2024-11-21T19:50:12-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140157923/entrepreneurs-look-to-tackle-austin-s-traffic-woes Nam Henderson 2015-11-01T12:24:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ry/ryx0jseicconijta.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>*Obviously Austin needs a transit system championed by a game designer.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Back in August, Michael Theis <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2015/08/13/how-a-space-faring-entrepreneur-intends-to-fix.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">highlighted</a> plans by&nbsp;"<em>a few private-sector entrepreneurs &mdash; including some with deep pockets</em>", to address transit needs, especially in Central/downtown Austin. He also&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2015/08/13/how-a-space-faring-entrepreneur-intends-to-fix.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">spoke</a> with&nbsp;spokeswoman Cathy Conley&nbsp;of&nbsp;USA PRT Inc and later <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2015/10/29/austins-futuristic-rapid-transit-podsystem-can.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">attended a presentation</a> where Richard Garriott&nbsp;(CEO) is proposing "<em>a fleet of automated podcars</em>".</p><p>For more info about PRT, read '<a href="http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/big/soa2.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Emerging&nbsp;Rapid Transit Technologies Introduction, State of the Art, Applications</a>', from the&nbsp;<em>Proceedings of the AATS conference, Bologna, Italy, 7-8 Nov.2005</em>.</p><p>h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/bruces/status/660554508062351361" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@Bruce Sterling</a></p>