This year should see not one but two prototypes of very light rail vehicles being tested in the UK. Karol Zemek talks to Dr Nick Mallinson, Programme Manager at WMG Centre of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult at the University …
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Time for Silicon Valley to buy commuter e-buses (GreenBiz)
Every weekday, 10 commuter buses owned by biotech company Genentech join the ranks of the over 1,000 private buses that shuttle employees across the San Francisco Bay Area from near their homes to and from …
Continue readingChallenge to tackle goods congestion (Tech.London)
How can innovation help to make the way goods and services move around London safer, cleaner and more efficient? Freight and servicing underpins London’s economy. It keeps the shops and hospitals stocked and London’s businesses running. …
Continue readingMapping curb rules (SaadiqM)
It’s amazing how quickly the curb became a public infrastructure mapping and digitizing focus. And it stands to reason why would it. Ridesharing and autonomous driving companies are often cited as one of the biggest …
Continue readingAutomatic Bus Lane Enforcement solution (Siemans)
Siemens Mobility has successfully launched an Automatic Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) solution in New York City, representing the first-ever application of this technology to be mounted on buses. The ABLE systems are installed on M15 …
Continue readingConverting diesel buses to electric (UrbanTransport)
Since this year’s “Busworld” fair in Brussels, a new trend has now picked up speed in the bus industry. Several companies have specialized in the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive. The conversion is …
Continue readingParis eCommerce warehouses get local & chic (Wired)
Paris is classy, so it calls the distribution centers “logistics hotels”—les hôtels logistiques. In France’s capital, as in other affluent cities around the globe, cheap or free “instant deliveries” from companies like Amazon, DPD, and …
Continue readingHow Dutch Railways views train defects remotely (RailTech)
In a modern train such as the SNG (CAF Civity-platform) of the Dutch railway company NS, there are thousands of sensors that collect billions of pieces of data every day. Besides allowing trains to run …
Continue readingBerlin ending inductive-charge electric buses (UrbanTransport)
The electric bus operations on Berlin’s route 204 (Zoo – Südkreuz) were discontinued after a testing period of four years. The four Solaris Urbino 12 were equipped with inductive charging modules, to recharge the onboard …
Continue readingUK e-van startup out of stealth (Wired)
Hyundai and Kia announced Thursday that they are investing $111.5 million in Arrival, a startup British automaker building electric delivery vans. The three companies will jointly develop vehicles and share know-how as Arrival scales up …
Continue readingULEZ van scrappage payment doubled (AirQuality)
Payments for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) van scrappage scheme will double to £7,000, after a poor take up of the initial offer. According to the London Evening Standard, just £2.3m of the £28m …
Continue readingSupercapacitor hybrid buses reduce emissions (RailwayGazette)
POLAND: Solaris has won an order to supply Ząbkowice Śląskie with seven Urbino 12 buses equipped with supercapacitor energy storage and an engine control system designed to reduce emissions at bus stops. The vehicles will …
Continue reading3D printing in railway sector (RailwayTechnology)
Companies in the railway industry have started adopting 3D printing technologies to carry out production and maintenance work. How effective is this technology and to what extent is it supporting the industry? Stefanie Brickwede, head …
Continue readingCan railways collaborate to counter the Amazon Effect? (Railway-Tech)
The freight rail industry in North America finds itself at a crossroads. Where it chooses to go from here will define whether it can address a host of 21st-century challenges, and potentially impact future relationships …
Continue readingLogistics e-vans can improve air quality (NavigantResearch)
Traffic congestion is a significant concern for many urban centers. Much of this congestion can be attributed to growing urban population and density, combined with rising vehicle miles traveled due to increased rideshare use (Lyft and Uber) and …
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