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PRT System Concepts
Skyweb Express (Taxi 2000) The Taxi2000's Skyweb Express home page.
ULTra The ULTra homepage, a PRT program in England.
Vectus PRT A Korean firm building a test system in Sweden.
Megarail Texas based joint PRT and dual-mode program. The PRT component is called "Microrail".
2GetThere Experienced company from The Netherlands offering full PRT and PRT-like systems.
Monic PRT System concept from Singapore featuring front-loading and unique parking design. See video on home page for good overview.
SkyCab Swedish PRT Design
Auto-Taxi Consortion of automation components including ULTra, TRW, and several Universities.
YorkPRT English successor to Raytheon's PRT work.
Skytran Skytran - A U.S. based high-speed concept.


PRT Advocacy Groups
Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit Minneapolis pro PRT group.
Skyloop Group advocating a PRT system for the Cincinnatti area.
Cities21 California group advocating a PRT circulator/feeder for Palo Alto's Page Mill corrridor.
Seattle Area PRT Advocates PRT information, news, and links from the Seattle, Washington area.
GetThereFast.org Campaign for Advanced Transit for Metropolitan Seattle
Electric-bikes.com PRT information with the focus on the San Francisco Bay area.
Emontonions for Personal Rapid Transit Edmonton, Canada PRT Advocates


General PRT Information
Personal Automated Transportation: Status and Potential of Personal Rapid Transit
(Links to Adobe Acrobat .pdf files)
A report by the Personal Rapid Transit Technical Committee of the Advanced Transit Association. A series of documents giving a comprehensive review of the PRT concept, current system designs, ridership studies, and costs analysis. Released in January 2003. From the ATRA website.
A Review of the State of the Art of Personal Rapid Transit
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
A detailed review of the rationale, reasons, and benefits of developing PRT as well as the techinical problems and solutions. Written by Dr. J. Edward Anderson and originally published in the Journal of Advanced Transportation in 1999.
A New Approach to Effective and Sustainable Urban Transport
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
Paper analyzing current urban transport problems, the rational behind PRT systems, and describing the ULTra system. By Martin Lowson, Advanced Transport Systems Ltd and The University of Bristol, England. Published by the Transportation Research Board in 2003.
Sustainable Personal Transport
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
Published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Municipal Engineer, this paper by Martin Lowson examines the sustainabily aspects of PRT with emphasis on the ULTRA system.
Survey of Current Innovative Transit Systems
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
Short report by Swedish researcher Ingmar Andreasson comparing a number of automated vehicle transit systems.
Video: What is PRT? Videos produced by the Minneapolis-based Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit. Available as VHS cassettes or downloadable in Realplayer format.
Innovative Transportation Technologies Site maintained by Jerry Schneider of the University of Washington with PRT information as well as information on related technologies and concepts.
Visual Impact of PRT Guideways Pictures of a California State Fair system with guideways similar to the Taxi2000 system.
PRT system sketches Drawings of a PRT system integrated into a urban activity center and interfacing with other transit modes.
Visual Intrusion Study of PRT Guideways in Gävle, Sweden Information from a Swedish study of PRT.
Advanced Transport Group Papers A collection of papers, some with full text, from English PRT research.
Energy Efficiency of Personal Rapid Transit
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
A short paper from the Swedish Road and Transport Research Institute
Driverless Transit In Lille, A Decade Of Experience 1996 paper on an operating automated transit system. Shows the benefits and performance of totally automated systems with further info on how PRT could do better. From the ATRA website.
The Fundamental Gap in Urban Transportation By Jarold A. Kieffert, Transportation Policy Analyst and Founding Member of ATRA. Details the failure of current urban transportation strategies and calls for new thinking and actions responsive to the urban transportation challenge. From the ATRA website.
Passenger Response to a PRT System
(Microsoft Word .doc file)
Published by the Transportation Research Board. Examines passenger response to test rides in the ULTRA PRT system.
An Automated Personal Transport System For Landside Airport Operations
(Microsoft Word .doc file)
A description of the ULTRA PRT system used for connecting airport terminals and parking lots.


Austin Transportation Information
Capital Metro Austin's Public Transit Agency
All Systems Go Capital Metro's long range plan for commuter rail, rapid bus, and other service improvements.
Cap Metro Profile
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
2006 Profile of Capital Metro from the Federal Transit Administration database. There is also 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999 and 1998 Data You may also search for other agency profiles or national aggregate data.
CAMPO 2025 Plan
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization's long range transportation plan. A good source of local transit statistics and data.
TTI Urban Mobility Study - Austin Austin area results from the 2007 Urban Mobility Study by Texas A&M's Texas Transportation Institute. More information and info for other areas can be found at the Urban Mobility Study Homepage.
Travis County Census Summary Year 2000 U.S. Census Profile of Selected Economic Indicators for Travis County. Note the 'Commuting to Work' section and also the 'Vehicles Available' section (page 4)


General Transportation Information
CNN Industry Watch - Mass Transit Mass transit headlines and clippings from across the web. A great source for currrent happenings.
Google News PRT Search Google search of 4000 news sources over the last 30 days for the phrase 'Personal Rapid Transit'
ATRA Home page of the Advanced Transit Association.
Federal Transit Administration The Federal Transit Administration Homepage. Links to information on TEA-21, the National Transit Library, National Transit Database, etc.
U.S. Census Transportation
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf file)
The transportation section of the 2002 U.S. Statistical Abstract. There is also 1998 data
DOE Transportation Energy Fact Books Transportation energy usage data from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratories
The Fundamental Gap in Urban Transportation By Jarold A. Kieffert, Transportation Policy Analyst and Founding Member of ATRA. Details the failure of current urban transportation strategies and calls for new thinking and actions responsive to the urban transportation challenge. From the ATRA website.
Reflections on Transportation and Mobility A series of short essays by Steven E. Polzin, Ph.D., P.E. of the Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida. The 14 essays in this collection are short pieces authored to share perspectives and encourage reflective thinking about the state of tranportation planning and mobility in the United States. They do a great job!


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