The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) is a non-profit organization aimed at increasing the knowledge and under- standing of innovative transit concepts. ATRA envisions a future when transportation will all be orchestrated for the convenience of people and their businesses – as well as for the benefit of our planet.

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ATRA Award For Outstanding Contributions To Advanced Transit

At the ASCE Automated People Mover and Automated Transit System Conference in Toronto on April 20, 2016, Dr. Ingmar Andreasson, ATRA VP, presented the above award to Dr. Jerry B. Schneider for creating the world’s leading source of information on innovative transit technologies, thereby attracting interest in transit solutions for livable cities and a better world.

His website “Innovative Transportation Technologies” describes all kinds of PRT/GRT/ATN/DualMode systems together with relevant papers, reports and presentations. It attracts more than 16,000 visits each day, has three times been ranked among the top 50 of all websites, and now contains over 650 megabytes in over 2 700 files.

The Second Martin Lowson Paper Award

A visionary, inventor and entrepreneur in modern ATN systems

ATRA fosters the development of automation and networking to advance the quality and sustainability of transportation, particularly for our urban areas.

The ATRA academic committee has instituted an annual paper award to recognize contributions in that area. The award, which is donated by the Lowson Family, has the objective to recognize high quality, original work that advances the thought and practice of fully automated networked public mobility systems.

The submitted work can consist in a Master thesis or a PhD thesis authored and/or published by students within the last 5 years. To qualify as a student, the person must be enrolled at a degree granting institution either at the time of the authorship or publication/presentation of the work, or time of submittal to the ATRA competition. The work can have been previously published as a paper or have received prior awards. The emphasis in the 2016 award is on Automated Transit Networks toward sustainable urban mobility.

The best paper will be presented at the Podcar City Conference 2016 (http://www.podcar.org/), where the winner receives a $500 reward, in addition to a sponsored conference participation.

Contact information: lowsonaward@advancedtransit.org

Rules of the competition:

1. Submit your thesis or paper to lowsonaward@advancedtransit.org by 16 August, 2016.
2. ATRA will follow TRB guidelines for a blind peer review and selection process.
3. The authors will be notified by June 30, 2016.
4. The winner is required to present her/his work at the Podcar City Conference 2016. The participation at the conference will be free of charge and travel expenses up to $500 will be refunded. The winner must submit her/his work as a regular paper, following the formatting rules of the conference.
5. The $500 award is handed over at the Podcar City Conference 2016.
6. ATRA reserves the right to publish all submitted works on its website