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 …
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Cheap air fares still harming environmental efforts (Railway-Technology)
Global environmental pressure group Greenpeace has found “a slightly positive trend” in transport ticket pricing, but the difference between rail and air prices is still “distorted” in favour of cheap flights. Flying Cheap, Paying Dear is …
Continue readingWhat Would ‘Transportation Abundance’ Look Like? (CityLab)
Fans of the abundance movement say that adding supply solves big problems in housing and health care. But when it comes to getting around, things get complicated. Abundance seems poised to be the policy literati’s favorite term of 2025, …
Continue readingIntegrated National Transport Strategy: Learning from Dijon (NewCivilEngineer)
It would be an understatement to suggest that last year was anything less than a whirlwind for the nation and its most prominent industries. After an early election brought a change of residency at Number …
Continue readingThe Mobility-Productivity Paradox investigated (VictoriaTransportPolicyInstitute)
Abstract This study explores a paradox: the negative relationship between mobility (motor vehicle travel) andeconomic productivity. Conventional planning often assumes that faster, cheaper, and more vehicletravel supports economic development, but evidence described in this study …
Continue readingEnglish Settlement: Devolving Powers to Enable Intermodal Fare Integration: Part 2
“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed” science fiction author William Gibson famously wrote. This is definitely the case with public transport in the UK. Whilst London’s intermodal fare zones and payment …
Continue readingWhy Cities Need Diverse Public Transit Funding (WorldResourcesInst)
Public transit is not only a vital network connecting people to jobs, services and one another; it’s also an important climate solution. The world needs to double public transit capacity by 2030 as part of its larger …
Continue reading2 State railways fined for colluding against open access operator (RailwayGazette)
The European Commission has fined the Czech and Austrian national train operators a total of €48·7m for colluding to prevent new entrant RegioJet from acquiring second-hand rolling stock to support its growth in the Czech Republic and …
Continue readingE-bikes now outsell pedal-only ones across several European countries: Lessons for US Cities (CityLab)
If you think electric bicycles are a hit in the US, check out what’s happening across the Atlantic. Battery-boosted models now comprise a majority of bike sales in several European countries, including Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, and they’re …
Continue readingReport into ScotRail peak fare removal published (RailTechnology)
Transport Scotland has announced that it has published analysis into its pilot to remove ScotRail Peak Fares. The year-long pilot saw the Scottish Government subsidising the removal of the fares, as part of a drive to …
Continue readingWhat If Non-Drivers Helped Plan Our Transportation Systems? (NextCity)
One-third of Americans don’t have a driver’s license. Anna Zivarts says it’s time for transportation planners to include them in decision-making. In the fall of 2021, I was invited by Roger Millar, the head of …
Continue readingUS Justice Department lawsuit necessary to get freight trains out of Amtrak’s way (Trains)
The Justice Department needed to file a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern for its poor handling of Amtrak’s Crescent because Class I railroads routinely ignore the law that gives passenger trains preference over freight traffic, Transportation Secretary Pete …
Continue readingTraffic engineers build unsafe roads because they rely on outdated research & faulty data (TheConversation)
“Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive, smells like a steak, and seats 35?”. Back in 1998, “The Simpsons” joked about the Canyonero, an SUV so big that they were obviously kidding. At that …
Continue readingLabour’s railway renationalisation should be directed at ROSCOs: Opinion (RailwayTechnology)
Labour’s push for renationalisation should focus on rolling stock companies, which continue to profit from taxpayer subsidies and send profits abroad. The King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament has signalled a significant shift …
Continue readingThe governing realities for Labour in power, & what it means for planning and transport
“I wanna be the leader, I wanna be the leader.Can I be the leader? Can I? I can?Promise? Promise?Yippee I’m the leader, I’m the leader.OK what shall we do?” Roger McGough Any Colour You Like …
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