Have you ever waited for your bus at a bus stop for a very long time – only to be greeted by two or more buses arriving together? This phenomenon, known as “bus bunching,” is …
Continue readingAuthor: Long Branch Mike
Electricity use may predict traffic (CityLab)
The way we consume power after midnight can reveal how we bad the morning rush hour will be. Commuters check Google Maps for traffic updates the same way they check the weather app for rain …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Private hire vehicles may soon pay Congestion Charge (IntelligentTransport) • South Bank London’s Low Line – Part 2 (1LondonBlog) • Slip coaches – when British trains detached cars in …
Continue readingLA to accelerate 28 transport projects for 2028 Olympics (CurbedLA)
Metro board approves Mayor’s plan to speed up transit projects in time for LA Olympics • Building public transit through the notoriously-congested Sepulveda Pass was targeted for completion in 2033. • A train from Union …
Continue readingSpanish high speed ridership increases sixfold in 10 years (Global Railway Review)
Barcelona-Madrid high-speed line has had more than 85 million passengers. The high-speed rail service in Barcelona has led to an increase of almost six times over in the 10 years that the railway has been …
Continue readingGetlink pushes for budget train service between London & Paris (iNews)
Cheaper train services could run between London and Paris as alternatives to Eurostar if new proposals get off the ground. The cheaper trains would be slower, with longer journey times, but would be in a …
Continue readingBuilding smart transport in Moscow (McKinsey)
Moscow addressed its road and public transit congestion problems and developed one of the world’s smartest and most-used public transportation systems. Here’s how. Smart transport is foundational to any smart city; it is a system …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Stripping GTR of its franchise not a viable threat (LRTwitter) • Central line heatwave (Wired) • Do Londoners dream of electric buses? (IanVisits) • Dunbar number for places is …
Continue readingVictorian (Australia) regional rail revival
The Australian and Victorian Government has provided an update on the construction timeframes for the AUS$1.75 billion Regional Rail Revival which will upgrade every regional rail line across Victoria. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for …
Continue readingRise of the ‘little vehicles’ (CityLab)
Why little vehicles will conquer the city – nearly all of them look silly, but if taken seriously, they could be a really big deal for urban transportation. The public reaction to the arrival of …
Continue readingElectric roads launched in Sweden and Netherlands (Eltis)
April and May 2018 saw the inauguration of two innovative pilot projects on the ‘electrification of roads’. Both could help support the transition to carbon neutral transport. While one project attempts to generate clean energy …
Continue readingMicro transit is a dismal failure (Streetsblog)
To hear the start-up world tell it, “micro transit” is the next big urban transportation breakthrough. But out in the real world, the results haven’t lived up to the hype. “Micro transit” refers to services …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Cost comparison of London’s cycle commuting options (Urban/Rural) • Did the Blitz enhance London’s economy? (SpatialEconomics) • Network visualisations of a different kind (Aeon) • Impact of the World …
Continue readingElectric resurrection for old bin lorries (E&T)
Electric motors are being used to return end-of-life bin lorries back to active duty in a trial taking place in a London borough. It is hoped that ‘repowering’ will greatly extend the working life of …
Continue readingSuper/Ultracapacitors, hybrid storage advances (TheEngineer)
In our April cover feature, “Charging into the future”, we looked at developments in battery technology aimed at storing large amounts of charge for long periods; the main application for this is in storing intermittent …
Continue reading