For transit agencies to integrate mobility-as-a-service (MaaS), they must play a leading role in decision-making and not leave it all to the private sector, according to a report published last week by transportation management platform Populus. The …
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Why the UK needs a National Travel Smartcard (SteveChambers)
Car, motorcycle Cos now making e-bikes (NYTimes)
Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 April 2021
• A short, squat history of Underground tiles (Caroline’sMisc) • Urban waterways & the dynamics of canal architecture (ArchDaily) • KLM to offer train connections up to 700km (NLTimes) • Metro Works: The art and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 April 2021
• NUMTOT transit nerds now have their own dating app! (Atlantic) • TfL bus services innovation has slowed considerably (Freewheeling) • Pedestrianisation plans for Bank junction in the City (IanVisits) • Uber’s own public transit …
Continue readingEV car batteries use far less raw materials than gas cars (Transport&Env)
An electric vehicle (EV) battery uses up just 30kg of raw materials with recycling compared to the 17,000 litres of petrol burned by the average car. That’s according to a new study that shows Europe’s current crude …
Continue readingThames Clippers wins Hammersmith Bridge ferry contract (IanVisits)
Osborne Effect: why new cars will be all electric in 6 years (TheDriven)
The focus is very much on the future, and what is likely to happen when the “ticket price” of electric cars falls closer to that of their petrol and diesel equivalents, spurred on new emission …
Continue readingReconnections’ Transport Miscellany – March 2021
As in any field, a specialised lexicon of shorthand, nicknames, jargon, personality types, and rules of thumb have developed for transport and the places it connects. This new column collects some of the more interesting …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 March 2021
• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: who will win the battle for city streets? (Guardian) • Hungary plans to increase transit ridership 80% by 2040, Budapest role (IntlRailJ) • Only in Montréal: REM elevated rail so ugly …
Continue readingNew cargo-tram test in Karlsruhe, & other European examples (MediaRail)
Friday Reads – 26 March 2021
• SNCF: State aid for Eurostar needed within the month to survive (RailTech) • Ex-TfL Bus Boss Leon Daniels on the National Bus Strategy (FreeWheeling) • There’s one big problem with electric cars (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingNR save £40m with new electric resistant paint (RailTechMag)
In a revolutionary world-first, electric resistant paint combined with voltage-controlled clearance (VCC) has helped make a Victorian railway bridge ready for new electric trains, avoiding weeks of passenger disruption and train delays in the process. …
Continue readingTesla revolutionizing e-scooter batteries (BirdCities)
For a man who prefers rockets and roadsters to micromobility, Elon Musk is—perhaps inadvertently—playing a key role in revolutionizing a core component of e-scooter technology: the battery. Onstage at Tesla’s most recent Battery Day event, the …
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