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NEWS Technix: ATRA Annual Technical Meeting - January 2009 | ATRA's annual Technical Information Exchange will take place Sunday, January 11 in Washington DC just before the TRB Annual Meeting which runs January 11-15. |
Carbon-Free Mobility conference - March 2009 | "Carbon-Free Mobility" is the theme of a one-day conference in Oakland, California, March 6, 2009. Keynote address by noted land use planner Peter Calthorpe |
ATRA Heathrow Conference - April 2009  | ATRA is working on plans for a Euro-ATRA event at Heathrow Airport in April of 2009, where the ULTra PRT system will be operating. |
Student Design Competition - New Vision for Student Districts | Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to envision Student Housing districts for the 21st century. $300 to winner; two $100 runner ups to be awarded April of 2008. |
Smart Campus Mobility Seminar - August 2008 | A design seminar at Harvard included case studies that illustrate the problems and opportunities for implanting a PRT network into existing or planned urban contexts.
Presentations available for download. |
KSU announces automated transport research | Kansas State University (KSU) has embarked on a third phase of automated transport research to
investigate the potential of Automated Small Vehicle Transport to enhance mobility and relieve
parking and vehicle congestion in the commercial developme |
EU Research Finds PRT Favorable - March 2006 | The European Commission Transport Research Knowledge Centre finds that PRT could alleviate transport problems at a lower cost than
any other transport system, and would contribute to all related policy
objectives. |
Heathrow to Purchase Ultra PRT System (Oct
2005)  | London Heathrow Airport will purchase the Ultra PRT system to replace
shuttle buses. |
Dubai PRT Watch (October 2005)  | The city of
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) is planning a PRT system, which could be the world's
first passenger PRT service. |
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