November 6 update! Meet the speakers, see what all the talk on Autonomous Vehicles for Public Transit is about. Newsletter #4 has the final program and news about all exciting things that will happen in the next few days.
Should what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas? The speakers, keynotes and panels are coming together nicely for the 2017 Podcar City Conference. It will take place in the very special city of Las Vegas, November 8-10 2017. We will meet in the new City Hall (see image) and in the adjacent Golden Nugget Hotel.
This year we will incorporate the UIDC – Urban International Design Contest – into the conference. We expect a vast array of speakers and exciting topics around sustainable and innovative automated public transportation. Draft program is now available on the right side of this page. Please also follow us on Facebook for updates here! www.facebook.com/PodcarCity.
Get started in autonomous public transit planning with our workshop! We will provide resources from students and experts for a design workshop on Wednesday. Try different options – Autonomous street vehicles, Personal Rapid Transit, see the visual effect, estimate financial and environmental impact – and much more. Bring all you got – ideas, questions and existing plans and we will make sure you get a team of people working with you.
Please make sure to email us at info@podcarcity.org if you want to participate!
The main goal of the Podcar City Conference is to encourage considerable improvement of mass mobility in all possible ways – conserve earth and human resources, improve equity and have an open dialog of planning for the future.
Welcome to Podcar City 2021! This year’s conference is gathering a lot of interest – probably because of the rapid growing list of real projects being established all over the world.
We welcome you to the 13th Conference on Public Automated Transportation hosted by the International Institute of Sustainable Transportation.
The 2018 conference focuses on how we can plan for automated shared mobility. The pace of innovation has increased significantly with more systems providers.
Should what happens in Vegas stay in Vegas? The speakers, keynotes and panels are coming together nicely for the 2017 Podcar City Conference. It will take place in the very special city of Las Vegas
Only three days left! Since September 1 we now also have as keynote speaker Mr Philippe Muyters, Minister of Innovation and Technology. Mr Muyters will speak at 5.30 pm on Tuesday.
Podcar City 9 was held as scheduled November 4-6, 2015. The first of the conference presentations has been posted into the Documents section to the right — look for the prefix ‘After’.
Learn from experience, meet experts and network for better understanding and utilizing next generation of public transportation
Presented in cooperation with INIST International Institute of Sustainable Transportation, US Department of Transportation
After the development of the Cabintaxi-Project in the 1970s in Hagen, Germany, under the consortium between Mannesmann Demag and MBB was stopped abruptly.
For all of you who attended – Thank You. And for those of you who wanted but for any reason could not – please download the presentations on youtube.
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.
Is the auto the optimal way of personal transportation? Can we find other solutions based on good use of energy and limit the environmental impact?
Is the auto the most convenient and efficient way to move people around inside our cities? Does increasing car traffic diminish the quality of life in our neighborhoods and city centers?
It was a massive gathering in Uppsala and an intense exchange of ideas, experiences and contacts…