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Heathrow pod recognised at London Transport Awards
The revolutionary Heathrow pod system, designed by Ultra Global PRT was named as the Most Innovative Transport Project at the London Transport Awards held in London yesterday. Judged by a… Read the Rest→
Ultra speaker at BCS North London Event
HiTech Transport – where is IT going? Date: 22 February 2012 Location: BCS, 5 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7HA Look at IT and technology behind the advances in… Read the Rest→
British Parking Awards – Ultra Shortlisted
Ultra has been shortlisted in two categories for the 2012 British Parking Awards, to be held on the 9th March 2012 at the Intercontinental Hotel on Park Lane in London.… Read the Rest→
Video interview: PRT innovation at Heathrow
Airrail TV speaks with Allan Gregory, Surface Access Director at Heathrow Airport about the importance of rail access to the airport’s growth and innovations in personal rapid transit. Click to… Read the Rest→
Recent Ultra media coverage update (part 2)
Significant online coverage for the Heathrow pods was seen in September, and links to 30 articles are given below. These include Independent.co.uk (u.u. 13,516,692), Metro.co.uk (u.u. 7,987,257), Washington Post, an… Read the Rest→
Recent Ultra media coverage update (part 1)
Reuters’ video released The Reuters’ video describes the pods as a British invention, an “engineer’s dream” and “like something straight out of science fiction”. Passengers who are interviewed also speak… Read the Rest→
Heathrow pods transport passengers to the future
Heathrow Airport has today unveiled the Heathrow pod, the airport’s most innovative transport system and the first new example of transit technology in 100 years. The unique Heathrow pod system… Read the Rest→
Urban Mobility 2011 – Personal Rapid Transit Video
See the Ultra pod system featured in this new video for the Urban Mobility segment of Current TV: “Personal Rapid Transit systems, or PRT’s like those found in London’s Heathrow… Read the Rest→
Alameda Point – Developer Proposal
At the September 28, 2008 “presentation to the City Council, Calthorpe Associates principal Peter Calthorpe suggested that PRT might solve any traffic woes that SunCal’s plans to build 6,000 housing… Read the Rest→