Recommended Reading Materials, On-line Articles, References and Glossaries

Books, Journals and Major Reports

• New book: The Third Generation Roadway: Metropolitan Transport for the 21st Century,  by Roger Davidheiser - quite inspirational,  good graphics,
  paperback, 287 pp. , 4/2011
• Dual Mode Vehicle and Intrastructure Alternatives Analysis, Christine Ehlig-Economides and Jim Longbottom, April, 2008
• Transport Revolutions: Moving People and Freight without Oil, Gilbert and Perl, Table of Contents, 2008
• Automated Guideway Transit: An Assessment of PRT and Other New Systems
• Transit Systems Theory , by J. Edward Anderson
• Tomorrow's Transportation: Changing Cities, Economies and Lives, by Garrison and Ward
• Automated Highway Systems, edited by P. Ioannou
• Innovation and Public Policy: The Case of PRT , by Catherine G. Burke
• Fundamentals of Personal Rapid Transit , by Jack Irving, et al
• Aramis - the Love of Technology , by Bruno Latour
• The Urban Oasis : Guideways and Greenways in the Human Environment, by Roxanne Warren
• Journal of Advanced Transportation
• Infrastructure, 2:3, Spring, 1997 includes eight papers from the PRT Conference held in Minneapolis, Minnesota in November, 1996
• The Transportation Renaissance: The PRT Solution, by Edmund W.F. Rydell
• 21st Century Personal Rapid Transit, by Raymond MacDonald
• Logistics Systems for Sustainable Cities, 2003 Conference Proceedings
• Intelliegent Vehicle Technologies and Trends, by Richard Bishop, 2005
• Book review: Future Tech: Innovations in Transportation, by Paul Schilperoord, August, 2006
• The Revolutionary Dualmode Transportation System, by Francis D. Reynolds, 22 chapters, e-book, July, 2006

 

  On-line Articles

General Analysis, Frameworks, Visions and Technology Reviews

• Mobility 2001 - a report from the World Business Council on Sustainable Development
• Public Transportation in the United States: Trends and Opportunities
• Had Enough of Auto-Dominance Yet? , by J. B. Schneider
• A New Transportation Paradigm, by A. Scheffer Lang
• Why Rail?, by Emory Bundy
• The Marriage of Transit and Autos : How to Make Transit Popular Again, by Mel Webber
• Survey of Innovative Transit Systems, by Ingmar Andrésson of Sweden
• A Hypothetical Evolution of an Automated Highway System
• Emerging Auto-Competitive Transit Technologies: A Brief Review, by J. Schneider
• Infography - Innovative Transportation Concepts
• What are the real options for reducing 'Car Dependence'?, by Ray Brindle
• Envisioning a Desirable Personal Transport System for the Future, by larens imanyuel
• Smart Jitney/Community-Enhanced Transit Systems, by Park Woodworth and Bob Behnke
• Using Automobiles and Wi-Fi, Wi-MAX Networks to Reduce Traffic Congestion, by Bob Behnke
• Greenville County (S. Carolina) Economic Development Corporation, PRT Evaluation, 76 pp

Dualmode concepts

• Dual Mode Vehicle and Intrastructure Alternatives Analysis, Christine Ehlig-Economides and Jim Longbottom, April, 2008
• Dualmode, by Dwight Baumann
• Analysis of Urban Dualmode Transportation, by Peter Benjamin
• National Conference on Dualmode Transportation
• The End of Traffic Jams: A Transportation System for the Future, by Francis Reynolds
• Review of the National Automated Highway System Research Program: A Review , TRB Special Report 253, 1998. (Search for Special Report #253)
• Whatever Happened to Automated Highway Systems (AHS)?, by Richard Bishop
• The Revolutionary Dualmode Transportation System, by Francis Reynolds, 22 Chapters, e-book, July, 2007 

PRT/PAT Technologies

• PRT - A Potential Urban Transport Solution, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Joint Research Centre of the EU, July, 2001
• A PRT Deployment Strategy to Support Regional Land Use and Rail Transit Objectives, by J.B. Schneider
• Designing PRT Networks, J.B. Schneider and Jun Ma
• The Fundamental Gap in Urban Transportation , by Jarold A. Kieffer
• Simulation of the Operations of PRT Systems, by J.E. Anderson
• Vehicle Distribution in Large PRT Systems, by Ingmar Andreasson (simulation results from Gothenburg, Sweden study)
• Advanced Transit Association's PRT Report, 2003, available on-line
• Automated Control of the Raytheon PRT System
• Service Effectiveness of PRT vs. Collective Corridor, by Martin Lowson, 8/03
• PRT 2000 video by the Raytheon Company
• Suburban Silver Bullet: PRT Shuttle + Wireless Commute Assistant and Privacy-Protecting Commute Shed Study Using Cellular Location Tracking, by Steve Raney, (4/04)
• An Automated PRT System for Airport Landside Operations, by Martin Lowson, et al (2/04) .
• The Design, Operation and Benefits of Sky Web Express, by J. Edward Anderson, (8/04) .
• Emerging Personal Rapid Transit Technologies: Introduction, State of the Art, Applications, by M. Buchanan, et al, November, 2005
• Major Activity Center PRT Circulator Design: Hacienda Business Park - in California, by Steve Raney (12/06)

• Link to a study focused on the design of an extensive PRT network that could assist the solution of some transportation and air pollution problems in the Melbourne region (12/06)

• High Capacity Personal Rapid Transit, Rationale, Attributes, Status, Economics, Benefits, by J. Edward Anderson, (1/07), 20 pp
• Paul Hoffman's PRT presentation at the '07 TRB meeings, "Personal Rapid Transit, Strategies for Advancing the State of the Industry, Washington, D.C., January, 2007 (requires PowerPoint reader), 7 megs
• PRT Activism: Strategies and Attitutes Towards Conventional Transit, by Nathan Koren, 21 pp., (5/08)
• Improving Transportation Requires New Solution, by Peter Muller, 10 pp, (1/10)
• Development and Evaluation of Traffic Management Strategies for Personal Rapid Transit, by Pengjun Zheng, David Jeffery and Mike McDonald, U of Southhampton

Magnetic Levitation Technologies and Applications

• Magnemotion website - a company that specializes in the development of advanced linear synchronous motors (LSM's), motor control systems and magnetic guidance and suspension systems - located in Sudbury, Massachusetts. See summary paper that describes their Urban Maglev system
• Other maglev news and links
• The Location and Design of Intermodal Stations for a High Speed Ground Transportation System

Other Innovative Technologies

• The Monorail Opportunity in Seattle , by Emory Bundy
• Review of Japanese advanced transit technologies , by Andrew S. Jakes
• New Era for Automated Peoplemovers , by Roxanne Warren 

References

• Skyweb Express website library, numerous PRT references and other information resources
• PRT Reference Desk (78+ citations to books and articles, in alphabetical order
• PATH database search page (provides 125 PRT, GRT and dualmode citations, in chronological order, using keywords personal&rapid&transit)

• Link to complete list of books and other published materials by J. Edward Anderson, 1953-2006, most dealing with various issues regarding Personal Rapid Transit (PRT).  Copies are available, upon request, from the author.

   

Glossaries

• Transportation Expressions - from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation
• Transportation Glossary - from San Jose State University Transit Center, San Jose, California

• Public Transportation Definitions - from the American Public Transit Association

Last modified: August 04, 2016