In North West England, plans to develop a major new Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) between Manchester and Liverpool have taken a further step forward. A second round of public consultation has been launched on …
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Battery & trolley bus operation on Beijing’s roads (UrbanTransportMag)
The Beijing metropolitan area has a population of over 19 million. The traffic problems are enormous and this is accompanied by considerable air pollution. The fact that it has improved considerably in recent years is …
Continue readingMercedes’ solar paint tech concept promises 12,000km PA range extension (Electric&HybridVehicleTech)
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled technology developments in its Vision Iconic concept car that could address key challenges facing EV manufacturers, including energy efficiency in autonomous systems and supplementary solar charging. The automaker is developing a solar …
Continue readingRDC Germany to take over SJ’s Stockholm-Berlin night service (Trenvista)
Good news for night train connections between Germany and Sweden. Following the announcement by Swedish public operator SJ that it will cancel the Stockholm-Hamburg-Berlin night train in August, RDC Deutschland Gruppe has come to the rescue. …
Continue readingDefence firm reserves three Airlander 10 aircraft (TheEngineer)
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has announced the reservation of three Airlander 10 aircraft from an unnamed defence contractor looking to deliver the capabilities of the platform to its customers. Airlander 10 is a versatile aircraft …
Continue readingThe recycled Bletchley train depot: Video (TransportMatters)
London Northwestern Railway unveils hi-tech train Bletchley train depot. The £80 million investment brings a redundant depot back into use. This facility boasts innovative lifts and gantries for comprehensive train maintenance. The depot supports the …
Continue readingChina builds a new large Ekranoplan (NavalNews)
Ekranoplans, special ultra-low flying aircraft, promise to combine features from ships, airplanes, and hovercraft. There are many designs and projects out there, but they have yet to truly realise their promise. Now the discovery of …
Continue readingChina dismantling batteries & recycling 99.6% of key metals (CarNewsChina)
China has implemented national standards for the recycling and utilisation of electric vehicle (EV) power batteries. Pilot programs report over 99% recovery of key materials such as nickel, cobalt, and manganese, according to IT-Home. The General Administration …
Continue readingUnconventional Electrification: Video (MITMobilityInitiative)
In this session, we move away from the ordinary electric mobility modes (e-bikes, electric trucks/cars) and will delve into innovative approaches to electrifying existing transportation, featuring insights from three companies taking different but similar approaches: …
Continue readingTesla self-driving tech keeps being investigated for safety, why is it allowed? (CNNBusiness)
Federal safety regulators are once again looking into Tesla’s self-driving mode, the latest in a seemingly endless stream of investigations into the safety of the technology. Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced …
Continue reading2nd runway consent for Gatwick expansion (ConstructionIndex)
Work is now set to start on bringing the standby northern runway at Gatwick into full operational use, increasing capacity from 280,000 flights a year to around 389,000 by the late 2030s. The £2.2bn project …
Continue readingBurning food & irrigating for land-hungry biofuels is fuelling climate change (Transport&Environment)
CrOP30: Why burning food for land-hungry biofuels is fuelling the climate crisis. Why are biofuels harmful? The use of crops and croplands for biofuel feedstocks has encouraged the expansion of farming into previously unfarmed areas …
Continue readingSelf-healing asphalt could solve UK pothole challenge (TheEngineer)
Bio-based microcapsules have been added to asphalt to make roads that self-heal when cracks occur, an advance that could address the UK’s £143m pothole problem. Scientists from King’s College London and Swansea University, in collaboration …
Continue readingMapping the Deliberative System of Transport Governance in Paris (JPlanningEducation&Research)
Abstract Over the last twenty years, the greater Paris metropolitan region has seen a decline in vehicle trips per capita, and hasinvested in alternative modes. Understanding this transition requires looking beyond the formal planning process …
Continue readingInt’l competition for architecture, design, & visual identity of new €3bn Turin Metro Line 2 (ArchDigest)
An international competition has been [was] launched for the architecture, design and visual identity of a planned new €3 billion metro line in Turin [Deadline closed 7 October 2025] The two-stage contest – organised by …
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