This keynote lecture addresses the following items: Present trends in urban transport; Limits to motorised individual transport modes, as indicated by the UK SACTRA Report, and need to improve modal split in favour of non motorised and public transport; Improving modal split by making existing public transport more attractive, taking advantage of information technology; Automated People Movers: general advantages and pioneering experiences 1982-2002; The leap forward: the revolutionary Singapore North East Line opened in June 2003; Future markets for Automated Transit: from single automated lines to automated rail networks, serving urban corridors, retrofitting conventional metros, using the opportunities offered by deep tunnelling. The accounts of cases are based as much as possible on the experience of UITP members and personal visits and interviews with actors involved.
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