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Fabian is helping organize for ATRA a workshop on airport access and development problems and PRT solutions. Entitled Maximizing Landside Value, it will take place May 6 at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. To learn more and register, visit www.advancedtransit.net.

The buzz of the San Jose podcar conference echoed at
Technix Jan 23.

ATRA's Technix took place just before TRB started up at the Washington Hilton Sunday, January 23. There was an impressive array of speakers. To learn more, visit www.advancedtransit.net.

150 APMs operate around the world, carrying almost six million passengers every day. APM projects underway total over $10 Billion, and that exclude major civil work --- e,g, tunnel costs for a driverless metro or an airport shuttle. Updates of Trans.21's APM Count and APM Pipeline are available online.

It's to sketch out a new future.

An upswell of serious interest in PRT is evident, in large part attributable to Swedish commitments. The fifth of the Podcar Cities conferences series will be in Stockholm in September 18 - 19, 2011. Visit www.podcar.org.

The Morgantown (WV) PRT has a $93-million master plan to upgrade its hardware, software and civil work for several more decades of service. It is the only operating robust PRT system, albeit with 20-passenger vehicles.

A small booklet is available as a companion to the upgraded APM Guide Online. Entitled Smart Urban Mobility, it appeals to project planners looking for innovative land use and mobility solutions. Contact lfabian@airfront.us.

ATRA organized a day conference on Modern Mobility April 23, 2010 outside Kansas City. Results of a study for the Legends district were presented. Fabian gave an overview of today's PRT prospects.

PRT STRATEGIES: The Stockholm-based Institute of Sustainable Transportation and ConnectIthaca held a conference on strategies for implementing PRT in communities around the world, September 14-16 in Ithaca, New York. To learn more, visit www.podcar.org.

Fabian was part of an Urban Planning Advisory Team for historic Cuenca, Spain in early April. The UPAT was organized by the International Society of City & Regional Planners, and explored ways to enhance its medieval core to relate it to a new rail station.

There was an exciting PRT-focused conference in Uppsala, Sweden Oct. 1-2, 2007. Trans.21 was part of it, and ATRA cooperated with the Stockholm-based Institute for Sustainable Transportation, the main organizer. For more info, visit www.podcar.org/uppsalaconference.

Trans.21 helped ATRA and West Virginia University organize a seminar in Morgantown, WV on the Urban and Regional Impacts of PRT. For more information, visit www.advancedtransit.org.


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