2006 News Items

Minnesota PRT company announces Swiss alliance

Another milestone for ULTra

Skycab is part of Sweden's national celebration of trains

Vectus newsletters posted

Der Spiegel: Bringing robot transportation to Europe

Vectus article in Stockholm School of Economics/Royal Institute of Technology magazine (see p.28)

EPA-DOT awards WVU "Best Workplace for Commuters" for PRT, bus system

MonicPRT concept paper released (Singapore) (external)

Just one of the trams "Major investment planned in trams to help beat city centre congestion" (ULTra)

Sky's the limit (Sweden Today, p.41)

ULTra's Lowson interviewed by Frost & Sullivan

Derbyshire officials to tour ULTra
     • Government support linked to congestion charges
     • PRT "is probably the future"

Swedish website for Vectus

ATS announces start of work program for Heathrow

Articles: Skycab activities in Hofors, Sweden

"PRT... allows affordable mobility for all groups in society and represents opportunities for achieving equity" pp. 3-8. EU Transport Research Knowledge Centre (March 2006)

Polish 'MISTER' PRT wins grant from Warsaw Politechnika (University of Technology)

Business Park 2.0—Can sprawling office campuses become commute-cutting communities? (SF Chronicle)

ULTra: "C" vehicle program launched; successful emergency-stop test

"Meet M.I.S.T.E.R. PRT, A proposal for a cost-effective Personal Rapid Transport system" (EV World) Author is designer of a Polish PRT concept.

Is Santa Cruz's transportation future up in the air? [PRT is not a flying car!]
     • City will contribute $1000

South Korean delegation tours Morgantown PRT Planning "next generation of PRT systems"

Skycab website updated, in English too

Aerial photo of Vectus site, Uppsala U. Biomedical Research Centre

Tracktaxi tests in Uppsala (Vectus)

Trackcars on the way to reality? (Vectus)

Rail break. Article on PRT, Cabintaxi. Marsden Burger featured.

"Skycab" PRT news from Sweden (translated):
     • Summer 2005: Chinese want to learn more about Skycab
     • Jan. 2006: Cars on track to the future

Launch of new website for Vectus, Korean PRT design