About the Advanced Transit Association
by atra
on Mon, 2008/11/03 - 11:04pm
About ATRA
The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) an international association of active and retired transportation professionals, engineers, architects, urban planners, students, educators, and enthusiasts. It is a diverse group of people brought together by the common realization that the transportation systems of the past can not meet the transportation needs of the future, or even the present. A non-profit corporation, ATRA’s purpose is not to promote the interests of its members, but rather to encourage the development and deployment of advanced transportation systems that will be a boon to everyone. Membership is open to anyone who is willing to take a fresh look at new ways to meet our transportation needs.
2010 ATRA Technical Exchange Meeting
by atra
on Fri, 2009/11/27 - 1:20am
Jan 10 2010 10:00 am
US/Eastern
Technix 2010 is an ATRA technical exchange forum to be hosted on January 10, 2010 in College Park, Maryland. Registration includes lunch and hours of face time with your ATRA friends.
Join many of your ATRA friends for Technix 2010 to be held on January 10th in College Park, Maryland.
What started as an informal gathering of ATRA members in Washington, D.C. prior to the yearly Transportation Research Board annual meeting has evolved in to an anticipated signature event.
The Boston/Cambridge Knowledge Nexus
by atra
on Sun, 2009/06/21 - 12:24am
Jan 30 2010 9:30 am
Jan 30 2010 4:30 pm
US/Eastern
A Saturday Seminar to envision mobility benefits between and within institutions of world renown. Saturday, January 30, 2010 Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge MA
Organized by ATRA building on the August 2008 “Smart Urban Mobility” Seminar at GSD.
PRT@LHR Trip Report by Ingmar Andréasson
by atra
on Wed, 2009/06/10 - 11:02pm
PRTi@LHR
ATRA has organised its first conference in Europe. The PRT conference at London Heathrow on April 21-23 attracted 120 delegates (picture). The conference seems to have covered its costs with support from BAA and others.
Malcolm Buchanan (chair ATRA Europe) presided over the conference in BAA facilities at the airport. Conference organisers PTRC and BAA had made an excellent job in the planning of program, facilities, site inspections and logistics.
Carbon Free Mobility
by atra
on Sun, 2009/04/12 - 8:57pm
March 6 Conference Envisions Mode Shifts with Personal Rapid Transit
A group of about 75 urban planners, engineers, architects, local officials, and other innovators gathered March 6, 2009 in downtown Oakland to focus on designing a mode shift to personal rapid transit (PRTi). The objective of the conference was to stimulate thinking – and action – on reconfiguring metropolitan mobility for the 21st century. The underlying issue was the challenge of reducing carbon and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Although the issue is national and global in scope, this conference featured and emphasized persons and themes relevant to the San Francisco Bay Area of California, which has aggressive policies to embrace “Smart Growth” and reduce GHGs.
