Press Room

Media contact: Steve Raney, email: cities21 at cities21 dot oh ar gee, (650) 329- 9200

Articles, etc:

2007

• Green Technology Magazine, April 2007, Destination Stations, http://www.green-technology.org/green_technology_magazine/destination_stations2.htm
• Palo Alto Weekly, March 7, 2007.  Guest Opinion: The Terrible Choice Between New Homes and Global Warming.  Guest Opinion
• Carfree Times, Issue 45, Feb 26, 2007.  Better Carrots? - article on Traffic Reducing Housing. http://www.carfree.com/cft/i045.html

2006

• New Urban News Article: Housing Preferences for Green Commuters, December 2006, Page 9: http://www.cities21.org/newUrbanNewsDec06.pdf 
• Peter B. Collins radio show, KRXA/540Santa Cruz, 6/30/06, 4:30PM, http://www.peterbcollins.com/ 
• S.F. Chronicle, 5/27/06, "BUSINESS PARK 2.0 - Can sprawling office campuses become commute- cutting communities?."  Front page graphical treatment.  Page F1 graphical treatment.  

2005

• Metro Magazine, September/October 2005, "Transit gets personal." http://www.metro-magazine.com/t_feat_pick.cfm?id=90508940
• Urban Transportation Monitor, July 22, 2005. Volume 19, Number 14. Page 7. "EPA Funds Study of PRT Connecting BART Station with Business Park in Bay Area. Resulting Increase in Transit Use Will Allow Infill Development Using Surface Parking Space." http://www.urban-transportation-monitor.com/
• MIT Technology Review, June 23, 2005, "Continuous Commuting" - "some intriguing ideas about how the mobile computing device that's already ubiquitous -- the cell phone -- could become a command station for or commuters trying to avoid congestion and spare the air." http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/editors/15042/
• SF Chronicle, Thursday, June 23, 2005. "UCSF plan to house its staff. Affordable units proposed by 2012 at Mission Bay." Cities21 quoted regarding the benefits of locating inexpensive housing next to jobs. Link.
• The Independent (serving Livermore, Pleasanton, and Sunol), June 23, 2005. "Personal Rapid Transit Testing at Hacienda."
• Contra Costa Times: June 18, 2005. "Pleasanton to analyze Personal Rapid Transit." Link. Also carried in sister publications such as the the Valley Times.
• Planetizen: June 16, 2005. EPA awards Cities21 a “Transforming Office Parks into Transit Villages” grant. http://www.planetizen.com/announce/item.php?id=933
• EPA Press Release: EPA awards Palo Alto nonprofit $204,604 to study business park transit system, 6/16/05. Link
• Seattle NPR Radio KUOW, The Conversation with Ross Reynolds. 1/27/05, 1PM, "Brainstorming Transportation Solutions." "Why are we at war in Iraq? At least partly it’s to ensure the continued flow of Middle Eastern oil to fuel our cars. But what if we weren’t so dependent on the car? Think of it! A new Middle East policy! No traffic jams! Cleaner air! We might even save money." David Maymudes on PRT, Steve Raney on digital hitchhiking. http://www.kuow.org/theconversation.asp , MP3: http://www.kuow.org/defaultProgram.asp?ID=8325

2004

• "Can hitchhiking help commuters? Consultant seeks to ease congestion," Seattle Times Web, 11/18/04, Page B1. article. Article was also web posted on Planetizen, ITS America Public Transportation Forum, CUTR Transp-tdm forum, UC Berkeley Transportation Headlines, and slug-lines.com.
• Seattle AM Radio 710, ABC affiliate KIRO, 11/18/04, The Dori Monson Show
• Planetizen Rail~Volution OpEd , 9/17/04. Appeal to bring about smarter growth more rapidly.
• "Monorail pitched to city planners," San Jose Mercury News, Mercury News Web, article with pictures and captions, 7/1/04, Page B1.
• Silver bullet, or pie in the sky?, Palo Alto Weekly, 6/25/04, Page 3 (with a nice Skyweb Express graphic). Spry Reply to Pie in the Sky.
• Push is on for 'People Mover' type transit project, Palo Alto Daily News, 6/23/04, Page 1

2001, 2002

• City of Palo Alto press release, 8/02: New Research Method to Improve Transit Routes
• "Washington Smiles for Cities21" - TransitPulse newsletter, 6/02
• 5/1/01: Milpitas City Council supports Cities21 Supporters
• Stanford Daily supports the Page Mill Design Competition, 1/26/01
• Backers Say a Monorail Could Help Silicon Valley, S.F. Chronicle article, 1/01
• An Elegant People Mover, PA Weekly article, 1/10/01
• Palo Alto people mover would require Stanford OK, PA Daily article, 1/15/01

Personal Monorail / Personal Rapid Transit vehicle & guideway imagery:

• Skyweb Express images: http://www.skywebexpress.com/6400_downloads.shtml .
  • Streaming video: http://www.skywebexpress.com/150k4_additional.shtml
  • The following Skyweb artwork is cleared for use, provided the citation "Skyweb Express rendering by Dan Gleeson" is used: Taxi2000byGleeson3.bmp - 1275 x 955 resolution, 3.5MB. 800x600 1.4MB bitmaps: UrbanT2Kintersection.bmp , T2Kcab.bmp , prtStation.bmp , PRTstation2.BMP , PRTvehicleOnGuideway.BMP , Prt14.bmp , Prt15.bmp , Prt16.bmp , Prt17.bmp , Prt26.bmp , Prt28.bmp .
• ULTra images