It was in 2002, while at the University of Michigan, that Dr Michael Grieves wrote about bridging the gap between the virtual and real worlds using digital replicas of physical assets, processes or systems. Two …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2019
• Is London’s Tube map still fit for purpose? (CityLab) • Another plea for unique Overground line names (CityMetric) • Give me back my footway (TransportXtra) • End of the Denmark – Germany train ferry …
Continue readingTfL to pay losing bidders on future jobs (NewCivilEng)
Transport for London (TfL) will reimburse bidders who miss out on major contracts, after successfully trialling the initiative on the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, it has been revealed. TfL programme delivery manager for Bank Andy Swift …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 December 2019
• UK rail stations trial to help those with hidden disabilities (GlobalRailway) • Fighting Thatcher with poetry, & influencing NYC (UrbanOmnibus) • Air pollution Central London Tube map (MappingLondon) • Climate Connections: urban transport & …
Continue readingCER demands equal rules for railways & roads (RailTech)
The EU’s rail and road haulage sectors should function in equal conditions. To this end, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called the Member States to introduce tolling and external-cost charging …
Continue readingUsing agricultural waste to de-ice roads (TrafficTech)
The USA spends US$5bn a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use of traditional de-icers, however, a team of researchers at Washington State University (WSU) …
Continue readingThe layers of Digital Twins (RSSB)
The components of a Digital Twin Essentially, a digital twin is a dynamic digital profile of an object, system or process. Figure 1 is a diagram of a basic digital twin in context. It shows …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 December 2019
• Uber US has 6,000 sexual assaults in just two years (E&T) • Cars, parking & motorways podcast (BBCRadio3) • The cathedral stations of Paris RER E (BeautyOfTransport) • DC Metro testing colour coded handrails …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 December 2019
• History of Holborn Viaduct (HydeParkNow) • London 1933 Underground, Power and Substations Diagram (TransitMaps) • Repurposed Parisien transport infrastructure (FabricOfParis) • New Berlin airport & rail link to open, finally, October 2020 (IntlRailJ) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 December 2019
• How the Tube beat the New York subway (Guardian) • Overground station mosaic roundels a hit (TransportXtra) • Commercial reuses of disused Paris transport infra (FabricOfParis) • Is East Side Access really going to …
Continue readingHyundai building Art Deco hydrogen truck (Trucks)
Hyundai Motor Co. has an ambitious plan to wean the global trucking industry from fossil fuels by creating green commercial trucks with the same power and range as their diesel counterparts. The South Korean automaker …
Continue readingNorwegian Railways integrates trains, buses, & taxis (RailTech)
Norwegian railway operator Vy (former NSB) will integrate its train connections with taxis across the country. Many taxi services will be available in the Vy mobile application from 1 July 2020. Recently, the company’s app …
Continue readingIndustry & gaming train sims becoming closer (Railway-Tech)
Simulation games bring hobbyists closer than ever to the industries they are passionate about. What goes into simulating trains, tracks and signalling systems with the detail that the keenest players expect, and how are sim …
Continue readingUK’s affordable, freight for all enterprise trains (RailFreight)
Could a version of the nineteenth-century local goods train be the answer to some very twenty-first century problems? Climate change, congestion charging, low-emissions zones, and HGV driver shortages may not have been issues in Victorian …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 December 2019
• Introducing the Central London Walking Network (LondonLivingStreets) • Sheffield’s tram-train a success so far (Wired) • Why Paris wants to tax Amazon deliveries (CityLab) • Redesign cities with women in mind (Globe&Mail) • Augmented …
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