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Minnesota Companies Designing/Engineering PRT

Skyweb Express by Taxi 2000Taxi 2000 is the company, the product is Skyweb Express. They are based in a northern suburb of Minneapolis (Fridley, MN).
 
PRT InternationalPRT International is a company headed by Minnesotan Dr. J. Edward Anderson. The company is based in Minneapolis, MN.
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Minnesota Related Publications

1. I wrote a paper on today’s transit, the best conceptual transit system, and the Personal Rapid Transit solution. It can be found here (PDF).

2. Winona, MN is Ready! PRT Brochure (PDF).

3. Network Transit for Minneapolis I-494 Corridor (PDF). Prepared for the Association for Commuter Transportation TMA Summit, May 2005. A Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) "shuttle" system is proposed for the I-494 Corridor, complementing and significantly increasing the attractiveness of rail, carpool, vanpool, bicycle, and bus commutes for this suburban major employment center. PRT provides non-stop, no-wait, 30 mph service over the commute's last two miles, and services mid-day trips. In addition to PRT, a very comprehensive "door to door mobility" service is proposed, supplying both high tech (web/cellular) and "high touch" (personal) solutions to meet employees' complex transportation needs.

4. ULTra PRT for Niches by Mr. Steve Raney (PDF). This presentation addresses PRT comapanies and technologies, discusses the ULTra PRT system and the track at Heathrow Airport, the Cardiff test track, the ATS Company. Mr. Raney brings up possible PRT systems along the 1-494 corridor in the Twin Cities and the Ford Plant New Town site. He ends his presentation with an overview of the benfits of PRT systems.

5. Mr. J. Edward Anderson wrote Evolution of Personal Rapid Transit (PDF) on October 19, 2009. This paper reviews the evolution of the PRT concept from its modern beginning in 1953. The early inventors, the projects, and the response of government are discussed. PRT activity diminished to almost nothing by 1980, but then revived strongly as a result of activity by the Northeastern Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. Their interest ignited enthusiastic activity on a growing front to the point that today one can truly say that the concept is coming of age.

6. Mr. Mukhtar “Mook-tar” Thakur is the Director of the Multi-Modal Innovation Office at Mn/DOT. His presentation outlines what PRT can do here in Minnesota. It can be found here (PDF).

7. Mr. Thakur issued a Request for Interest (RFI) (PDF) on February 8, 2010. The deadline for responding was May 4, 2010. Mr. Thakur was hoping for at least 5 and as many as 10 responders. Some stated goals for this request were: The deadline was exended to May 18, 2010. There is a list (PDF) of responders, of which there were 20. The Twin Cities group Citizens for PRT submitted a response and the group got this (PDF) nice thank you letter from Mr. Thakur.
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Prominent Minnesota People in PRT

J. Edward AndersonBiography (PDF)Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
 
Myself, Ms. Andrea "Drea" T. WalkerResume (PDF)Transportation Resume (PDF)     A PRT Paper I Authored in 2008. (PDF)
 
Mr. Mukhtar “Mook-tar” ThakurDirector of the Multi-Modal Innovation Office at Mn/DOT.     Biography (PDF)
 
Dean ZimmermanFormer Minneapolis City Council Member.
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Minnesota Links

Citizens for PRT is an advocacy group based in the Twin Cities.

Skyweb Express by Taxi 2000

PRT International
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