Monday, February 19, 2007

Was the ULTra Personal Rapid Transit Test Track Bulldozed?

Last October, Rep. Mark Olson sent this letter to the Sherburne County Citizen:

Mr. Avidor called PRT an “imaginary transportation concept”. This is puzzling because PRT has been developed entirely from existing technologies. There is also one being built at the Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom; website info: www.atsltd.co.uk...


If you take a look at www.atsltd.co.uk, you find pictures of a test track for ULTra like this one:

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If you use Google Maps, you'll find no trace of the ULTra test track at that site:

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UPDATE: The bulldozing has been postponed.

I received the following today:

I can confirm that the ULTra PRT test track in Cardiff is still in place, and is still used from for testing, development and demonstration.

-Chris Vinestock
Operational Manager/Rheolwr Gweithredol
Transport, Infrastructure & Waste Service/Gwasanaeth Trafnidiaeth, Seilwaith a Gwastraff


... and where is the Raytheon test track?

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