Attached file is the Transit Pulse for January, 2009.

A Eulogy to Dr. Jack H. Irving (1920-2008)

December 8, 2008

To ATRA Leadership and Membership:

The country is facing a series of major challenges to the urban mobility on which our society depends. If not addressed effectively, these may lead to grave consequences. I believe there is an opportunity here for ATRA to play a major role in addressing these issues.

This is the 1997 Major Investment Study (minus the executive summary) that was created in anticipation of installing a personal rapid transit system in the city of SeaTac in Washington State. SeaTac is the airfront community of Seattle Tacoma International Airport.

The executive summary can be found at: http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/exec.htm

Appendix 01 - Introduction and Background
Appendix 02 - Public Transportation
Appendix 03 - Alternatives Definition
Appendix 04 - Ridership and System Performance
Appendix 05 - Cost Estimates

About ATRA

The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) is a non-profit 501(c)3 association that promotes investigation and development of advanced transit technologies and strategies. Our mission: To help communities, agencies, and planners implement transit systems that serve the mobility needs of their citizens in a cost-effective, service-oriented fashion.

Attached are a series of documents related to Personal Rapid Transitii that were provided to the Advanced Transit Association by Göran Tegnér for public distribution.

"PRTi- a High-quality, Cost-efficient and Sustainable Public Transport System for Kungens Kurva" is the title of the first one.

Wandler Images Gallery

The attached are presentations from the ATRA Conference at Harvard in August of 2008.

Annual ATRA General membership meeting will be Sunday, January 11th, just before the start of the TRB.

Additional event information and registration

Website registration required to register for this meeting. You can also register to attend this meeting at the ATRA public web site here: http://www.advancedtransit.org/shop.html

The Advanced Transit Association is dedicated to the improvement of our cities through the application of technical solutions to mobility problems.

For more information about this web site send questions to atra@advancedtransit.net.