What's in the Pipeline? A Preface to ASCE APM 05 Conference and Proceedings

This paper serves both as a point of continuity — looking at what has happened in the driverless transit industry since the last conference in Singapore in 2003 — and as a point of reference — looking forward at what is in the pipeline. Suffice it to say, our industry is healthy and robust, despite continuing challenges with the world economy, world peace, air carriers and their re-definition, terrorism concerns and the corresponding need for increased security, and the like. This paper specifically surveys and lists driverless transit systems in the airport and urban sectors that have been opened since 2003 and those that are currently under construction. There are many more that are in the planning or procurement phase, or are being refurbished, that are not addressed in detail in this paper.