WVU approves $15M renovation of PRT system

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - The Morgantown monorail known as the Personal Rapid Transit system is getting a $15 million overhaul. West Virginia University's Board of Governors has approved renovations to help keep it a viable transportation system between campuses. Read more...

How Driveless Cars Will Revolutionize the Transit System

The potential for driverless cars to supplement, and even replace, transit is explored. The many ways in which automation of the driving function could change cars as we know them are listed. Read more...

Remaking L.A. With A Groundbreaking New Idea For Public Transportation

This article focuses on leveraging existing data streams to optimize the public transit system. It emphasizes the need for flexible transportation modes that are interlinked and envisions personal rapid transit as part of the solution. Read more...

An adaptive routing approach for personal rapid transit

This paper provides preliminary computational results that give first evidence of the potential gains of an adaptive routing strategy. Read more...

Amritsar PRTS route changed

Addressing the concerns of heritage lovers, the state government has finally decided to change the route of its ambitious PRTS (personal rapid transport system) project in the holy city to ensure it does not eclipse the view of its significant landmarks like the Jallianwalla Bagh and the Golden Temple. Read more...

Ultra wins Most Innovative Service award

Ultra Global has been announced as the winner of the Most Innovative Service at the Best in Britain awards of The Great Exhibition 2012. This follows on from success at the London Transport Awards, the British Parking Awards, and the Global Air Rail awards earlier in 2012. Read more...

New article by Jeff Davis

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Transit Control Solutions - New Website

Transit Control Solutions, Inc (TCS) develops world-class technologies and delivers overwhelmingly-superior control solutions for automated transit network (ATN) systems. Read more...

PRT in Winning Plan for Moscow

The winning plan in the Moscow Agglomeration Competition proposes that the city will be a car-free zone, with a personal rapid transit pods infrastructure instead and a mass transit metro system which will connect it to the outside world. Read more...

Automated Transit Networks

New PowerPoint presentation by PRT Consulting focuses on personal and group rapid transit (collectively termed automated transit networks (ATN)). Numerous illustrations, charts and graphs are provided. Download slides.

Podcar City Newsletter #2

This newsletter provides the latest program for the conference which will be held in Berlin next week. It also includes information about the speakers as well as some interesting articles. Read more...

PRT Intermodality and Safety

Slides from Chris Elliott's presentation at the CAETS/SATW Symposium, Zurich, August 30, 2012 which addressed intermodality and safety assurance with a focus on the safety processes undertaken at Heathrow Airport and Masdar City personal rapid transit systems. Read more...

Personal Rapid Transit in South Korea

Article covers PRT history, design, propulsion, infrastructure and benefits. It includes a number of pictures of the Vectus PRT system and the project in Suncheon Bay. Read more...

Rod Diridon Speaking at Podcar City 2012

The chair emeritus of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Rod Diridon senior will give a presentation on the  inter-connectivity between high-speed rail (HSR) and podcars. Diridon is also executive director of the Mineta Transportation Institute, in San Jose, CA. Read more...

Masdar City Personal Rapid Transit

This short article focuses on the energy aspects of the Masdar City PRT system. It discusses battery charging and vehicle range. The article ends up briefly addressing system certification. Read more...

Personal Rapid Transit in Sustainable Cities

Ultra's Adam Ruddle gives a presentation during the Investing in Future Transport conference, City Hall, London, August 2012. he describes how PRT is energy -efficient and can help reduce congestion. The presentation includes an effective re-arrangement of some previously-seen videos. Watch presentation and video.

Amritsar Route Change Fails to Pacify

Claiming that studies are still under way, authorities are failing to respond to traders and historians who are still unsatisfied despite the personal rapid transit  route being changed. Read more...

Amritsar PRT Project Set in Motion

Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal has approved signing a contract with  Ultra Fairwood to proceed with this project. The project will be undertaken on a design-build-finance-operate basis and the contarct is expected to be signed within a month. Read more...

Investor Pitch for Beemcar PRT

Peter Lovering discusses his design philosophy and seeks investment in his innovative personal rapid transit system. The suspended system makes extensive use of composites and is powered by linear induction motors. View video.

PRT Intermodality and Safety

Paper by Chris Elliott at the CAETS/SATW Symposium, Zurich, August 30, 2012 discusses intermodality and safety assurance with a focus on the safety processes undertaken at Heathrow Airport and Masdar City personal rapid transit systems. Read more...

Note: More recent as well as archived news can be found here under the category Personal Rapid Transit News.