High levels of transparency are essential to the accountability and functioning of organizations like LoopWorks that employ highly participatory decision-making processes. Thus, financial, strategic and operational information will be readily available to stakeholders. Follow the links below for PDF versions of documents.
Foundational Documents
LoopWorks stands upon the shoulders of other people’s work.
- Rethinking Transportation, ATRA‘s report on the dream of fast, safe and clean transportation.
- Transportation Options Through a PRT Lens outlines transit factors and tradeoffs.
- Transit Area Traffic Analysis (2019)
- How ARUP arrived at their ATN projected cost.
- A hardware design selected due to its small size, low price, and public domain availability.
- Guideway and Posts of the ITNS by J. E. Anderson outlines reasoning behind design decisions along with the math supporting them.
- How does Dual Mode Compare with Personal Rapid Transit? by J. E. Anderson, Ph.D., Retired P. E.
- The Future of High-Capacity Personal Rapid Transit by J. E. Anderson, Ph.D. Faster speeds (up to 100 mph) and closer spacing (down to 0.5 seconds) can move over 7000 cabs per hour on 1 guideway.
- The Business Plan of PRT company Intelligent Transportation Network System (ITNS) was used in creating the LoopWorks Business Plan.
Doughnut Economics
Economics for a Sustainable World
- Doughnut Economics offers a radically new compass for guiding global development, government policy, and corporate strategy, and sets new standards for what economic success looks like. (See image.)
- Awakening the Dreamer is an online video course that looks at the challenging state of the world, and helps one discover opportunities to create a new future.
- “Reinventing Organizations” by Frederic Laloux presents examples of decentralized organizations and how they work.
Legal Documents
- A Memorandum of Understanding that invites the City of Milpitas to become an Anchor Owner was delivered to the City Council on March 19, 2019, and has received letters of support.
- Articles of Incorporation with the State of California establishing LoopWorks as a “Non-profit Mutual Benefit Corporation”.
- Bylaws of LoopWorks (about 30 pages of how we run the enterprise).
- Employer Identification Number (EIN) of LoopWorks provided by the IRS.
- Statement of Information filed with California Secretary of State.
- Legislative proposal for California (TIRCP update).
Business Documents
- The LoopWorks Business Plan (100 pages of details).
- Minutes of Board and Member Meetings.
- History of LoopWorks’ Media Releases.
- Culture Statement that outlines the LoopWorks interpersonal culture.
- Trello board tracking of outreach and lobbying activities.
Presentation Documents and Videos
- 4-minute video introduction to the Milpitas PRT project (high definition and low definition)
- A poster that shows station locations, guideway routing, vehicle appearance, and project data
- An introductory Slide Presentation (8 pages) for residents and local businesses in PDF format
- An Slide Presentation (14 pages) for City Council and Commissions in PDF format
- Pitch deck for investors
- Wide-area coverage with PRT clearly presented
- 4 BART stations = $7B = 800 PRT stations
- Points for transit planners to consider about PRT
- In August of 2019, the Milpitas PRT project was publicly introduced; here is the 1.5-hour video
- 10-minute video presentation for Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter
- 45-minute video presentation with Q&A for Sierra Club, Guadalupe Group
- Call-ins to the Thom Hartmann Program: 3-minute introduction to PRT, 4-minute update (Aug. 2022), and 3-minute PRT as distributed power (March 15, 2024).
- Feedback to the City on the 2022 Trail, Pedestrian, and Bicycle Master Plan Update.
- Feedback to the City on the 2023-2027 Capital Improvement Program.
- Presentation slide decks for State Senator Aisha Wahab and Milpitas City Council (plus video version)
- Presentation slide deck for Milpitas Chamber of Commerce
- 45-minute interview with Belinda Quesada, a bilingual radio host on KCXU 92.7 FM, a low-power FM station serving downtown San Jose (July 1, 2024). The 3-minute version is at 1:42 – 4:40 in this PSA for the podcast State of Mind. Here’s the PSA’s Spanish version.
- LoopWorks 5-Year Update presentation slide deck and video (Aug. 8, 2024)
- BART-Caltrain Connection: Another Way? public discussion background and video (Sep. 4, 2024)
- KCXU-FM“Deep Dive” podcast based on the LoopWorks Business Plan using AI voices.
- KCXU-FM “Deep Dive” podcast based on the LoopWorks website using AI voices.
- PRT Guideway Visual Intrusion
- Call-in to the Thom Hartmann Program: 6-minute introduction to PRT plus host comments (Nov. 21, 2025)
- Presentation slide deck for, and video of, the panel discussion Does Santa Cruz County need podcars? (March 26, 2026)
- Presentation slide deck for VTA Board Workshop on the Future of Transportation at VTA. (April 17, 2026)
- Response to VTA Board of Directors Workshop on VTA’s Future of Transportation.
Procedures and Forms
- Video introduction to MilpitasPRT.com website.
- Process for conducting elections.
- How to Delegate, guidelines that help us accomplish our goals by effectively distributing the work.
Grant Applications
- Draft grant application written in 2013 that includes additional background.
- The 2020 SVCE grant application to their Innovation Onramp program.
- The Logic Model for 2021 SVCE grant application.
- Spring 2021 grant application to SVCE’s Innovation Onramp program.
- Video introduction to Spring 2021 grant application.
- Investment application submitted to At One Ventures.
- Startup Application submitted to Third Derivative.
- Investment application submitted to Clean Energy Ventures.
- Project Pitch submitted to America’s Seed Fund.
- Inquiry letter to National Science Foundation (CLIMA)
- Mark1 Pre-Application Questionnaire
- Mark1 Startup Application