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Why electric vehicles make some people carsick (Guardian)
An increasing number of people are experiencing motion sickness in EVs, and there is a scientific explanation as to why. With electric cars skyrocketing in popularity around the world – in 2024, 22% of new car …
Continue readingDenmark rolled out nationwide ticketing for all public transport modes in 10 months: Podcast (Freewheeling)
Hardware-free solutions move fast. We often assume big change needs big kit: gates, cards, hardware. But Fairtiq’s success shows the power of software-only solutions. In Denmark, they rolled out a nationwide ticketing system covering all …
Continue readingLocomotive equipped to test autonomous freight train operation (Railway Gazette)
A DB Cargo electric locomotive has been equipped with automatic and remote train operation technology which is to be used to test automated freight haulage under real-world conditions. On July 4 retrofitted Siemens Mobility Vectron electric locomotive …
Continue readingVienna urges focus on passenger needs over tech hype (CitiesToday)
A proliferation of mobility options may be reshaping public transport but leaders from Vienna and VIA say the true measure of progress lies in meeting everyday passenger needs, not chasing the latest innovation. Speaking at …
Continue readingStartup generating energy from passing vehicles & trains?: Podcast (Freewheeling)
Treeva is a startup generating energy from passing vehicles and trains. Her turbines harness airflow to power local infrastructure like lighting and EV chargers. We [the podcast, link below] talked about the technology, the challenges …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 June 2025
• TfL gets £2.2 billion for capital upgrades over the next three years (IanVisits) • Coventry Very Light Rail is here: Video (Geoff Marshall) • How Metrolinx’s plan to deliver European-style train service to Greater …
Continue readingRussian armoured train destroyed by Ukrainian drone (RailMarket)
Ukrainian troops have destroyed a Russian armoured train in a rare drone strike. The train itself was described as a “greeting from the Second World War” by an air reconnaissance officer. The information has been …
Continue readingBarcelona launches automated bus lane & bus stop enforcement pilot with AI (UrbanTransport)
Barcelona tests an artificial intelligence system for automatic control of reserved lanes and stops to improve bus circulation. This is a pilot test resulting from the challenge launched and financed by the Barcelona City Council, …
Continue readingInnovative new tech to maximise level boarding potential for new Metro fleet (RailUK)
As part of the ongoing work to upgrade its Metro fleet, the Southeastern and Network Rail Alliance has appointed Cordel to provide accurate data and imaging of all platforms on the metro network. Cordel has …
Continue readingNetwork Rail trials helicopter surveys to spot failures before they happen (IMechE)
The unique perspective provided by a bird’s eye view can often reveal issues that go unnoticed on the ground, giving engineers an opportunity to spot potential failures before they happen. Network Rail took advantage of …
Continue readingHigh-visibility clothing may thwart pedestrian crash prevention sensors (InsuranceInstForHighwaySafety)
The clothing that makes pedestrians stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests. “These results suggest that some …
Continue reading‘Innovation Farm’ opens for testing lineside distributed acoustic sensing (RailBusiness)
Sensonic has opened an ‘Innovation Farm’ test facility to help it develop optic fibre cable distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technologies without the need for lineside access to a live railway. DAS utilises existing optic fibre …
Continue readingThe unseen environmental costs of autonomous cars (SmartCitiesDive)
A significant amount of time, effort, capital, brainpower and, yes, energy is being spent developing solutions intended to cut transportation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Many of these efforts — such as self-driving robotaxis and electric vertical …
Continue readingDB ESG to investigate hydrogen to improve carbon clean & capture (RailAdvent)
DB ESG, a specialist provider of rolling stock engineering solutions for the UK rail industry, has secured funding from InnovateUK for a project that aims to reduce rail vehicle emissions using hydrogen-powered carbon clean and …
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