| March, 2008
SMARTram 21 name is released as Village
Technology's on-going process to commercialize it's
unique streetcar technology. SMARTram 21 is the title
of the first demonstration project for which Village
Technology is seeking and identifying strategic partners.
August, 2007
What's a Main Street For? A Pedestrian Mobility
Manifesto, by John Alt
View
PDF of paper here.
May, 2007
Village Technology presentation to the Hydrogen
& Fuel-Cell International Conference 2007,
Vancouver, B.C. Canada. "The Ideal Hydrogen Demonstration
Platform". John Alt argues that simply changing
fuel regimes isn't going to solve the underlying problems
of urban sustainability. View
PDF of the presentation here.
November, 2006
BusRide Magazine publishes feature
article An Idea Ready to Happen by editor David
Hubbard. The article explains John Alt's concept of
"parking access distance" and describes
the benefits of stretching that distance with affordable
people-movers.
October, 2006
BusRide Magazine editorial on the
promise of SMRrTRAM People-Mover Architecture is published.
June 3, 2006
3rd and definitive U.S. Patent awarded
to SMRrTRAM Synchronization Architecture. Canadian
Patent pending.
Nov 15, 2005
Village Technology presentation to the Canadian
Parking Association Annual Conference & Tradeshow,
Niagara Falls, Ontario. "Carparks &
Pedestrian Mobility--an Integrated Vision". John
Alt presents strategies for expanding the parking
industry business model using SMRrTRAM pedestrian
mobility. View PDF of the
presentation & visuals here.
Oct 20, 2005
The PARKER magazine publishes Parking
and Horizontal Pedestrian Mobility--the Missing
Link by Village Technology president, John Alt.
Feb 1, 2005
Earthtoys web magazine publishes
Greening
the Urban Village with Horizontal Elevators by
Village Technology founder, John Alt.
July 27, 2004
Cambridge, Mass: Harvard-Allston Initiative
planners invite Village Technology founder,
John Alt, to tour the Harvard-Allston project area,
and make a SMRrTram presentation to members of the
project’s transportation task force. SMRrTram
Simulator is used to show synchronous tramcar movements
along a proposed alignment.
May 20, 2004
Boston Globe article, “Shops,
walkways eyed for Harvard Allston Campus”, reports
the Harvard-Allston Initiative Report, commissioned
by Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers, specifically
recommends SMRrTram as a potential people-mover solution
to connect the two campuses.
May, 2004
The Allston Life Task Report, commissioned
by Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers to examine
the issues of a major expansion of Harvard’s
campus, concludes SMRrTram is the only potentially
cost-effective people-mover solution to connect the
Cambridge-Allston Harvard campus expansion.
June, 2004
Dr. Charles Cowan and Analytic Focus
develops a second iteration SMRrTram Simulator with
more advanced capabilities. Alignments can be “built”
and changed “on-the-fly” over either aerial
photos or maps. Auto-synchronization logic then runs
the simulation on the “built” alignment.
June, 2004
Village Technology files to register the “SMRrT”
trademark. The subtle shift in the trademark
avoids conflicts with a Korean transportation company,
and “assists” people in pronouncing the
name “smart”.
June, 2004
SMRrTpark and SMRrTcard product/service
concepts are introduced and combined with SMRrTram
strategies, in collaboration with Allen Aubert and
Planned Solutions, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
April 30, 2004
Village Technology submits its third U.S.
patent application for the SMRrTram Auto-bidirectional
Control Logic and Method. Same application is submitted
in Canada.
April 20, 2004
White Rock, British Columbia, Canada:
Village Technology founder, John Alt, makes presentation
“Being SMRrT”, focusing on SMRrTram’s
role in Sustainable Development, to the White Rock’s
Mayor and planning staff. Subsequent discussions prepare
for a formal presentation to the full City Council
in the fall of 2004.
February 23, 2004
Fort Myers Beach, Florida ribbon
cutting event for new transit service displays a graphic
presentation of SMRrTram as their future transit concept.
September, 2003
Fort Myers Congestion Mitigation Study-Transit
Strategies Report, prepared by CRSPE, Inc.
and PBS&J consultants, recommends SMRrTram as
long-term people-mover solution, to be implemented
after short and mid-term congestion mitigation strategies
have been completed. (http://fmbtrafficsolutions.org/)
October 16-24, 2003
Beijing, China: Village Technology
founder, John Alt, is invited to Beijing as part of
an Infraglobe Development Consortium delegation focusing
on transportation concepts to replace the city’s
aging bus system. Mr. Alt makes SMRrTram presentations
to the China General Chamber of Commerce, the China
Railway Construction Engineering Group, and the Beijing
Public Transportation Corporation.
August, 2003
Architecture for second iteration Control
Logic is developed. First Iteration SMRrTram
Simulator is finalized by Dr. Charles Cowan and Analytic
Focus. Second iteration of VT-SMRrTcar design is developed
in 3-D interactive model.
February 23, 2003
Myriad Golf Resorts Concept Design:
Village Technology completes a concept design and
proposal for a SMRrTram pedestrian mobility solution
to operate inside the world’s first indoor,
18 hole championship golf course resort. Planned to
be combined with a Casino and Waterpark, the resort
is visualized inside three state-of-the-art inflatable
structures in Tunica County, Mississippi.
January 16, 2002
Gatlinburg, Tennessee: Village Technology
founder, John Alt, makes a series of SMRrTram presentations
to council-members and the City Mayor. A presentation
is subsequently made to the Gatlinburg Gateway Foundation.
Wilbur Smith Associates, Engineers, submits a proposal
for a SMRrTram overlay study along Gatlinburg’s
central traffic corridor.
June 12, 2002
The Abell Report, Baltimore, Maryland:
Title article compares SMRrTram with the recommended
transit technologies in a 2001 “East-West Transit
Connector” report by the City of Baltimore.
The Abell Report concludes: “SMRrTram merits
a serious look as a promising new alternative that
may cost substantially less, and perform better, than
what is currently being considered and constructed
more quickly than many of the alternatives.”
February 16, 2002
Baltimore SMRrTram Study Revised:
In collaboration with The Abell Foundation, Village
Technology revised the Baltimore SMRrTram Study which
had been entered in the International “Bus Rapid
Transit Vehicle Design and Community Integration Competition.”
The revisions focused on a phase one Inner Harbor
alignment. Many of the key stake-holders along the
alignment were consulted during the revision process.
January 15, 2002
81st Annual Meeting of the National Transportation
Research Board, Washington, D.C., Village
Technology founder, John Alt makes presentation "SMRrTram
and the American City" documenting Village
Technology's winning entry in the national BRT Competition.
June 18, 2001
First Prize, Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle Design
and Community Integration Competition, sponsored
by the U.S. Federal Transit Administration. Village
Technology’s SMRrTram entry shared First Prize
Awards in both Vehicle Design and Community Integration
categories of the international competition.
February 28, 2001
Village Technology submits SMRrTram entry
into the international “Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle
Design and Community Integration Competition”
sponsored by the Federal Transit Administration, and
administered by WestStart-CALSTART.
January 1, 2001
Baltimore SMRrTram Study: Village
Technology undertakes study to develop a proposed
linked network of SMRrTram alignments to provide pedestrian
mobility around Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. The
Study is undertaken to meet the requirements of an
upcoming “Bus Rapid Transit Vehicle Design and
Community Integration Competition” sponsored
by the Federal Transit Administration.
October 2001
Smart CEO magazine, Baltimore, Maryland.
Premier issue article focuses on Village Technology
founder, John Alt, and the history of the SMRrTram
concept.
June 2000
“PEX Transit: A Solution?”
by John Alt; Urban Land magazine, June 2000 issue.
Article argued that “pedestrian extending transit”
(PEX) was fundamentally different from regional transit,
and required different solutions. The SMRrTram concept
was offered as an example of this kind of "pedestrian
mobility technology."
January, 1999
“Park Place Transit Study”.
For Jerome J. Parks Development Company, in support
of a major real-estate development proposal at the
west end of Annapolis’ downtown commercial corridor.
November, 1999
Village Technology develops first iteration
of SMRrTram Bidirectional Control Logic.
November, 1997
“A Comparative Analysis of SMRrTram
Technology & Other Transit & Parking
Strategies to Increase Economic Development and Reduce
Traffic Congestion in Downtown Annapolis, Maryland.”
Study and report completed as part of over-all parking,
transit and traffic mitigation study for the city
of Annapolis, Maryland.
October, 1997
“Transit Strategies in the Urban Village”,
by John Alt; Urban Transportation Monitor, October
1997 issue. Reprint of the article presented the previous
spring at the 20th International Making Cities Livable
Conference.
October, 1997
Village Technology receives second U.S. Patent
for the SMRrTram Bidirectional Coordination Method.
August, 1997
“Tram concept would use one dedicated
lane”; Metro Magazine, July/August,
1997 issue. Article outlines early SMRrTram concept.
April 17, 1997
“Transit Strategies in the Urban Village”,
by John Alt. Paper presented to the 20th International
Conference for Making Cities Livable, Santa Fe, New
Mexico---April 15-19, 1997
March, 1997
Village Technology receives first U.S. Patent
for the SMRrTram Bidirectional Coordination Method.
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