June, 2026
From the President

Greetings! I had an interesting opportunity to compare a conceptual design for an automated people mover (APM) at a large multi-terminal airport with a similar design for an automated transit network (ATN). The bottom line was that the ATN met the demand with sightly quicker service and everyone seated for a fraction of the cost.


A consideration is that ATN is recognized as a subset of APM in the ANSI/ASCE/T&DI 21-21 Automated People Mover Standards.


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Together we can fix public transportation!


Best regards,


Peter Muller, ATRA President
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Karma Automotive and Line Mobility Announce Strategic Partnership to Build a New Vision for Urban Transit

IRVINE, Calif., June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Karma Automotive, America's only full-line ultra-luxury vehicle manufacturer, and Line Mobility, a mobility innovator pioneering elevated, on-demand transportation networks, today announced a strategic partnership to advance the future of urban transit. Through this collaboration, Karma Automotive extends its deep resources in technology, premium performance, and software including AI-defined mobility to Line Mobility's revolutionary transit platform.


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Pod Taxi project receives clearances, work begins in Mumbai: MMRDA chief


Speakking about efforts to ease congestion in the city, Dr Mukherjee said that the project has now moved into the implementation stage, with geotechnical investigations currently underway.


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Mumbai is getting a pod taxi. But can it actually fix BKC’s last-mile nightmare?

Every weekday morning, thousands of commuters pour out of Kurla and Bandra railway stations and head towards Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai’s premier business district. For many, the train journey is only half the battle.


The last few kilometres often mean long queues for shared autorickshaws, arguments over fares, packed vehicles, and traffic-clogged roads leading into one of the city’s busiest commercial hubs. For the four to six lakh people estimated to enter BKC every day, the “last mile” remains one of Mumbai’s most persistent transport headaches.


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Kalyan-Dombivli may get pod taxi network; feasibility survey ordered, says MP Shrikant Shinde


Kalyan: In a significant move aimed at strengthening urban mobility and improving last-mile connectivity, Kalyan MP Shrikant Shinde has announced that a feasibility survey has been initiated for introducing a pod taxi system in the Kalyan-Dombivli region.


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Kalyan Dombivli Studies Pod Taxi Transit Network

The rapidly growing urban centres of Kalyan and Dombivli could become the next testing ground for an advanced automated transit system, with authorities initiating a feasibility assessment for a proposed pod taxi network aimed at improving connectivity between residential neighbourhoods, railway stations and emerging metro corridors. The move signals a broader shift in transport planning across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, where attention is increasingly turning towards solving last-mile mobility gaps rather than simply expanding core transport infrastructure. The proposed study comes at a time when Kalyan-Dombivli is experiencing significant population growth, rising commuter volumes and increasing pressure on existing road networks. Urban planners have long identified last-mile connectivity as one of the region’s most persistent mobility challenges, particularly in densely developed neighbourhoods connected by narrow internal roads that limit the efficiency of conventional bus-based transport systems.


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The Heathrow pod taxi company once backed Mumbai’s project. Then it walked away


Even before Mumbai’s ambitious pod taxi project in Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) has properly taken shape on the ground, the project has already undergone a major behind-the-scenes transformation. The UK company whose technology helped win the bid has quietly left the project, with the concessionaire replacing it with a Dutch firm through a little-known tender clause, The Indian Express has learned.


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CM Samrat Chaudhary Announces Metro Link to Patna Airport and New Riverside Park

...One of the biggest announcements made during the meeting was the proposed metro connectivity to Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport. Officials informed the chief minister that a Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system is being planned to connect the airport directly with the metro network. The project is expected to make travel easier for passengers and reduce traffic congestion in the city. The government believes that improved public transport will play an important role in Patna’s future growth and development...


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$350 million vision for gondola transit in downtown Denver to be presented


People who want to move around downtown Denver could glide in gondola cabins 30 feet above ground if the city were to embrace a businessman’s $350 million plan.


“The cool factor is off the charts,” Ryan Ross, director of New Downtown Denver, and president of a local investigations firm, said. “The gondola system is like a ride-hailing car system in the air. You get to ride-hail your own cabin. It can seat up to six. You’d enter into your phone where you want to go.”


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