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Efficient Transit Solutions                                                        November 2012
 
Dear Colleague 
Peter Muller 
The two modern PRT systems are now reaching a combined four years of public service and one million passengers carried. By all reports, both installations are very successful and operation has been remarkably reliable.
 
The next system scheduled to go into service (early next year) is by Vectus in Suncheon Bay, Korea. Vectus recently published a project update with system photos (see link below). Here are two photos that have not previously been released.
 
Suncheon Station 2  Suncheon Station 2
Suncheon Station 2
   

Wishing you and yours the very best for the Holiday Season and the New year!

 

Best regards, 

Peter J. Muller, P.E. 

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October 2012 News Updates 

 

Amritsar PRTS route changed again

Though work on the state government's ambitious PRTS (public rapid transport system) project is yet to begin, the authorities have once again changed the route plan. This is the second time in the last few months that the route has been altered. Read more...

 

Heathrow Pod to Carry Half a Million Passengers

London Heathrow Airport's unique pod system is set to pass the 500,000 passenger mark before the end of the year. The system, which uses the driverless pods, to transport passengers between Heathrow's mid-stay business car park and Terminal 5, has been in operation at the airport for around 18 months. Read more...


Funding of Personal Rapid Transit Projects

Equility Capital has found a funder that shares their view that PRT is the future of transportation. This funder would like to invest in a PRT project. Read more...


NASA will solve traffic congestion

It's quiet, fast, cheap, solves transportation problems and developed it at NASA - Network elite cars to transport people in. It is true that the idea has not been implemented anywhere and entrepreneur figures sound a bit too good, but let's dream for a moment (translated from Hebrew by Google). Read more...


Masdar PRT Carries 500,000th Passenger

On November 21st 2012, just two years after the official opening of the PRT system at Masdar City, the system welcomed its 500.000 passenger. An important milestone for Masdar and the PRT system, showing the great appeal of the development and the transit system as an integral part of it.Read more...


Modutram Test Track Nears Completion

Modutram has almost completed their test track in Guadalajara, Mexico and have started single-vehicle high-speed (up to 35 mph) testing on the outer loop. An enlargement of the track photograph may be viewed here. More information is available at Modutram's website.


Innovative Rapid Transit as a Mobility Business Opportunity

Solving traffic congestion & air pollution problems with rapid transit can also create new businesses & economic development opportunities. Read more...


Space-age rapid transit to debut in Tel Aviv

Developer of NASA-designed skyTran chose Israel as the perfect place to pilot the software-guided personal transport pods that glide on a cushion of air. Read more...


Is monorail the future of public transport in Milton Keynes?

More than a year after the council said they'd be looking into the possibility of Personalised Rapid Transport (PRT) in the city, lobby group Xplain has drawn up their own plans of how they'd like to see the futuristic system integrated into everyday life. Read more...


7 Standout trends in future urban mobility

Blog post by Steve Raney addresses personal and group rapid transit. PRT: elevated, electric, self-driving "last mile" circulator transit with many four-person vehicles for airports, office parks, and universities. GRT deploys larger vehicles. Read more...


Vectus PRT Update from Suncheon Bay

In recent months, real progress has been made in South Korea's Suncheon Bay concerning the construction of the necessary infrastructure for Vectus' much anticipated PRT system. Read more... Link to new general information here.


Create a futuristic transit system

Texas' capital city ranks among the country's most gridlocked, 2012 could be the costliest year ever at the pump, and our carbon footprint grows ever larger. The chairman of UT's Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department, Tad Patzek, proposes a solution: podcars. Read more...

 

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

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