Barcelona Metro pilots AI-powered ventilation system to curb COVID-19 – a smart ventilation system is being trialled on Barcelona’s metro network to maximise fresh air, regulate temperature and humidity and help stop the spread of …
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Friday Reads – 17 July 2020
• Network Rail seeking contractor for Forth Bridge walk (RailTechMag) • Traffic clogged Brussels is building its own RER network (Forbes) • Comeback could reopen 4,000km of closed rail lines – in Germany (RailGazetteIntl) • …
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 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 readingFirst-of-a-Kind funding for 25 rail projects (AnonWidower)
The Department for Transport and Innovate UK have announced the 25 projects which are to share £9·4m of funding under the 2020 round of the First of a Kind rail industry innovation programme. It appears …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 June 2020
• Public transport with masks is not a COVID super-spreader (TorontoStar) • A window of opportunity for road user charging (CentreForLondon) • 4 storey London underground car park to shopping conversion (IanVisits) • What links …
Continue readingRSSB funds 10 projects to improve performance (RailBusinessD)
Ten new projects, funded by rail research body RSSB [Rail Safety and Standards Board], will help industry explore using data to improve performance and manage short term planning more efficiently. Over the coming months the …
Continue readingMachine learning improves loco maintenance (GlobalRailway)
When you mention the Internet of Things (IoT) to a seasoned railroad veteran, you expect to get an eye roll and a lot of suspicion in return. After all, we work in an industry that is traditionally …
Continue readingWho owns transport data, & whomst profits? (StreetsBlog)
Most of us are already sharing our location with private corporations almost every day. Could we use that data for good — or do we need to fight back against rider surveillance? Imagine a world …
Continue readingInnovation in world’s largest tram network (RailExpress)
Melbourne’s iconic tram network operates across 250km of double track. Xavier Leal from Keolis Downer shares Yarra Trams’ latest innovation strategy that is digitising the network’s 5,000 daily services. Operations throughout the urban tram network …
Continue readingCOVID-19 highlights need for freight analytics (GreenBiz)
COVID-19 shines a spotlight on flexible, digital freight – not enough masks and ventilators in one COVID-19 country hotspot. A lack of testing kits in another. Toilet paper, baby wipes, milk and eggs emptied off …
Continue readingUsing AI to improve rail maintenance (FutureRail)
The Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) uses the industrial internet of things and artificial intelligence to develop new predictive rail maintenance and performance management technologies. From the opening of the first line from Tokyo to …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 February 2020
• The messy mission to bring 4G to the Tube (Wired) • Hidden London’s Piccadilly Circus (LondonInheritance) • Derelict Catesby Tunnel refit for aerodynamic testing of autos (TunnelTalk) • Île de France seeks to open …
Continue readingBIM on Northern Line Extension (RailEngineer)
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the basis of its design and documentation. This …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2020
• London & LA partner for transport solutions (SmartCitiesDive) • Mind the Gender Gap on public transport (Planning) • North American openings & construction starts planned for 2020 (TransportPolitic) • Transit validated event tickets can …
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