As London marks 15 years since it started getting cars off the streets with its congestion charge, we turn the spotlight to the UK’s roads. Does the congestion charge go far enough? Link to podcast
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Singapore MRT & McLaren ally to apply F1 tech to rail (SmartRailWorld)
Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) and McLaren Applied Technologies (best known for their work in F1 Racing) have announced a Memorandum of Understanding which will see them combine expertise to improve rail operations. Over a …
Continue readingSimulations reduce Crossrail track maintenance (E&T)
University of Huddersfield researchers have outlined how they have optimised London’s upcoming Elizabeth line underground route to lower maintenance costs associated with the inevitable wear and tear of having so many trains run across the …
Continue readingEV rapid charging network rolled out in London (E&T)
A network of rapid charging points for electric vehicles has been rolled out across London by Mayor Sadiq Khan. It includes 51 points for use by taxis and is part of a bid to improve …
Continue readingVisual tools for managing Germany’s rail network (Nand)
More and more people travel by train in Germany. How can we combine machine learning and visual analytics methods to help manage the passenger loads? Peak Spotting provides yield and capacity managers with rich visual …
Continue readingCanada funding Toronto area rapid transit projects (UrbanToronto)
Federal & Provincial Governments Pledge to Help Fund Toronto Rapid Transit Projects Last week the Federal and Provincial governments pledged nearly $9 billion, $4.89 billion Federal and $4.04 billion Provincial, towards five (or six, depending …
Continue readingSmart sleepers to collect real time data (Railway Gazette)
An agreement to co-operate to develop ‘smart’ sleepers containing real-time data collection sensors has been signed by Italian start-up company Greenrail and Spanish technology provider Indra. The companies are to work together to study the …
Continue readingStuttgart pilots platform lights to reduce delays (Railway Technology)
Could a ‘luminous’ platform help reduce train delays in Germany? Deutsche Bahn has launched a new rail platform lighting system that indicates where passengers will be able to board a train before its arrival. The …
Continue readingHigh speed rail takes on air industry (Railway Technology)
A recent analysis found that on certain routes across Asia and Europe, high-speed trains are faster, cheaper and more convenient than flying to the destination. From Beijing to Shanghai and London to Paris, where in …
Continue readingUPS moving to all electric vehicle central London deliveries (Electric Vehicles Research)
UK Power Networks Services has implemented smart new electric vehicle charging systems to power UPS’s central London delivery fleet for what is believed to be the first time in the world on this scale. Currently, …
Continue readingSubway/Metro/Underground construction cost global comparison (Pedestrian Observations)
Update 2017/7/1: This is the most linked-to post of [Alon Levy’s] about construction costs, even though the dataset here is relatively small. You can see links to more posts, with more datapoints, on his static …
Continue readingMTA sued for renovating station without adding accessibility (NY Daily News)
The Feds sued the MTA and NYC Transit Authority on Tuesday for renovating a Bronx subway station without making it accessible to the disabled. The Manhattan U.S. Attorney’s office joined a lawsuit from the Bronx …
Continue readingState of the Art Urban Transport (UITP)
Transport conferences can be technically dry affairs, policy wankfests, or both. Whilst there were a few monotone speakers at the Union Internationale des Transports Public (UITP), the global bi-annual event, hosted by Montréal, Canada in …
Continue readingQueensland Rail $4.4bn train fail (News.com.au)
Days after it was discovered New South Wales (NSW)’s new trains were too big for the tunnels, turns out Queensland’s new trains are kind of illegal. Just a week after it was discovered that NSW’s …
Continue readingNY considering hire vehicle charges (NY Times)
A new report calls for charging all for-hire vehicles — including yellow taxis and Uber and Lyft cars — $50 per hour to drive in Midtown Manhattan during weekday business hours, and $20 per hour …
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