The Association of the German Aviation Industry (BDL) and Deutsche Bahn (DB) are launching a joint action plan to bring about a shift from domestic flights to the railways. In the declaration signed today in …
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Wednesday’s Friday Reads – 21 April 2021
News and great links are piling up, so this is a special extra edition of Friday Reads: • Mayor announces plans to power TfL on renewables (AirQualityNews) • France’s bonus malus vehicle tax scheme make …
Continue readingHydrail Breezes in the UK (Hydrogen Part 2)
We last looked at London’s hydrogen bus experiments, and this part of the series analyses current hydrail development. Regular operation of the world’s first hydrogen train started in September 2018 with two Alstom Coradia iLints …
Continue readingDeutsche Bahn expands wind power use for trains (GlobalRailReview)
Approximately 190 gigawatt hours of wind power from the Amrumbank-West offshore wind farm in Germany will supply DB’s trains in the future. Deutsche Bahn (DB) is consistently converting its electricity supply to become more sustainable by utilising …
Continue readingCanada investing in 5,000 electric buses (ReNewCan)
Today, Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne announced $2.75 billion in funding over five years, starting in 2021, to enhance public transit systems and switch …
Continue readingOld wind turbine blade components to reinforce HS2 concrete (ConstructionIndex)
Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? Wright’s Law (OurWorldInData)
For the world to transition to low-carbon electricity, energy from these sources needs to be cheaper than electricity from fossil fuels. Fossil fuels dominate the global power supply because until very recently electricity from fossil …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 November 2020
• Preston’s iconic bus station brought to life in illustration (TransportDesigned) • Managing railway earthworks in a changing climate (GarethDennis) • Study reveals the world’s most walkable cities (Guardian) • Europe is finally slowing down… …
Continue readingHS1 UK’s first fully renewable energy powered railway (RailBusinessD)
As the high-speed railway linking London, Kent and the Channel Tunnel, HS1 has revealed it is on track to becoming the first UK railway to run entirely on renewable energy. Wind and solar power lie …
Continue readingVivarail zero emission Pop Up Metro for UK & US (ModernRailways)
Vivarail Chairman Adrian Shooter talks to Modern Railways about the company’s Class 230s and its UK, and US, plans for battery trains. Watch the VivaRail video And this article lists Adrian Shooter’s video points, provides …
Continue readingClean electricity will save MBTA $3M a year (StreetsBlog)
The MBTA is negotiating a new multi-year electricity contract that will power the agency’s trains, trolleybuses, stations, and other facilities exclusively on renewable power – and is furthermore expected to save the agency $3 million …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 September 2020
• Franchising is Dead – Long Live Concessions! (Railway-News) • Outer London road congestion now worse than pre-lockdown (Guardian) • Network Rail acquires Brunel’s Bristol Old Station (RailUK) • France considers massive airline eco-tax (OneMileAtATime) …
Continue readingPortland competition to repurpose old light rail vehicles (ProgRail)
The competition grew out of an idea to find a way to repurpose 26 Type 1 light-rail vehicles and keep them from becoming scrap. Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest Design tomorrow will select the …
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