Tuesday, October 19, 2010

ULTra begins public service


The ULTra PRT system at London Heathrow Airport has become the first contemporary personal rapid transit system to enter public service, beginning 12 hours a day/7 days a week operation. Even so, the project's low-key nature continues in this rollout, for now the passengers are airport employees working at Terminal 5, according to BAA's Hugh Fenn:

Sunday, October 10, 2010

It's official: Masdar won't be car-free (Update 5)

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Fundamental revisions to the Masdar City program, hinted at and leaked since spring, have been confirmed: Masdar City will be dedicated to developing and piloting sustainable technologies, but demonstrating what they can do on a city-wide scale will be left to others.

Here's what we know based on reports in a number of international news outlets.
  • The overall deadline for completing all of Masdar City is now 2020-2025 instead of 2016. The cost will be roughly $18-20 billion instead of $22 billion.

BREAKING: Masdar won't be car-free

We're sifting breaking news about the contents of the Masdar program's review of the Masdar City plan. Full rundown later today, stay tuned.