ULTra Personal Rapid Transit

clipped from www.atsltd.co.uk A new approach to public transport WELCOME TO THE ULTra WEBSITE PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) provides on-demand driverless travel using its own guideway network ULTra offers an advanced form of PRT, ready for application, giving effective, low cost and sustainable transport for cities, airports and special developments worldwide. clipped from www.atsltd.co.uk clipped from uk.youtube.com ULTra PRT sustainable transit ULTra is a battery-driven, 100-mpg-equivalent, elevated personal rapid transit system with many four-person vehicles. First deployment is scheduled for London Heathrow Airport in Spring 2009, to serve Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Working as circulator transit for office parks, airports, universities, and other major activity centers, ULTra is faster than a car. In these applications, ULTra makes carpooling and conventional transit more effective, by solving the "last mile problem." http://www.atsltd.co.uk/ clipped from www.ultraprt.com Heathrow ULTra PRT Construction Underway clipped from uk.youtube.com BAA Heathrow ULTra PRT

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GM's driverless car

clipped from abcnews.go.com CES 2008: A Driverless SUV Gives a Tour of the Future Robot Car Developed at Carnegie Mellon Takes a Spin at Consumer Electronics Show General Motors R&D staff working with the Tartan Racing team from Carnegie Mellon University has converted this Chevrolet Tahoe (named "Boss") into a driverless vehicle that will compete in the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Urban Challenge: a six-hour, 60-mile skill competition in a mock urban setting in which the vehicles demonstrate safe, effective autonomous ground vehicle navigation in urban traffic. The competition takes place November 3, 2007. (Paul Morton/General Motors Photo) More Photos clipped from www.delawareonline.com Vehicle-to-vehicle communication and technology allowing cars to talk with highway systems could come next. Still in debate are how to address drivers' privacy, whether current vehicles can be retrofitted and how many vehicles would need the systems to develop an effective network. clipped from www.youtube.com clipped from www.youtube.com