Advanced Transit Association
The Advanced Transit Association (ATRA){{cite book|last1=Osif|first1=Bonnie A.|title=Using the Engineering Literature|date=9 Aug 2011|publisher=CRC Press|page=160|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dQnJT5J9CYgC|isbn=9781439850022}} is a non-profit organisation whose purpose is to encourage the development and deployment of Automated Transit Networks, including personal rapid transit systems. ATRA was formed in 1976{{cite web|last1=Anderson, P. E.|first1=J. Edward|title=Some Lessons from the History of Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)|url=http://faculty.washington.edu/jbs/itrans/history.htm|website=faculty.washington.edu }}{{cite book|title=Innovation in Transportation: Proceedings of a Workshop, September 24-26, 1979, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, Part 3|date=1980|publisher=National Academies|page=189|isbn=9780309291576|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzkrAAAAYAAJ}} and in 1988 published a report{{cite journal|title=Personal Rapid Transit (PRT): Another Option for Urban Transit?|journal=Journal of Advanced Transportation|date=1988|id=22:192-314}} that became an essential factor in increasing the credibility of the personal rapid transit concept.{{cite book|last1=Jones Jr.|first1=Steven L.|title=Urban Public Transportation Systems 2013|date=1 Nov 2013|publisher=ASCE Publications|page=348|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQY4AgAAQBAJ|isbn=9780784478042}}
Publications
"Advanced Transit and Urban Revitalization, an International Dialogue" was published by the ATRA at an international conference in Indianapolis in 1978.{{cite book|title=Advanced Transit Association International Conference: "Advanced Transit and Urban Revitalization, an International Dialogue" : Proceedings, Indianapolis, 1978, Volume 1|date=1978|publisher=Advanced Transit Association|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uH5FAAAAYAAJ}}
Industry Group Members
Ultra Global,{{cite web|title=Ultra Global is a member of the Advanced Transit Association (ATRA)|date=16 September 2013 |url=http://www.ultraglobalprt.com/about-us/advanced-transit-association-atra/}}, 2getthere,{{cite web|title=2getthere is a founding member of the ATRA Industry Group, part of the Advanced Transit Association, promoting and providing objective information about advanced transit systems.|url=http://www.2getthere.eu/}} Arup, LogistikCentrum, the consulting firm of Dr. Ingmar Andreasson,{{cite web|title=He is also a board member and vice president of the Advanced Transit Association.|url=http://www.ctr.kth.se/persons.php?person=ingmar|access-date=2014-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111193600/http://www.ctr.kth.se/persons.php?person=ingmar|archive-date=2013-11-11|url-status=dead}} PRT Consulting,{{cite web|title=Member of ATRA|url=http://www.prtcons.com/content.html|access-date=2014-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606210318/http://www.prtcons.com/content.html|archive-date=2014-06-06|url-status=dead}} Podaris,{{cite web|title=Member of ATRA|url=http://www.podaris.com/}} DICAM, Lea+Elliott and BergerABAM.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}
Academic Council Members
University of Maryland,{{cite web|title=Advanced Transportation Symposium Speakers |url=http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Community/Cross_Kirkland_Corridor/Business_Connections/Advanced_Transportation_Symposium/Speakers.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140603090416/http://www.kirklandwa.gov/Community/Cross_Kirkland_Corridor/Business_Connections/Advanced_Transportation_Symposium/Speakers.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 June 2014 |website=Cross Kirkland Corridor |publisher=City of Kirkland, Washington |accessdate=3 June 2014 |quote=Dr. Stanley Young is on the research faculty at the University of Maryland Center for Advanced Transportation Technology, and is the current president of the Advanced Transit Association (ATRA). }}
Princeton University,{{cite journal|title=none|last1=Kornhauser|first1=Alain|journal=Resume|date=December 2013|page=2|quote=Outside Activities Board Chair Advanced Transit Association (ATRA) 2010- Present}}
University of Bologna,{{cite web|title=Joerg Schweizer - Curriculum Vitae|url=http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/Default.aspx?UPN=joerg.schweizer%40unibo.it&View=CV|publisher=L'Università di Bologna|accessdate=3 June 2014}}
Mineta Transportation Institute,
Southern Illinois University{{cite web|title=Curriculum Vitae|last1=Mcdonald|first1=Shannon|url=http://www.asa.siu.edu/people/faculty/architecture/architectural-studies-and-interior-design/mcdonald_s.html|publisher=Southern Illinois University|accessdate=3 June 2014|quote=Board Member, ATRA(Advanced Transit Association).|archive-date=30 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630201320/http://www.asa.siu.edu/people/faculty/architecture/architectural-studies-and-interior-design/mcdonald_s.html|url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.advancedtransit.org Official Site]
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Category:Transport industry associations
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