A discovery project that investigates how NaPTAN data can be used to meet the current and future needs for public transport data. With the increasing need for accurate, accessible transport data, The National Public Transport …
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Network Rail to trial mid-week engineering work to avoid weekend disruption (RailAdvent)
Network Rail is to trial mid-week engineering work between Grantham and Doncaster later this month. Normally, Network Rail uses weekends and bank holidays to complete work as historically this is when people usually travel by rail less. However, since the pandemic, Network …
Continue readingDoes England need a national transport strategy? (InstCivilEng)
Today, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has launched a consultation to gather insight on whether England could benefit from having a national transport strategy and how such a strategy could be developed and implemented. …
Continue readingIndustrial logistics: Can London deliver? (NLA)
NLA’s latest report, ‘Industrial & Logistics: Can London Deliver?’, provides an in-depth look at London’s vital Industrial & Logistics sector, featuring exclusive viewpoints from key organisations in the industry – including the Greater London Authority, …
Continue readingThe filthy truth about subway air (Wired)
Levels of particulate matter in the world’s metro systems far exceed recommended limits—and the deeper you go, the worse it gets. THERE ARE PEOPLE in this world who, out of sheer curiosity, carry around scientific instruments …
Continue readingBritish rail infrastructure agency running out of money: leaked report (RailFreight)
A leaked report has said there is not enough money to do more than make do and mend for the next five years, and Britain will have to live with a rising tide of unplanned …
Continue readingHitachi Rail to conduct testing at Global Centre of Rail Excellence – GCRE (RailwayNews)
The Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) and Hitachi Rail have signed an agreement to test the latest rail technologies, including British-built trains, battery systems and digital solutions at the new site in Wales. The …
Continue readingTransitioning from train control hardware displays to electronic screens (MassTransit)
Train control systems interface to operators via a device which communicates signal aspects, speeds and provide various system information in texts and graphics. Different suppliers and systems use various names for such devices such as …
Continue readingTfL seeks feedback on future rail operating contracts (RailBusinessUK)
Transport for London is seeking industry feedback to inform its plans for the future procurement of operators for Docklands Light Railway, Elizabeth Line and London Overground services. TfL is seeking to understand the current supply …
Continue readingWhy traffic studies are junk science & why we use them anyway (Streetsblog)
Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could all change if our …
Continue readingBig cities cranking up enforcement to collect dwindling transit fares (Governing)
Agencies are spending new money — lots of it, in some cases — to crack down on fare evasion, with new fare gates, updated collection systems and beefed-up policing. But some experts question the cost. …
Continue readingDfT undersells modal shift: Air passenger CO2 impact 60 times more than rail (RailEngineer)
In 2021, the Department for Transport (DfT) published transport and environmental statistics for various journeys which included Glasgow to London. However, the true carbon impact of these journeys, considering actual energy consumption, shows the DfT …
Continue readingPeriodic Table of Urbanism, with their transport links (CNU)
At CNU [Congress for the New Urbanism] 30 in Oklahoma City, planner Stephen Goldie presented an idea that has been in the works for several years, building on the rural-to-urban Transect. Goldie calls it the …
Continue readingLondon Mayor faces court challenge over ULEZ (CitiesToday)
A legal challenge to the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ) will be heard in the UK High Court later this year, after a judgment permitted councils opposed to the move to proceed. Four …
Continue readingCrossrail TBM resurrected to drive third HS2 tunnel to Euston (NewCivilEng)
Despite the pause on construction of High Speed 2’s (HS2’s) London terminus at Euston, work is progressing on tunnels to facilitate the work with the launch of the third HS2 tunnel boring machine (TBM) in …
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