Daventry District has a population of some 74,000 and is located in the East Midlands in the UK. Its main town of Daventry has a population of 23,000.
Despite its relative small size it is has a Council with a distinct future vision about its transit. This vision is well and truly focused on Personal Rapid Transit. Daventry this month hosted a conference with 187 delegates to discuss the possibility of introducing a state-of-the-art public transport system to the town.
ULTra is a battery-driven, 100-mpg-equivalent, elevated personal rapid transit system with many four-person vehicles. First deployment is scheduled for London Heathrow Airport in Fall 2008, to serve Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Working as circulator transit for office parks, airports, universities, and other major activity centers, ULTra is faster than a car. In these applications, ULTra makes carpooling and conventional transit more effective, by solving the "last mile problem." http://www.atsltd.co.uk/
Visualization by Nathan Koren, Tony Wooster, Matthew Cross. Music: Andrew Gorny. Voice: Mo McFeely. Higher resolution versions available at: http://www.ultraprt.com/animation.htm
