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Further PRT Information
Find introductions to PRT at:
- www.gettherefast.org
- www.skyloop.org/introduction.htm
- www.electric-bikes.com/prt/prt.html
- http://www.intelligenttransportation.com
- http://kinetic.seattle.wa.us/prt.html - "The world's best general-knowledge PRT website"—Advanced Transit Assn. 2004
- http://higherway.artwerkz.com/index.shtml
- http://www.tritrack.net/index2.html - good animation of dual-mode PRT
- http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/prtquick.htm
- http://www.personalrapidtransit.com/ good animation, photos, and text; high-speed connection recommended
- Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) offers a search site button to find detailed information on their site.
Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about (SkyWeb Express) PRT:
- Questions about riding SkyWeb Express (12 questions)
- Questions about SkyWeb Express safety and reliability (11 questions)
- Questions about the design and development of SkyWeb Express (15 questions)
Evaluating Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
- Comparing PRT with Car, Bus, and Light Rail Transit (LRT)
- Comparing benefits and value between transit systems
- Comparing BART-to-San Jose with alternative PRT Proposals
- Estimating PRT construction costs
- Risk/reward ratios that include economic and environmental factors
- Visual impact of PRT guideway
- Answers for skeptics (with some math and technical stuff) - part 1
- Answers for skeptics (with some math and technical stuff) - part 2
- Debunking an anti-PRT article entitled "Personal Rapid Transit - Cyberspace Dream Keeps Colliding With Reality". (Scroll to the bottom to "Debunking" to find 4 good rebuttals.)
Citizens for PRT is a volunteer organization that works to educate policy makers and the public about the potential of PRT. You'll often find them exchanging ideas and comments at prt-talk@yahoogroups.com
Books on PRT:
- "Innovation and Public Policy" by Catherine Burke's excellent book. In addition to examining the history and politics of PRT, it offers lots of background numbers. You can get a copy within a week by ordering from E-Text at this website: http://www.etext.net/cgi-bin/order.cgi?Step=choose&AccessCode=Bur3135
- "The Transportation Renaissance: The Personal Rapid Transit Solution" by Edmund Rydell
Presentation Outlines:
- 15-minute PRT presentation to Milpitas community groups.
- 2-minute refutal of what transportation experts say about PRT.
- 2-minute refutal of BART's MIS Public Comments Document (June 2001).
- 30-minute presentation of PRT "ferry" over the railroad tracks in Milpitas
- Draft funding proposal for PRT ferry over the tracks.
Cities21 in Palo Alto seeks a light electric shuttle to connect various companies within the Stanford Research Park with the California Avenue CalTrain station. Learn about their Full Scale Model (FSM) and innovative surveys:
http://www.cities21.orgCardiff, the capital of Wales, had funding lined up for a PRT system, but then (due to political and economic forces) lost the funding. The first fare-collecting PRT system in the world now appears to be headed for London's Heathrow Airport:
http://www.cities21.org/ultra/index.html
Advanced Transport Systems ULTra web: http://www.atsltd.co.uk/SkyWeb Express is moving rapidly toward a PRT system in the U.S.
http://www.skywebexpress.com/development.shtmlTriTrack plans to complete a test track in Texas by early 2006.
http://www.tritrack.net/index2.htmlMegaRail Transportation Systems, Inc. is currently building the first sections of the revised MicroRail guideway and will shortly be building parts for the first fully-functional, full-sized production prototype MicroRail car.
http://www.megarail.com/MISTER (Metropolitan Individual System of Transportation on an Elevated Rail) is active in Poland.
http://www.mist-er.com/index-en.htmSkyTran is moving rapidly toward a PRT system in the U.S.
http://www.unimodal.com/
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http://prtnews.com/wiki - both a source of information and an invitation to submit URLs for new and interesting developments about PRT that are available on the World Wide Web.
For a conceptual overview of how a PRT system works, visit
www.gettherefast.com
www.skyloop.org/introduction.htm
www.electric-bikes.com/prt.html
http://www.personalrapidtransit.com/ good animation, photos, and text; high-speed connection recommended
http://innotrans.daastol.com/video/TRANST2.MPG - a video of the Cabintaxi system.For an engineering explanation of the various subsystems of SkyWeb Express (power, communications, security, failure scenarios and recovery procedures, installation, etc.):
http://www.skywebexpress.com/the_system.shtmlComprehensive bibliography of all aspects of PRT design and implementation:
http://faculty.washington.edu/~jbs/itrans/PRT/References.htmlEconomics of PRT
- PRT is affordable in four ways:
- Affordable to build/construct.
- Affordable to operate and maintain.
- Affordable to the consumer/user/rider.
- Affordable to modify/expand/re-use as needed.
- Financing Milpitas' $100M PRT feeder to the BART station.
Sunnyhills Neighborhood Association's proposal for a city-wide PRT system would save transportation dollars. The starting point is a crossing of the railroad tracks to connect Yosemite Dr. with Curtis Ave. near the Great Mall LRT station. Help this Milpitas organization demonstrate public support -- sign a resolution.
Learn more about PRT's potential for Milpitas at
www.electric-bikes.com/prt-milp.htmlPalo Alto-based Cities21 and the Advanced Transit Association built a full-size, portable mock-up of a PRT guideway and cab which can be transported and exhibited to the public. Visually demonstrating that PRT blends with our Bay Area cities moves us closer to solving many transportation problems. Learn more about the project and make tax-deductible contributions at this site:
http://www.advancedtransit.org/PRTmodelLearn more about PRT's potential for Santa Clara County at
www.electric-bikes.com/prt/bart.htmlCitizens for PRT is working with the public and private sectors to develop a test-case PRT in the Bay Area. Keep up-to-date by subscribing to PRT-Info for announcements about new developments in PRT science or public acceptance.
