WVU: "Breaking down PRT breakdowns"- Resources include a
specially equipped vehicle that scans for symptoms of impending power interruptions. 12-1-2023
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India Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari rode the uSky GRT demo, now branded Sky Bus, while visiting the Sharjah research park in the UAE. He was returning from a road safety ministerial in Prague, where he appeared Oct. 2. A new Indian company, iSky, has been formed and is partnering with Belarus's uSky, hoping to implement the system in India.
Model, Sky Bus entering urban structure. -Frame from video, Sharjah demo facility
Model, Sky Bus entering urban structure. -Frame from video, Sharjah demo facility
Gadkari's post about visit
Gadkari's post about visit
• Portion of Series B funding is from Gates Frontier. 10-13-2023
WVU PRT improvement secures funding 7-20-2023
Per Senate press release, West Virginia University has been earmarked $6.4M in the FY24 budget for refurbishment of 4 PRT stations.
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Autotren underway 6-11-2023
Mexico homegrown PRT system "Autotren" is
under construction in the city of Tlaxcala (pop. 90,000). This
initial Stage 1 of three stages is expected to begin service
by the end of 2023. Meeting this target
would make it the world's second urban PRT application (after
Morgantown, WV). The company
is investing $16 million;
the state infrastructure secretary says there will be no
public contribution.
The city botanical gardens will be the site of Tlaxcala Station 3
The city botanical gardens will be the site of Tlaxcala Station 3
San Jose has selected PRT vendor Glydways to build long-sought transit connector between the Mineta International Airport and the Diridon rail station. 4-19-2023
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Proposal of pods for internal transit of GIFT, a planned financial/IT district on undeveloped land in the Ahmedabad area (Gujarat state, western India). 1-30-2023
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Battle of the brands 1-18-2023
PRT company Glydways in court over name; trademark suit by similarly-named Glyd, maker of a social media/travel/consumer app; Glydways counters that, among other things, Glyd backdates its claimed use of the name to nearly 3 years before it was incorporated.
Glyd's logo, overlaid on Glydways logo
Glyd's logo, overlaid on Glydways logo
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Minor malfunction 1-11-2023
There was a small fire on a West Virginia University PRT vehicle January 10. The malfunction occurred at the Health Sciences station; there were passengers on board but no one was injured. The local fire department said the fire was "not sustained," and was caused by an electrical arc where the car draws power from the power rail.
Electrical arc damage -Morgantown FD
Electrical arc damage -Morgantown FD
$2.3M, 77-pod, 2-station system could link new and old airport terminals in the northern India city. The airport straddles the boundary with neighboring Mohali; the airport is an Air Force base with civil facilities.
IXC, Chandigarh airport
IXC, Chandigarh airport
Telangana state government asks Indian HUD to issue technical and regulatory framework for "PRTS." 6-24-2022
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Disaggregation 5-31-2022
Glydways cites lower costs of lightweight transit in promoting viability of its system.
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Swyft Cities wins pitch-off 5-19-22
Swyft Cities, a PRT concept using cables instead of guideways,
has won the TechCrunch TC Sessions on mobility, qualifying as a semifinalist for a
competition of startups at TC's annual October event.
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JPods eye on Macon 2-14-2022
(Subscription) JPods (now based in Tulsa) and its affiliate Georgia Mobility signs memo of understanding with Macon-Bibb County; requires board of commissioners approval. Company still seeking funding to build a system at no cost to the county.
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2021 Podcar City Conference held 1-24-2022
The 14th almost-annual conference of the Personal Rapid Transit industry was
held Dec. 8-10, 2021 in Atlanta, with most activities available virtually:
• Retrofitting Suburbia with Ellen Dunham Jones
• ATRA President Peter Muller
• New and Emerging Projects featuring Modutram, Ultra MTS, and Glydways
• Panel: Technology, Transit and Infrastructure
• A New Business Approach for Podcars (Magnus Hunhammar)
• A Design Process for Podcar Networks (Ingmar Andreasson)
• Shared Autonomous Vehicles for Arlanda Airport (Christer Lindstrom)
Group started by Hartsfield-Jackson Airport-area property owners hopes to start PRT feasibility study with the MARTA transit agency, hosted the 2021 Podcar City Conference.
A PRT feasibility study program begun by Community Improvement Districts in the Hartsfield-Jackson airport region in 2018 has reached a milestone. Stakeholders from various public jurisdictions including College Park, counties, the state Department of Transportation, and the MARTA transit agency officially got on board the effort, signing a memo of agreement July 18, 2023. The next step of the program is an international RFP for a pilot project to be built at the Georgia International Convention Center (in College Park).
An Atlanta delegation visited Glydways' test system in Concord,CA -Frame from AACIDS video
An Atlanta delegation visited Glydways' test system in Concord,CA -Frame from AACIDS video
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