• How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy (The Conversation) • Midlands abandoned railway island to be brought back into use: Video (Transport Matters) • British Transport Police trials live facial recognition …
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New Crash-Test Dummy Finally Addresses Women’s Car Safety Gaps (MotorTrend)
On Thursday, the [US] Department of Transportation announced it has approved the design for the first advanced female crash-test dummy, named THOR-05F. The agency hopes the new dummy will help show how air bags, seat belts, and …
Continue readingUK trial enhances safety at rural rail crossings (GlobalRailwayReview)
Network Rail’s Wales & Borders division has successfully trialled Universal Signalling’s ‘U-Cross’ system, a UK-first mainline technology designed to deliver next-generation, safer signalling to rural railway lines. The trial, conducted on the Heart of Wales line, …
Continue readingHydrogen Airships: Potential International Difficulties (ISOPolarAirships)
Airships have yet to reemerge as commercial transport, despite their numerous ecological, humanitarian, security, and business applications. A barrier for some business models is the regulation of lifting gasses. Regulations in many countries require airships …
Continue readingOn-train thermal camera tech aims to detect rail faults long before they disrupt services (E+T)
A thermal imaging camera attached to the front of a South Western Railway (SWR) train is helping detect faults on the line before they start causing major delays. The year-long trial also sees a camera …
Continue readingTesla self-driving tech keeps being investigated for safety, why is it allowed? (CNNBusiness)
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 …
Continue readingApplying Safe System Approach to Transport Planning, Design, & Ops (NationalAcademies)
The Safe System paradigm represents a pivot away from the “Responsibility” paradigm, which emerged in the 1980s in the United States. Whereas until recently, speed was considered safe—assuming drivers were responsible—and other road users were …
Continue readingNorthern to trial Cryogrip this Autumn (RailAdvent)
To help combat fallen leaves on the line, Northern is trialling a train fitted with cryogenic cleaning equipment known as Cryogrip. The train, which will not carry any passengers, will be running between Bishop Auckland …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 September 2025
• Why tube strikes can improve Londoners’ commutes (London Centric) • What’s the fastest Manchester Metrolink tram journey?: Video (Metrolink Insights) • Creating Northern’s new network map (Transport Designed) • How Seoul Metro Installed Platform …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 September 2025
• Why Has Brussels’ RER Network Taken So Long?: Video (Railways Explained) • Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones (The Guardian) • Protecting Workers on the Track: An encounter …
Continue readingMIT Laboratory reports on airborne threat mitigation for NYC subway (MITNews)
A multiyear program at MIT Lincoln Laboratory to characterize how biological and chemical vapors and aerosols disperse through the New York City subway system is coming to a close. The program, part of the U.S. …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 August 2025
• The Iconic 1940s Gants Hill Station: Video (Geoff Marshall) • What really ate Ebbsfleet? (Michael Dnes) • Women in London’s transport in the two world wars (London Transport Museum) • Why do US train …
Continue readingHow a Mercedes EV Fire Is Helping to Reshape Korea’s Electric Car Policy (Hyperdrive)
A dramatic fire that left many South Koreans in a panic about the reliability of electric vehicles has prompted the country to take unprecedented measures to assuage public fears over battery safety. Four months ago, an unplugged …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 July 2025
• London Financial District Workers Face Dangerously Hot Commute (CityLab) • The end of the new UK roads? (Michael Dnes) • New Midland Metro tram line extension progress to Digbeth, Dudley & Brierley Hill: Video …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 June 2025
• ‘Cleaner, greener, and absolute reliability’: trams make UK comeback (The Guardian) • Locos and Loops Part One: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Uber’s new shuttles ie buses, are a deeper problem (Grist) • Finding …
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