Papers
Please find below for your reference papers on Advanced Transit Systems published or submitted for various conferences over the years. This archive lists those papers published previously.
NOTICES:
– The papers should always be read in light of the time when they were set up. Certain insights represented in papers can/will have actually have changed over time.
– The papers solely represent the view of the authors at the time the paper was published. They do not necessarily represent the current standing or opinion of the Advanced Transit Association or a particular individual or corporate member.
| Year | Organization/Conference | Paper Title | Author |
| 2022 | PRT Consulting, Inc. | AUTOMATED TRANSIT NETWORK compared to LIGHT RAIL and BUS RAPID TRANSIT | Peter J. Muller, P.E., M. ASCE |
| 2021 | The Guideway and Posts of the Intelligent Transportation Network System | Guideway and Posts | J. E. Anderson |
| 2021 | Lateral Dynamics of the ITNS Vehicle | Lateral Dynamics of the ITNS Vehicle | J. E. Anderson |
| 2020 | Periodica Polytechnica Civil Engineering | Concept of Advanced Personal Rapid Transit at Airports | Kenku Mobolaji, Dávid Földes & Csaba Csiszá |
| 2020 | Intelligent Transportation Network System ITNS Control | Intelligent Transportation Network System | J.E Anderson |
| 2019 | Intelligent Transportation Network System ITNS Control | Economics of the Intelligent Transportation Network System ITNS | J.E Anderson |
| 2019 | ASCE International Conference on Transportation and Development | Some 21st Century Transportation Solutions | Peter J. Muller |
| 2019 | Transit Control Solutions, Inc. | IS THERE A CASE FOR HIGH SPEED, HIGH CAPACITY ATN/PRT SYSTEMS? | Eugene Nishinaga |
| 2018 | ASCE Automated People Movers Conference 2018 | A Light Rail, Group Rapid Transit, Personal Rapid Transit Comparison | Peter J. Muller and Ingmar J. Andreasson |
| 2018 | Technische Universität Berlin, Instut für Land-und Seeverkehr, Verkehrswesenseminar/Podcar City 2018 | The feasibility and benefits of introducing an autonomous minibus on-demand system in rural public transport: A simulation-based analysis | Thilo Jessaї Arakelian-von Freeden |
| 2018 | TR News is copyright, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; posted with permission of the Transportation Research Board | Automated Transit Applications, Real-World Examples | Rongfang Liu |
| 2018 | A 2getthere white paper | Regulations required: safety drives autonomous vehicles market | Robbert Lohmann (Chief Operations Officer) and Sjoerd van der Zwaan (Chief Technology Officer) |
| 2018 | Minnesota Chapter of ASME | How to Reduce Congestion | J. Edward Anderson |
| 2017 | Texas A&M University | DUAL MODE VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS | Christine Ehlig-Economides and Jim Longbottom |
| 2017 | San José State University | Spartan Superway Development a white paper 2017-03-14 | Furman,Swenson and Hagstrom |
| 2017 | 2getthere | Automation and Smart Cities: Opportunity or threat? | Robbert Lohmann, Sjoerd van der Zwaan |
| 2017 | PRT Consulting | A New Transportation Paradigm | P.Muller |
| 2016 | 2016 Podcar City 10 | All Podcar City 10 papers | All |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | ATRA Interactive Session Results | D Holdcroft, G Hsueh |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Airport Shuttle Comparison – Podcars vs. Shuttle Buses | P Muller |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Driverless Car/Driverless Transit Future – are we at the Rubicon? | P Muller |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Modutran | A Kyllmann |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Podcar City Conference | Ben Tripousis |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Beamways AATN | Bengt Gustafsson |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Dynamic Ridesharing Services | Caroline Rodier |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Cracking the Gordian Knot | Catherine Burke |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Heathrow Pod Update | David Holdcroft |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | SkyTran History | Douglas J. Malewicki |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Lessons from France and Germany | E Eidlin |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | PRT/Automated Transportation | Fernando de Aragón |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Creating GreenVillages Development | Fred Payne |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Tyresö – a part of Stockholm | F.Sawestahl |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | SunCheon PRT : SkyCube | I.Andreasson |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | San José | Gary Hsueh |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | The Next Big Thing | Jim Beregi |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Sweden, Stockholm and Sigtuna | L.Sundblad |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Podcar Presentation | Lee Larson |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Podcars for Internal Accessibility | Magnus Hunhammar |
| 2015 | 2015 Podcar City 9 | Swedish City Perspectives | Magnus Hunhammar |
| 2015 | Winner, 2015 Martin Lowson Award | PRT Application in Retrofitting Edge Cities | Monica Zarafu, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) |
| 2014 | Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi | FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PERSONAL RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM(PRTS) IN VARANASI CITY | Jayvant Choudhary, Anurag Ohri |
| 2014 | 16 Rules of Engineering Design | J. Edward Anderson, PhD, P.E. | |
| 2014 | $4B for 4 BART stations OR $2B for 100 ATN stations? | Rob Means | |
| 2014 | An Intelligent Transportation Network System: Rationale, Attributes, Status, Economics, Benefits, and Courses of Study for Engineers and Planners | J. Edward Anderson, PhD, P.E. | |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | Three years on how does PRT continue to benefit Heathrow Airport and its customers? | Richard Isles (Ultra Global PRT) |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | From Personal to Mass Transit | Prof. Ingmar Andreasson |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | What evidence have existing systems generated to support the case for urban podcars in the future? | Richard Isles(Ultra Global PRT) |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | Principal Considerations in Implementing ATN Applications | Austin Smith (Associate Director, Arup) |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | ATN Applications | Mineta Transportation Institute, Peter Muller (PRT Consulting, Inc.) |
| 2014 | Podcar City 8 | Podcar Applications for Airports | Peter Muller (PRT Consulting, Inc.) |
| 2014 | Implementing Automated Transit Network Solutions, Principal Considerations | ATRA | |
| 2014 | Institution of Civil Engineers | Heathrow airport’s personal rapid transit system proves to be a viable transport solution | Tony Kerr; Martin Lowson; Austin Smith |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Strategy Day on Emerging Trends in Public Transport and Vehicle Automation | Stan Young |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Connecting Innovation to Policy | Stuart Cohen |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Trends and Trajectory of Shared Mobility | Susan Shaheen |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Integrated Mobility | Shannon Sanders McDonald |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Bridging Uncertainty to Opportunity | Guy Fraker |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | California’s GHG Legislation: Regional Planning and New Transport Services | Caroline Rodier |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Regional Considerations of Public Transportation and Vehicle Automation | Derek Toups |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Smart Driving Cars: Transit Opportunity of NHTSA Level 4 Driverless Vehicles | Alain L. Kornhauser |
| 2013 | APO20 Midyear Conference | Technology Innovations at New York City Transit | Andrew Bata |
| 2013 | University Of Maryland College Park Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering | A Trip Time Comparison Of Automated Guideway Transit Systems | Reuben Morris Juster |
| 2013 | PRT Stations | Tony Kerr | |
| 2012 | University Of Maryland College Park Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering | Internal Circulation Study – Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport | Reuben Juster & Paul Schonfeld |
| 2012 | Personal Rapid Transit Live Applications Challenges | Jörgen Gustafsson, Robbert Lohmann and Martin Lowson | |
| 2012 | TRB Annual Meeting | Personal Rapid Transit as Feeder/Distributor to Rail | I. Andreasson |
| 2011 | ASCE APM Conference | PRT Vehicle Architecture and Control in Masdar City | M. de Graaf, R. Lohmann |
| 2011 | Maximization of PRT Station Capacity | M Lowson, J Hammersley | |
| 2011 | Transportation Research Board | Sampling for Personal Rapid Transit Empty Vehicle Redistribution (registration required) | J Lees-Miller |
| 2011 | University of Bristol | Proactive Empty Vehicle Redistribution for Personal Rapid Transit and Taxis | J Lees-Miller, RE Wilson |
| 2010 | Transportation Research Record 2146 | Theoretical Maximum Capacity as Benchmark for Empty Vehicle Redistribution in Personal Rapid Transit (registration required) | J Lees-Miller, J Hammersley, RE Wilson |
| 2010 | DICAM -Transportation Engineering Group | Towards a PRT Capacity Manual | Joerg Schweizer, Luca Mantecchini, Emiliano Traversi, Alberto Caprara |
| 2010 | Rethinking Transportation: The Dream of Fast, Safe and Clean Transportation Is Now Within Reach | Will Ackel | |
| 2009 | PodCar Conference, Malmö, Sweden | Overcoming Headway Limitations in Personal Rapid Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 2009 | The Impact of PRT on Army Base Sustainability | P.J. Muller | |
| 2009 | Energy, Environmental and Economic Benefits Of Electric Rail and Dual Mode Transportation | Jay Andress | |
| 2009 | ASCE APM Conference | Introducing PRT to the Sustainable City of the future | R. Lohmann, L. Guala |
| 2009 | ASCE APM Conference | Extending PRT capabilities | I. Andreasson |
| 2009 | PRT for Södertälje | LogistikCentrum and WSP, I. Andreasson | |
| 2008 | How does Dual Mode Compare with Personal Rapid Transit?” | J. Edward Anderson | |
| 2008 | Automated Electric Transportation: Transforming America’s Transportation Future | U.S. Department of Transportation | |
| 2007 | ASCE APM Conference | PRT in Sweden; From Feasibility studies to public awarness | G. Tegner, M. Hunhammer, I. Andreasson, J-E. Nowacki, K. Dahlstrom |
| 2007 | ITSC | Personal Rapid Transit Innovation Lasting | R. Lohmann |
| 2006 | Transportation Research Record #2006 | Major Activity Center PRT Circulator Design: Hacienda Business Park | S Raney, J Paxson, D Maymudes |
| 2006 | PRT Safety and Security on a University Campus | P.J. Muller | |
| 2006 | PRT Applications at Airports | P.J. Muller | |
| 2005 | European Conference, Bologna, Italy | The Future of High-Capacity Personal Rapid Transit | J. Edward Anderson |
| 2005 | EVS 21 | The Blueprint for Chain Mobility | R. Lohmann, C.H. Roolvink |
| 2005 | Transportation Research Record #1930 | PRT for Airport Applications | M Lowson |
| 2005 | Transportation Research Record #1927 | Application of New Technology Product Research to New Suburban Commute System Design and Validation | S Raney |
| 2005 | Transportation Research Board | PRT for airport applications | M. Lowson |
| 2005 | PRT APM Comparison Paper | P.J. Muller | |
| 2005 | Transportation Research Board | PRT Airport Panacea | P.J. Muller |
| 2005 | ASCE APM Conference | ParkShuttle II Review of the Antibes Experiment | A. Allesandrini, F. Filippi, G. Gallais, M. Parent, D. Stam |
| 2005 | ASCE APM Conference | Infrastructure Cost Comparisons | A.D. Kerr, P.A. James, A. Craig |
| 2005 | ASCE APM Conference | Ride-sharing on PRT | I. Andreasson |
| 2004 | Transportation Research Board | Passenger response to a PRT system | C. Cook, D. Fereday, M. Lowson, R. Teychenne |
| 2004 | Transportation Research Board 2004Transportation Research Record #1872 | Suburban Silver Bullet: PRT Shuttle and Wireless Commute Assistant with Cellular Location Tracking | S Raney |
| 2004 (Dutch only) | Colloquium Vervoersplanologisch Speurwerk | Hoeveel Transpiratie kost het om een people mover systeem te realiseren | J.A. Janse, P.G. van der Wilk, R. Lohmann |
| 2004 | 13th World Clean Air and Environmental Protection Congress | A New Approach to Sustainable Transport Systems | M. Lowson |
| 2003 | Personal Automated Transportation: Status and Potential of Personal Rapid Transit Technology Evaluation | Advanced Transit Association | |
| 2003 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Service Effectiveness of PRT vs Collective Corridor Transport | M. Lowson |
| 2003 | TRB Annual Meeting | Reallocation of Empty PRT Vehicles en Route | I. Andreasson |
| 2002 | Ingenia | Engineering the ULTra System | M. Lowson |
| 2002 | Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, March 2002 Issue I | Sustainable personal transport | M. Lowson |
| 2001 | 8th International Conference on Automated People Movers | Applying lessons from lean production theory to transit planning | R.A. Dunning, T.M Richert |
| 2000 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | A Review of the State of the Art of Personal Rapid Transit | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1999 | Economic Impacts of APM Development in Commercial Centers | Thomas M. Richert | |
| 1998 | Computers in Railways VI, WIT Press, Boston | Simulation of the Operation of Personal Rapid Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1998 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Control of Personal Rapid Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1998 | ATRA Information Paper | Personal Rapid Transit: Matching Capacity to Demand | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1998 | Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Transp.,1998, 129, Feb., 14 ± 19 | Surface transport history in the UK | M. Lowson |
| 1997 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Longitudinal Control of a Vehicle | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1997 | Infrastructure, | The Design of Guideways for PRT Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1996 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Synchronous or Clear-Path Control in Personal Rapid Transit | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1996 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | The Historic Emergence and State of the Art of PRT Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1994 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Safe Design of Personal Rapid Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1992 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Dependability as a Measure of On-Time Performance of Personal Rapid Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1989 | Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) – Another Option For Urban Transit? | Report by the Technical Committee on Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) | |
| 1988 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | What Determines Transit Energy Use | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1984 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Optimization of Transit-System Characteristics | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1982 | Journal of Advanced Transportation | Calculation of Performance and Fleet Size in Transit Systems | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1977 | High Speed Ground Transportation | Life-Cycle Costs and Reliability Allocation in Automated Transit | J. Edward Anderson |
| 1975 | International Conference on Personal Rapid Transit | Analysis and simulation of automated vehicle stations | R.E. Johnson, H.T. Walter, W.A. Wild |
| Designing a High Performance PRT Network for an Edge City | J. Schneider | ||
| The Case for PRT | J. Schweizer | ||
| Three financial & Socio economic assessments | P. H. Bly, R. Teychenne | ||
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Reinventing Airports Using Personalized Rapid Transport Pods | P.J. Muller | |
| Open-Guideway Personal Rapid Transit Station Options, P.J. Muller | P.J. Muller | ||
| 1968 | U.S. Department Of Housing And Urban Development | Tomorrow’s Transportation – New Systems For The Urban Future | Charles M. Haar, Leon Monroe Cole, Harold W. Merritt |