Company Information
ULTra PRT (originally Advanced Transport Systems Ltd) began developing the system in 1995, in association with the University of Bristol. The ULTra system emerged from systematic engineering analysis as the optimum solution to urban transport problems. By 2001, the company had established a 1km test track in Cardiff, where it has conducted trial runs of several generations of PRT vehicles. In 2005, ULTra PRT was chosen to build a system at London's Heathrow Airport, which will open for service in 2010.
ULTra Newsletter
News from ULTra PRT
- June 2010 Newsletter: Corporate name, India, conferencesULTra name change, capacity record, Mountain View, Gurgaon, Tysons Corner, Portland, conferences, awards
- Transforming Tysons Corner with PRT (Virginia, US)PRT for a job-rich "edge city" with four new metro stations planned
- PRT for Portland New Urbanist AmberGlen Plan (Oregon, US)
Media coverage
- San Jose takes a look at pod car systemVideo report by Heather Ishimaru, KGO-TV News
- Airport planners look to a futuristic transit solution: 'pod cars'By Gary Richards, San Jose Mercury News
- Passenger pods without a driver are almost ready for take-off at HeathrowArticle in the Derby Telegraph
- Transport Maths: Modelling the future of public transportationATS research scientist Dr. John Hammersley is by Véronique Pagé of iSquared Magazine.
- San Jose's Personal Rapid TransitBy John Addison, Clean Fleet Report