Until a few years ago, electric buses were a rarity in German mass transit. At the beginning of the millennium, they still existed in three cities: Eberswalde, Esslingen and Solingen. Since the end of the …
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New eBRT2030 publication lays out electric bus rapid transit future innovation (UITP)
By the turn of the 21st century, already 25 cities globally had implemented BRT systems. Fast forward to 2022, and worldwide there are 191 cities with operating BRT systems, with 76 BRTs opening in the …
Continue readingSeattle to add battery buses that use wireless inductive charging (SmartCitiesDive)
Dive Brief Dive Insight With more than $20 billion in grants available for bus purchases and supporting infrastructure through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, orders for zero-emission transit buses by transit agencies jumped 66% in 2022 over the …
Continue readingLondon using eBus pantograph charging to spark a green future (ChargingInfrastructure)
London’s push toward a zero-emission future has reached a significant milestone with the introduction of innovative pantograph technology at Bexleyheath bus garage. This technology facilitates rapid, wireless charging for buses on the all-electric route 132, …
Continue reading€2m funding for trolleybuses of the future (Trolley:Motion)
Oliver Luksic, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Digital Affairs and Transport, today handed over a funding commitment of over 2 million euros to the LibroDuct AAO consortium. The research team is working on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 September 2023
• West Midlands Metro extension to Wolverhampton station opens Sunday (RailUK) • Tame wide roads & replace them with boulevards of homes (Guardian) • Boston replaces trolleybuses w/ shorter range, heavier battery buses to cut …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 August 2023
• Euston HS2 TBMs to be buried under Old Oak Common until gov’t green light (NewCivilEng) • Fabulous Pathé BOAC Sunderland flying boat passenger flight: Video (AirlineRatings) • Willy Spiller’s book Hell on Wheels on …
Continue readingThe Potential of Trolleybuses: San Francisco Alternatives Analysis (Climate&Community)
Transforming transportation will be a critically important part of the decarbonization effort in the United States where the transport of people and goods produce more of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector. …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 July 2023
• Is the UK’s rail network affordable? (RailEngineer) • NaviLens tech app trial to help blind & partially sighted navigate DLR stations (ITSInternational) • The underride crashes that the truck industry doesn’t want to prevent …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 June 2023
• TfL puts larger transport infrastructure projects on hold amid funding uncertainty (NewCivilEng) • Peckham Rye station restoration finally complete (IanVisits) • Transport innovation, engineering, lobbying, & public relations in the age of steamboats (AntonHowes) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 June 2023
• TfL to buy more Elizabeth line trains to serve Old Oak Common HS2 temp terminus (OnLondon) • Former High Speed Rail College to close at the end of July (BBC) • Public inquiry on …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 May 2023
• Tuesday is last day to save Day Travelcards (Bus&TrainUser) • Plans for Great British Railways have been watered down by No 10 (TheTimes) • Crossrail tunnel detailed engineering cross-section explained: pg 5 (MottMacDonald) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 March 2023
• TfL going paper ticket free will leave Londoners behind (LondonTravelWatch) • The Short Story of London’s Trolleybuses: Video (JagoHazzard) • Reopening of abandoned Merseyside railway under consideration (AnonWidower) • Why Nancy is scrapping its …
Continue readingNew Czech trolleybus presented at InnoTrans (UrbanTransport)
Electrical equipment from the Prague-based company Cegelec (one of the successor companies of the former ČKD Trakce, now a member of the Vinci Energies Group) is used in thousands of trams and trolleybuses. The success …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 December 2022
• TfL vows to develop plans for Crossrail 2 & Bakerloo, DLR extensions (NewCivilEng) • London Paramedic Cycle Response Unit arrives faster than ambulances (LondonAmbulanceNHS) • GTR admits to breaching Equality Act on access for …
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