envisionRide - Podcar City 2023

October 2022

From the President

Dear {First Name}, The What If? Conference 2023 with participation of Podcar City will be held in Lisbon, Portugal in April of 2023. The ATRA session will focus on:

Problems and Opportunities with Existing and New Transportation Technologies.

and

How to Improve Urban Transit in Your Community

We are looking for speakers who can present about their ATN technology and/or project. If you are interested, please send an abstract of your proposed presentation to me.

This conference promises to outdo last year's which was great! Mark your calendar and plan on attending. Lisbon is a wonderful city to visit!

As always, enjoy reading!

Best regards,

Peter Muller, ATRA President

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envisionRide, Podcar City Conference, Lisbon, April 2023

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Vuba Station Operations

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‘Haridwar Darshan’ To Be India’s First Pod Taxi System

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GSP Airport Commission Approves Further Exploration Of Automated Transit Network System

The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport Commission recently voted to further explore the potential development of an automated transit network at GSP.

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‘Too expensive’: Pod taxis to give way to trolley buses?

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