Capturing CO2 from the air while running a train: it could even make diesel-fuelled train operation nearly carbon-neutral, according to new research. US-based startup CO2Rail Company, together with researchers from the University of Sheffield, are …
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Friday Reads – 30 September 2022
• Bond Street Elizabeth line station opening Monday 24 Oct (IanVisits) • Great British Railways already dead: Rail industry at lowest ebb (Guardian) • Barking Riverside – The Inside Story: video (JagoHazzard) • ScotRail announcements …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 September 2022
• TfL cleaners, caterers, & security to get free London transport (Guardian) • London noise map (NoisyCities) • Lamplight design of the Thames Embankment (TheTidalThames) • Norway wants people to park their EVs & ride …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 September 2022
• Queue Theory: How to design the perfect queue (Wired) • London’s Transport Commissioner Andy Byford to leave TfL, again (RailUK) • Free public transport in Europe: It hasn’t reduced traffic (EuroNews) • We have …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 September 2022
• The need to replace the Royal Train (ModernRailways) • TfL gardens opening on disused platforms & spaces (IanVisits) • Liège finally gets its tram line (UrbanTransport) • Battery equipped trolleybuses are a great, green …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 September 2022
• E-bikes to be added to Santander bike hire fleet in Sept (SouthLondonPress) • Germany’s €9 train ticket scheme saved 18m tons of CO2 emissions (Guardian) • The different philosophies of the French & German …
Continue readingLondon Underground testing new track fastenings to reduce noise (IanVisits)
London Underground is taking action to reduce the noise in tube tunnels by testing new rail track fastenings that should reduce the amount of track noise being heard inside the tube trains. Normally, Transport for …
Continue readingLong, winding road toward more circular tires (GreenBiz)
Ventures focused on circular economy advances haven’t historically represented a sexy funding category, but December and early January brought the closing of two high-profile investment infusions: $55 million for AMP Robotics, which is using artificial …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 August 2022
• How TfL plans to build 20,000 new homes (Guardian) • Design, wellbeing, & the Elizabeth line: A joyful connection (Grimshaw) • Northern employees to be trained to ID & support vulnerable passengers (RailTechnologyMag) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 August 2022
• TfL could be nationalised (RailTech) • Secrets of the Elizabeth Line: video (GeoffMarshall) • These maps help you see & noise pollution in your city (FastCompany) • Vancouver, St Louis saw increased safety, decreased …
Continue readingNetwork Rail & EDF Renewables UK partner for greener railway (RailwayTechnology)
Network Rail has announced a solar power agreement with EDF Renewables UK to achieve a greener railway network for Britain. The energy will be procured from EDF Renewables UK’s Bloy’s Grove solar farm in Norfolk. The site was …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – April 25 2022
• A flash sale is not a transport strategy: What Is wrong with British rail (inews) • Pollution back to illegal levels on ex-zero emissions London street (Guardian) • Portland’s Tilikum Crossing longest US non-traffic …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 January 2022
• Euston Hampstead Tube station to be moved for HS2 (HydeParkNow) • 100 Years of Tube train evolution: video (LTMFriends) • How London’s buses helped WW1 British tank design (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Transport noise linked to …
Continue readingAir quality programme introduced to UK railways (RailTechnology)
The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is helping the rail industry improve air quality across Britain’s railways. Issues around climate change, sustainability and air quality are still hot topics following the conclusion of the …
Continue readingNone of UK’s top 5 congested roads have cycleways (Forbes)
Traffic congestion is caused not by cycleways but by too many cars, trucks and vans. This, one would assume, is blindingly obvious. But not according to many trusted news sources which are today running with …
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