South Western Railway has confirmed it has completed a trial of new emission-reducing technology. In partnership with Porterbrook and Eminox, South Western Railway has trialled a new system that has real-world reductions in pollution from …
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Plans to future proof transport technologies (GreenBiz)
Current European and national strategies to meet climate targets rely almost entirely on the deployment of new technologies such as electric vehicles for mobility and solar panels and wind turbines for electricity. But by deploying these …
Continue readingNew smart motorways see rise in serious collisions (NewCivilEng)
Safety evaluations of recently completed smart motorways highlight a “concerning” rise in serious collisions after upgrade work was finished, according to motorists’ body the RAC. Highways England recently published post opening project evaluation (Pope) reports …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 July 2020
• DfT to tone down warnings not to travel by train or bus (RailFuture) • Landmark devolution of transport powers & funding to South Yorkshire (RailBusinessDaily) • Impact on Cycle Hire in London due to …
Continue readingUK Govt botched e-scooter regulation (SteveChambers)
Despite other people having misgivings about it, I was keen to see e-scooters regulated in England. I thought it was important to settle the matter of where they should be used. The road or the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 July 2020
• Combined HS2 / NPR Manchester underground station proposed (NewCivilEng) • Tyres a significant source of marine microplastic pollution (AirQualityNews) • Plan for 100km pop-up cycle lane network in Manchester (WalkRideGM) • Best Parisian bridges …
Continue readingBetter video on demand, on trains (Railway-Tech)
Operators have long been struggling to provide video on demand (VOD) services, as their onboard train Wi-Fi systems currently lack the capacity needed to support content providers like Netflix and Amazon. Software company Netskrt CEO …
Continue readingImmersive tram simulators (RailwayGazette)
AUSTRALIA: Transurb has supplied Sydney light rail operator Transdev with five tailor-made simulators which use the TrainLab virtual training platform to replicate the city’s mixed fleet of Alstom Citadis X05 and CAF Urbos 3 trams. …
Continue readingMumbai Metro requires 17 TBM types (TunnelTalk)
With 17 TBMs of different types and open-cut and NATM for 26 underground stations and associated structures, construction of the 33.5km underground alignment of the Mumbai Metro Line 3 had reached more than 80% by …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 June 2020
• The 1967 GLC scheme for London monorail people movers (C20Society) • And the corresponding unbuilt monorails map (NotQuiteTangible) • Pandemic lack of public restrooms reduces mobility, esp for women (StreetsBlog) • Include poor, minority …
Continue readingUK behind EU on decarbonising freight (RailFreight)
Transport policy in the UK is not moving fast enough to keep up with decarbonisation planning in the EU, says the Rail Freight Group. There are fears that inaction could put rail freight and the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 June 2020
• TfL closer to takeover of Northern City Line (IanVisits) • Silvertown Tunnel not compatible with GLA’s Net Zero goal (ArchJ) • Thameslink Brent Cross West station approved (IanVisits) • Belgium govt offering citizens 12 …
Continue readingBreath shielded seat designs (Departures)
Could protective barriers be the future of socially distant flying? While travel is currently at a standstill and scheduled flights are on pause, the plane industry is taking this time to question what the future of …
Continue readingBig but cheap improvements to public transport (Globe&Mail)
In late 2017, Toronto made a big little change. To speed up service on its busiest streetcar route, city council limited car traffic on a crowded, slow-moving stretch of King Street running through the heart …
Continue readingWill COVID force rail restructuring? (SteveChambers)
What will emerge in response to COVID-19 is still uncertain and up for grabs. Rail franchising in Great Britain ended on 23rd March 2020 when Grant Shapps confirmed that the train operating company franchises would …
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