Links to web resources on Personal Rapid Transit

Key Topics regarding PRT

Safety & Control:

• US DOT: National Transportation Statistics (NTS): Transit Safety Data by Sub-Mode for All Reportable Incidents. NOTE: PRT would fall into the Automated Guideway Transit [AGT] category. The category labeled "Demand Response" refers to dial-up vans and buses.
• "Safe Design of Personal Rapid Transit Systems". [Taxi 2000 Corp Website] - This paper describes the relevant features of Taxi 2000 and principles of safe design incorporated into it.
• "Effect of Redundancy on Failure Frequency in PRT Systems". [Taxi 2000 Corp Website] - In this paper, the various possible failure modes in a PRT system are analyzed, the mean times between major failures including collisions are estimated, and a series of recommended design features is given.

Capacity & Ridership:

• "Matching Capacity to Demand". [Taxi 2000 Corp Website] - The purpose of this paper is to show why the capacity of an optimally designed PRT system is adequate to meet a wide variety of demands.
• Points On Capacity [Acrobat PDF; 10kb]. [SLC Website] - Some helpful capacity parameters for the Taxi 2000 PRT system.
• Basis for Ridership Estimates [Acrobat PDF; 14kb]. [SLC Website] - A summary of mode-split studies and their results - 30%+ mode-split to PRT.
• Factors that Attract People to Transit. [Taxi 2000 Corp Website] - Use of a Monte Carlo Mode Split model that demonstrates a high mode split to PRT.
• "Personal Rapid Transit in Stockholm: Market Demand and Economic Viability" [Acrobat PDF; 83kb]. [Lund University, Sweden, Website] - "Our recommendation is therefore clear – a PRT system for Stockholm provides such a broad range of desired qualities, that it should be given highest priority in research, devel-opment, testing and demonstration for implementation in the Stockholm Metropolitan area."
• "PRT Forecasts For Downtown Minneapolis" [Adobe Acrobat PDF; 550KB]. [Taxi 2000 Website] 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.

Visual Impact:

• "Visual Intrusion Study of PRT Guideways in Gävle, Sweden". [ITT Website] - In 1994, a study that examined the design and possibilities of adapting a PRT technology with elevated guideways to the central area if an old Swedish town like Gävle, Sweden, (population 90,000) was made. A brief description of this study and a summary of the results obtained is included here.
• PRT Visual Impact. [ATRA Website] - The visual impact of PRT guideway is a highly controversial yet subjective issue. The following guideway photos are similar in dimensions to the Taxi2000 PRT system, but this is not a PRT system.

PRT & Innovative Transit Websites

Taxi 2000 Corporation

The Sky Loop Committee has selected the Taxi 2000 PRT system as its preferred technology. The Taxi 2000 website has many general and detailed resources available on PRT and its specific technology. For general and introductory information follow the links from the Home page to the "Overview," "Why PRT," and "PRT Essentials" pages.

• 37 Frequently Asked Questions: Quick answers to questions from ticketing to vehicles to safety.
• The latest on development of Taxi 2000 PRT system can be found on the Readiness page of the company's website.

Innovative Transportation Technologies (ITT)

Hosted by the University of Washington, the Innovative Transportation Technologies website is a central source for a wealth of information and links on a wide variety of innovative transportation systems and concepts. Pages providing general PRT information or addressing specific PRT issues:

• Personal Rapid Transit Index Page" This page serves as a focal point for accessing a number of PRT topics.
• Links to a variety of PRT studies, books and articles are also available.

Advanced Transit Association (ATRA)

The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) exists to focus attention on unmet urban transportation needs and the ways in which advanced transit concepts can help satisfy them. This organization has had a strong role in fostering understanding of PRT.

Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit (CPRT)

Citizens for PRT (CPRT)is a non-profit, grassroots, volunteer organization, founded in Minneapolis, MN. Their mission is to provide information on the features and benefits of PRT, to promote PRT as an effective option for meeting our transportation needs, and to correct myths about transportation.

Cities 21: Palo Alto Page Mill (Silicon Valley)

Cities 21: Cities21 is an organization of Silicon Valley executives and residents committed to advocating the use of new transportation technologies and land use paradigms in the Silicon Valley. A design competition will be held, similar to the SLC's (formerly AERC) 1998 "Advanced Elevated Rail Symposium", in which the Taxi 2000 PRT system will be the baseline comparative technology for a Light Rail feeder/distributor transit system.

Austin Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit (ACPRT)

Austin Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit (ACPRT): Austin Citizens for Personal Rapid Transit (ACPRT) is dedicated to promoting the design, installation, and operation of a Personal Rapid Transit system in the city of Austin, Texas and the surrounding area.

The Umunum Chapter of CPRT (CPRT-U)

The Umunum Chapter of CPRT (CPRT-U): CPRT-Umunum intends to bring swift, inexpensive, clean transit to the Umunum neighborhood.

Automated Peoplemover Standards Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

The mission of the Automated People Mover (APM) Standards Committee is to develop standards for APM's including planning, design, construction and operations.

Local Development Projects
Links to web resources about major developments in the riverfront and Central Business Districts (CBDs) of Cincinnati, Covington, and Newport

Cincinnati:

• Fort Washington Way Reconstruction

• Paul Brown Stadium

• Cincinnati Reds New Stadium

• The Riverfront Advisors Commission

• Cincinnati Central Riverfront Park

• Contemporary Arts Center - New Building

• Downtown Cincinnati Inc. (DCI)

Covington & Newport:

• SouthBank Partners Inc.

Metro Region:

• Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments [OKI]
  Metropolitan Planning Organization

• The Gallis Report

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