-2-2016
Earlier version "ignored the needs of people living within the limits of the Municipal Corporation".
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Times of India: "Jaipur Metro riders may glide to railway station in podcar" 1-22-2016
Shuttle between Metro station and rail station. Presentation by JPods-affilitated Actis Infrastructure -- which should not be confused with Actis Capital, formerly part of the UK Commonwealth Development Corporation.
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West Virginia: "PRT continues modernization process" 1-19-2016
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Transit in Rose Kennedy Greenway should be elegant and light (Boston Herald) 1-18-2016
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"Driverless Transit to Dominate in 2040," driverless transit advocates say. 1-12-2016
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