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Over 6500 riders used the new PRT at the fan zone (cycling & BMX events) during the Olympics.
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
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
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Capsules departing factory on truck. -Frame from UrbanLoop video, YouTube
Capsules departing factory on truck. -Frame from UrbanLoop video, YouTube
The French company is making the final moves leading up to launch of its Olympics public system. Links list:
• Capsules leave factory for Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
• France 3 article
• Drone shots of Capsule at SQY, route and stations
• Via Mobilis interviews Noemi Bercoff and Alexandre Benhamida
• Bercoff on Heart of the Matter podcast (Autotranslated subtitles available)
UrbanLoop was featured on the March 2 edition of Parigo, a France 3 program that covers transport in the Paris region. There is an overview of the project, a reminiscence on the Aramis PRT program in the 1980s, and interviews with founder Jean-Philippe Mangeot and CEO Noemie Bercoff. (Program in French without subtitles. YouTube clip)
Frame from the March 2, 2024 edition of Parigo on France 3. The host is Bertrand Lambert.
Frame from the March 2, 2024 edition of Parigo on France 3. The host is Bertrand Lambert.
L'Est Republicain: 10 photos of UrbanLoop capsules under construction
at the CINI factory in Tomblaine. 2-9-2024
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UrbanLoop picks director 1-19-2024
The French PRT company has named Noemie Bercoff
as its new general director (CEO). Bercoff is a transport & mobility
expert who comes from the engineering consultancy Egis, where she served for 18 years. Many of UrbanLoop's management, commercial, marketing, and research functions
are moving from Nancy to Lyon, where Bercoff is based.
Noemie Bercoff -Screengrab, BFM business channel
Noemie Bercoff -Screengrab, BFM business channel
Site tests begin 1-11-2024
Brief Railway Gazette item: testing of
the 2 km UrbanLoop system at Saint Quentin-en-Yvelines has commenced;
system operator will be the multinational transit operations company Keolis;
a contract has been signed for the Nancy project.
UrbanLoop track in SQY. -Uncredited photo
UrbanLoop track in SQY. -Uncredited photo
UrbanLoop track in SQY. -Uncredited L'Est Republicain photo
UrbanLoop track in SQY. -Uncredited L'Est Republicain photo
Coverage of laying of the first rail at SQY. 12-19-2023
"On monte à deux adultes," Radio France. 12-19-2024
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Official Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines project information. 12-18-2023
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New
video from Metropole Grand Nancy (Greater Nancy
Metropolitan Area) promoting the city's future PRT system. 11-1-2023
Frame from Metropole Grand Nancy video. -YouTube
Lorraine Actu reporter tries out UrbanLoop capsule 10-19-2023
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