| Date |
Title |
| September 26,
2001 |
"OKI
rejects 'sky loop' elevated rail system": an article in The Cincinnati
Post about the September 25, 2001, final CALSC meeting and vote on
technology alternatives. |
| August 21,
2001 |
"Personalized mass transit": an editorial in The
Cincinnati Post about the Sky Loop vis-a-vis the CALS. |
| July 31,
2001 |
"Downtown | New loop transit; Link
Cincinnati, Kentucky": an editorial in The Cincinnati Enquirer about
the CALS and the Sky Loop. |
| July 18,
2001 |
"Rapid transit odds slim": an article in the Cincinnati
Post about the July 17, 2001, CALSC meeting and the release of the
DFR. |
| July 17,
2001 |
A reproduction of the PowerPoint presentation made
by Parsons Brinckerhoff to the CALS Committee members at the July 17, 2001
meeting, that summarizes their CALS Draft Final Report handed out at the end of
the meeting: |
| July 16,
2001 |
"PRT Forecasts For
Downtown Minneapolis" [Adobe Acrobat PDF; 550KB]. Summary of an
analysis of the market potential of a personal rapid transit (PRT) application
in a downtown setting using data for downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. Performed
by SRF Consulting Group
Inc. |
| May 21, 2001 |
Sky Loop Questionnaire Tabulation: Results of
the tabulation of the first 180 responses to our Sky Loop Questionnaire.
|
| April 17,
2001 |
DCI Resolution Against Elevated Transit: A
Downtown Cincinnati Inc. resolution that supports surface transit only and is
against any use of elevated transit systems in downtown Cincinnati, Covington,
and Newport. See also, DCI Position on Downtown
Transit Initiatives: [Acrobat PDF format, 29kb]: The Sky Loop committee's
response to DCI's Resolution. |
| February 21,
2001 |
"Two
transit options dropped": an article in the Kentucky Post about two
transit options being dropped from the Central Area Loop Study [CALS], leaving
a combined LRT/VT option, the Sky Loop PRT, and Southbank Shuttle options.
|
| February 6,
2001 |
"Rallying for rail": an article in
the Cincinnati Downtowner about the Interstate-71 Light Rail Corridor
plans and the Sky Loop regional downtown PRT circulator system. Reprinted with
permsssion. |
| January 30,
2001 |
"Transit
options for loop debated": an article in the Kentucky Post about the
Central Area Loop Study [CALS]. |
| November 30,
2000 |
The latest on
development of Taxi 2000 PRT can be found on the
Readiness
page of the company's website. |
| November 29,
2000 |
The Sky Loop display and PRT station model at the Model
RR Show. |
| November 2,
2000 |
The Florence Rotary Club endorses study of the
Sky Loop PRT system (Endorsement). |
| August 23,
2000 |
"Personal Rapid Transit: Too Early to Price Compare?": an
article in City Beat about the Sky Loop proposal. |
| August 13,
2000 |
"New mass transit plan connects river cities, eliminates
traffic jams": an article in the Cincinnati Enquirer about the Sky
Loop proposal and our upcoming public
presentations. |
| August 4,
2000 |
"Transit
loop study funded": an article in the Kentucky Post about completion
of funding and resumption of the Central Area Loop Study [CALS]. Mention is
also made of the Sky Loop website and our upcoming public presentations. |
| June 19,
2000 |
Campbell County Business Development
Corporation issues statement supporting the Sky Loop concept
(Endorsement). |
| June 1, 2000 |
Sky Loop on TV: Members of the Sky Loop
Steering Committee will be interviewed live on Insight Communication's Northern
Kentucky Magazine. |
| February 15,
2000 |
The Woman's City Club of Greater Cincinnati
endorses study of the Sky Loop PRT system (Endorsement). |
| February 1,
2000 |
Central Area Loop Study begins looking at a
regional downtown connector. |
| January 19,
2000 |
Raytheon Agrees to Release Taxi 2000,
permitting full freedom to pursue development of its PRT system. |
| September 17,
1999 |
A resolution from the Northern Kentucky City
& County Management Association supporting study of the Sky Loop
concept (Endorsement). |
| September 13,
1999 |
"Sky Loop
would ferry riders"; an article in the Kentucky Post about the
Northern Kentucky Consensus Committee's vote to endorse study of the Sky Loop
as part of the Central Area Loop Study [CALS]. |
| August 19,
1999 |
The Northern Kentucky Consensus
Committee endorses local matching funds for a Central Area Loop Study including
PRT (Endorsement). |
| July 17,
1999 |
"Futuristic Sky Loop transit would complement light rail";
an article about the Sky Loop that appeared in the Cincinnati
Enquirer. |
| July 5, 1999 |
A resolution from the Campbell Leadership
Action Group (CLAG) supporting study of the Sky Loop concept
(Endorsement). |
| June 12,
1999 |
"Sky loop -
Yesterday's monorail supporters have a new idea: Personal rapid transit";
an informative article about the Sky Loop that appeared in the Kentucky
Post. |
| August 17,
1998 |
"Comment: Don't dismiss transit concept"; an editorial
about the Sky Loop that appeared in the Business Courier; "We don't have
to continuously follow Mark Twain's statement about preferring to be in
Cincinnati when the world ends." |
| August 3,
1998 |
"New transit option emerges"; a report about the Sky Loop
that appeared in the Business Courier subsequent to our Advanced
Elevated Rail Symposium [see previous News item below]. |
| June 15,
1998 |
"A Report on the Advanced Elevated Rail Symposium"; a
report about our symposium, held when the Sky Loop Committee was named the
Advanced Elevated Rail Committee. |
