First Glydways client system
Sept. 22, 2024- Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport reaches deal to make Glydways part of multi-pronged transit approach. A 3-station, .49 mile pilot project will likely launch in 2025. Metro Atlanta Transit and the airport LID will split the $20 million cost. If the pilot is successful, an expansion could be operational in 2030.
BKC project would create true PRT network
The route is configured as a network in the BKC project's "G Block".
UrbanLoop at Olympics: "Great success"
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
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
June 10, 2024- The French company is making the final moves leading up to launch of its Olympics public system. Links list:
Suzuki, Altman back Glydways
May 22, 2024- Japan automaker and ChatGPT co-founder joined Glydways' $76M Series B funding round.
NIMBY group against Nancy project
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.