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World Business: Follow that Podcar!
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... an updated program schedule is available here.
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Dear attendees, speakers, sponsors and exhibitors,
Thank you for participating in the 4th annual Podcar City Conference - what a success!
For three days in the heart of the Silicon Valley we learned from global experts on the subject of how Personal Rapid Transit is proving to be a cutting-edge technology that shows promise of providing the convenience of automobiles with the overall benefits of mass transit at a much smaller scale, thus fundamentally changing the way we build and repair tomorrow’s cities.
Our ambitious program covered areas such as:
- ATN’s expanding market in Asia, Europe and the U.S.
- Podcar design, modalities and business models
- Technological advances in control systems and materials
- Integration of Podcars with traditional transit systems
- Achieving green technology, sustainability and smart growth goals
- Technical, financial and policy challenges
- and much more
and featured informative presentations from leading authorities in policy, research, investment, engineering and technology, public works, transportation, energy, housing, land use and planning, design, architecture and environmental stewardship.
You missed a seminar or panel discussion? No problem! Just visit our new INIST Online-Shop now to get all the videos and presentations, either for download or on DVD.
Please keep in touch and Thank You again!
Latest News ...
December 17 2010
The Presentations and Videos are available now in the new INIST Shop. Unfortunately the video of the 'Human-Technology Interface' session was corrupted somehow and is therefore unavailable for download. The video of 'Control System Alternatives' is incomplete, unfortunately Sebastian Thrun's presentation was not recorded. In addition some presentations are still missing. They will be published as soon as possible.[more]
October 27 2010
(Silicon Valley Watcher, By Tom Foremski) A panel of experts will explain how the first generation of podcars, also known as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) systems, are already working in other cities in the UK, Sweden, Abu Dhabi, and elsewhere. They will also explore the current state of the new technology -- from its environmental benefits, to how this new system expands mobility and reduces traffic congestion and pollution, sharing tips on how other urban areas can get on board. [more]
October 27 2010
(ABC local / KGO-TV/DT, by Heather Ishimaru) SAN JOSE, CA (KGO) -- San Jose could become the first city in the United States to put in what's commonly known as a "pod car system." The cutting edge transportation technology is now carrying passengers at London's Heathrow Airport and San Jose is studying if pod cars would make sense here. [more]
October 22 2010
Dear Friends and Associates, We readily anticipate presenting our fourth annual Podcar City Conference just a few days from now in San Jose, California ~ October 27-29. We are happy to announce that the event will surely be sold-out, with a handful of tickets available at the time of this writing, while the growing volume of traffic on our website suggests the topics covered in our program are both timely and of great interest to many. On behalf of our event’s charitable organizers, which include members of INIST, ATRA, KOMPASS, the Mineta Transportation Institute, and the City of San Jose, I want to extend a heart-felt thank you to our Sponsors and Exhibitors for your commitment to making this event so successful. It was the vision of the planning committee to inform, inspire, and provide an open networking forum in a pleasant, comfortable environment. Your contribution has helped to make our vision a reality by offsetting the cost of holding the Conference in a place as central, striking and iconic [more]
October 22 2010
Steve Raney is Principal at ULTra PRT North America. He was lead researcher for the US Environmental Protection Agency's "Transforming Office Parks into Transit Villages" study for Pleasanton. He was project manager for BART's Group Rapid Transit study. He has conducted technology product research for Microsoft, Citigroup, and Silicon Valley start-ups. He is the author of ten scholarly transportation papers. His "smartphone carpool assistant" is patented. Raney holds three masters: business, software, and transportation from Columbia, RPI, and Berkeley. Raney is also Executive Director, Cities21, a smart growth think tank. He is also co-founder of the YIMBY group, Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto. [more]
