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 …
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First meeting of UK bus manufacturing panel (PassengerTransport)
Local transport minister joins bus manufacturers, metro mayors and others to discuss how to transform the fleet while supporting UK bus builders. Greener bus travel, new UK jobs and bigger business was on the agenda …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 March 2025
• London’s black cabs destined for extinction in 20 years, TfL warned (Guardian) • London’s Most Controversial Bus, the BYD BD11 Reviewed: Video (Network Nathan) • Britain’s Bike-Friendliest ‘New Town’ Is a Model for Car-Free …
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 readingSolaris wins Vancouver Contract for up to 512 new Trolleybuses (UrbanTransportMag)
The operator of public transport in the Greater Vancouver area, Translink, has been working on a project for the renewal of its trolleybus fleet and possible expansion of the system, which currently has a fleet …
Continue readingNew Study Quantifies Just How Much Highways Block Social Connection (NextCity)
Anew study confirms what urban residents and advocates have known for decades: that America’s urban highways are barriers to social connection. The research, published this month in the journal PNAS, quantifies for the first time how …
Continue readingVery light rail & pop-up metro partnership (MetroReport)
US-based international railway investor Railroad Development Corp and British lightweight rolling stock developer TDI Greenway are to join forces in the emerging very light rail and ‘pop-up metro’ sectors. A joint venture announced on February …
Continue readingDfT ‘unclear’ on status of safeguarding for revised Crossrail 2 route (NewCivilEngineer)
The status of the safeguarding for the revised Crossrail 2 route is uncertain after the Department for Transport (DfT) failed to answer a peer’s question about the process. Transport for London (TfL) said “discussions continue” …
Continue readingEnglish Settlement: Devolving Powers to Enable Intermodal Fare Integration: Part 2
“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed” science fiction author William Gibson famously wrote. This is definitely the case with public transport in the UK. Whilst London’s intermodal fare zones and payment …
Continue readingTemporary cable car replaces destroyed bridge (Seilbahnen)
A temporary cable car has been operating since February 17, 2025, between the villages of Champsec and Sarreyer in Switzerland. It serves as a supplement to the transportation network until the road bridge, destroyed by …
Continue readingSolar energy powers Siemens Mobility’s journey to net zero at Goole Rail Village (RailUK)
Siemens Mobility is leading the way to a greener future for the rail industry with a comprehensive range of low-carbon investments at its Goole Rail Village. The Rail Village now has minimal operational emissions, with …
Continue readingTokyo Subway Construction Costs Deconstructed (PedestrianObservations)
Here is a list of Japanese subways and their construction costs, courtesy of Borners, who has been working on this as well as on a deep dive about London construction costs. I’d been looking for this …
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 readingNew rail freight route developed between China & Europe to avoid Russia (Mediarail)
Russian Railways has seen a significant decline in volumes, which coincides with China’s strategic efforts to develop alternative trade routes into Europe. At the same time, there’s growing recognition that Central Asia itself could emerge …
Continue readingHaving to Go on the Go: How US Transit Agencies Are Tackling the Public Bathroom Crisis (Streetsblog)
Lack of public restrooms can be a barrier to using transit — and a devastating problem for those who have no choice but to ride. This company is trying to solve the problem. For decades, …
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