Eir and car charger installer EasyGo are to replace 180 public telephone booths with charging points. Instead of pushing button B to talk, you’ll soon be plugging in to charge. Ireland’s national electric car charging …
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HS2 to rethink Manchester & Leeds stations (NewCivilEng)
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC)’s Rail Needs Assessment – published last week – “puts the onus” on High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) and Transport for the North (TfN) to “rethink their station designs” in places like Manchester and …
Continue readingAV makers should be responsible for accidents: UK Law Comm (NetWeb)
What do you call the person behind the wheel of a self-driving car? Are they a passenger or owner or are they still the driver? Whatever they’re called, the UK‘s Law Commission says they shouldn’t …
Continue readingBatteries to cut diesel use on London-Cornwall train (E&T)
An intercity passenger train will be converted to run on battery power for the first time in the UK, Hitachi Rail has announced, cutting diesel use on non-electrified lines by 20 per cent. Hitachi has …
Continue readingTfL looking for e-scooter operators for rental trial (TfL)
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have launched a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters. TfL, London Councils and London’s boroughs are working together on plans for …
Continue readingHolostop holographic buttons tested on buses (TheCanadian)
Called “HoloStop”, holographic stop buttons are tested from this Monday in five buses of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines [Paris] network. This process should make it possible to fight against the transmission of viruses in public transport. “This …
Continue readingTfL traffic light optimisation trial in SW London (IntelTransport)
The new traffic light technology is expected to make the flow of traffic in the UK capital much smoother as it collects data from all road users. Transport for London (TfL) and Siemens Mobility Limited …
Continue readingFirst UK electric-only car charging station opens (BloombergGreen)
The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel. It’s another sign the energy and transport industries are gearing up to deal with as …
Continue readingDB Cargo UK tests vegetable oil loco (RailwayGazette)
DB Cargo UK has successfully tested the use of 100% renewable hydrotreated vegetable oil to fuel a Class 67 diesel locomotive, and on-track trials are to follow with Class 67 and Class 66 locomotives, as …
Continue readingLA unveils plans for transport tech innovation zone (SmartCitiesDive)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti shared plans this week for the city’s first Transportation Technology Innovation Zone in the West San Fernando Valley, designed for private companies and innovators to test tech-driven transportation solutions. The …
Continue readingElectric vehicle adoption curve: look at the data (CleanTechnica)
This report conveys 4 main points: Electric vehicles, particularly Teslas, are already more than competitive in certain market segments. The tech transitions that led to the electric vehicle (EV) market of today will continue in …
Continue readingProject to help overcome tram expansion barriers (UKTram)
A new project by UKTram aims to help promoters navigate one of the complex statutory processes associated with developing new light rail projects. Since 1993, Transport and Works Act (TWA) Orders have been required to …
Continue readingMake the vehicle body the battery to decrease weight (Wired)
Today, batteries account for a substantial portion of the size and weight of most electronics. A smartphone is mostly a lithium-ion cell with some processors stuffed around it. Drones are limited in size by the …
Continue readingLA Metro to speed up street running LRT lines (Urbanize)
With Metro on the cusp of adopting a service plan for the new Regional Connector subway in Downtown Los Angeles, several members of the agency’s Board of Directors have renewed a push to address sluggish …
Continue readingBeing a passenger railway in America is tough: But there’s data (KlumpenTown)
There’s a lot that can be learned from looking at the data. Many agencies fail to use the data they collect to really understand their system, figure out where things are going wrong, and find …
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