PriestmanGoode designed the interiors for VIA Rail Canada’s new Corridor fleet setting a new standard in passenger rail experience that’s unparalleled, fully accessible and barrier-free. The project also encompassed the livery design for the new …
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The promise of lithium-sulfur batteries (TransportWeekly)
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market. The element sulfur is cheap and plentiful. There‘s so much of it …
Continue readingHigh subway & metro construction costs are not about precarity (PedestrianObvs)
I’ve seen people who I think highly of argue that high construction costs in the United States are an artifact of precarity. The argument goes that the political support for public transportation there is so …
Continue readingGreater Manchester secures devolution deal for regional rail services (RailwayNews)
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has secured a new devolution deal with the UK government to provide the local authority with more influence over regional rail services within its Bee Network. The Bee Network is …
Continue readingData is the new oil: how to mine & refine it for railways (RailEngineer)
M The phrase “data is the new oil” was coined in 2006. Like oil, data is of little value unless it is extracted, refined, processed, and distributed. This metaphor also alludes to the case of …
Continue readingFlixbus to test two prototype electric coaches (Bus-News)
Under a recent partnership with Daimler Buses, FlixBus has announced that it will test two prototype long-distance electric coaches in real operating conditions. This project is supported by funding from the German Ministry for Economic Affairs …
Continue readingWill there be a direct train from [insert city] to London through the Chunnel? (JonWorth)
Basel, Switzerland. The latest city for which a direct train to London has been proposed. It is unlikely to get it, as are Geneva, Köln (CDU-Green NRW coalition agreement Page 132), Frankfurt and Bordeaux. And Marseille and Lyon are unlikely to get …
Continue readingNow this is how to design disruption workaround info & graphics (PrintMag)
New Standards for New York’s Underground The MTA (New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority), through its advertising agency, commissioned Waterhouse Cifuentes Design to develop a system to inform its ridership of Planned Work diversions for the subway. The …
Continue readingAre passengers getting a good ride? (RailEngineer)
There has been much criticism of the ride comfort of the most recent trains brought into use on the British rail network such as the class 8XX Inter City Express Trains (IET). Critics compare them …
Continue readingChicago electric bus cold weather range reduction problems (APNews)
The No. 66 bus is packed on a recent weekday afternoon as it starts and stops its way from Chicago’s near west side to Navy Pier along the Lake Michigan shore. The seats and windows …
Continue readingNew Czech trolleybus presented at InnoTrans (UrbanTransport)
Electrical equipment from the Prague-based company Cegelec (one of the successor companies of the former ČKD Trakce, now a member of the Vinci Energies Group) is used in thousands of trams and trolleybuses. The success …
Continue readingDoes light rail reduce traffic? The LA Expo Line case (TransfersMag)
Policymakers can focus too much on congestion relief and not enough on urban mobility and accessibility. Light rail is an attractive idea, especially in famously congested Los Angeles. Why sit stuck in traffic while the …
Continue readingDigital wayfinding to help visually impaired passengers use trams (MetroReport)
The 114 CAF trams that are scheduled to begin entering service in Jerusalem later this year will be equipped with technology from digital wayfinding company Step-Hear which is designed to make it easier for blind …
Continue readingAccessible Travel Simulation developed by Northern to familiarise passengers (RailTechnology)
Train operator Northern has received national acclaim after being the recipient of an award celebrating its unique and innovative approach to improving the accessibility standards across its network. The Accessible Travel Simulation “Serious Game” has been …
Continue readingRail electrification possible for 95% of UK freight trains, research reveals (CILTUK)
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport – CILT(UK) – has released its electrification strategy research which reveals the significant opportunity of electrification across the UK’s rail network. CILT has released a detailed map and …
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