PRT Consulting, Inc.
                                                 May 13, 2010
 
Peter Muller
Dear Colleagues,
 
Things change quickly in this industry. We have been expecting two PRT systems to go into service this year and suddenly it appears there will be three! Critical Move will be implementing a small hospital system in Portugal in a few months. While the initial system will not have all the features of PRT, our understanding is that it will be upgradable to full PRT capabilities. Meantime, ULTra appears set for going into service at Heathrow Airport next month and, as far as we know, 2getthere should go into service in the UAE sometime soon.
 
We'll try to keep on keeping you up to date! 
 
Best regards, 
 
Peter J. Muller, PE
President 
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