14th International Automated People Mover Conference
This conference will be held in Phoenix, Arizona April 21 – 24, 2013 and will have excellent PRT content. Martin Lowson of Ultra Global will represent the ATRA-Industry Group in the second morning plenary session on April 22 which involves a roundtable on the state of the APM industry. That afternoon Sam Lott of Kimley-Horn is likely to address PRT in his presentation titled Automated Systems for Last Mile Connections at High Speed Rail Stations.
There are three PRT breakout sessions starting on Tuesday morning and ending on Wednesday early afternoon. The presentations and presenters are as follows:
PRT 1
• PRT at Heathrow: Delivering World Beating Customer Service, Phil Bly et al, Ultra Global
• Masdar Experience, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
• The Morgantown PRT Experiment/Experience and its Future, Arlie Foreman, Hugh Kierig, West Virginia University
• Personal Rapid transit – User Interface, Jenny Baumgartner, Peter Chu, Lea+Elliott
PRT 2
• PRT Connection of Transport Hubs, Adam Ruddle, Ultra Global
• Station Dynamics Influencing Ride Sharing, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
• San Jose International Airport Automated Transit Network Feasibility Study, William Baumgardner, Gary Hsueh, Arup
• Sustainable APM Infrastructure at Airports, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
PRT 3
• The Track to Suncheon: Making APMs Intelligent, Martin Pemberton, Vectus
• Personal Rapid Transit – Computer Simulation Results and General Design Principles, Karminsky Bartlomie et al, Warsaw University of Technology
• PRT Computer Network Simulation, Analysis of Flow Capacity, Wladzimierz Choromanski, Wiktor Daszczuk, Warsaw University of Technology
In addition to all of these PRT papers, there are many interesting presentations on APMs, autonomous road vehicles and fully automated cable car people movers, an exhibit hall and tours of the new Phoenix Airport APM. This is a conference well worth attending! I hope to see you there. Conference Website.
This conference will be held in Phoenix, Arizona April 21 – 24, 2013 and will have excellent PRT content. Martin Lowson of Ultra Global will represent the ATRA-Industry Group in the second morning plenary session on April 22 which involves a roundtable on the state of the APM industry. That afternoon Sam Lott of Kimley-Horn is likely to address PRT in his presentation titled Automated Systems for Last Mile Connections at High Speed Rail Stations.
There are three PRT breakout sessions starting on Tuesday morning and ending on Wednesday early afternoon. The presentations and presenters are as follows:
PRT 1
- PRT at Heathrow: Delivering World Beating Customer Service, Phil Bly et al, Ultra Global
- Masdar Experience, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
- The Morgantown PRT Experiment/Experience and its Future, Arlie Foreman, Hugh Kierig, West Virginia University
- Personal Rapid transit – User Interface, Jenny Baumgartner, Peter Chu, Lea+Elliott
PRT 2
- PRT Connection of Transport Hubs, Adam Ruddle, Ultra Global
- Station Dynamics Influencing Ride Sharing, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
- San Jose International Airport Automated Transit Network Feasibility Study, William Baumgardner, Gary Hsueh, Arup
- Sustainable APM Infrastructure at Airports, Robbert Lohmann, Henry Rökers, 2getthere
PRT 3
- The Track to Suncheon: Making APMs Intelligent, Martin Pemberton, Vectus
- Personal Rapid Transit – Computer Simulation Results and General Design Principles, Karminsky Bartlomie et al, Warsaw University of Technology
- PRT Computer Network Simulation, Analysis of Flow Capacity, Wladzimierz Choromanski, Wiktor Daszczuk, Warsaw University of Technology
In addition to all of these PRT papers, there are many interesting presentations on APMs, autonomous road vehicles and fully automated cable car people movers, an exhibit hall and tours of the new Phoenix Airport APM. This is a conference well worth attending! I hope to see you there. Conference Website.