Norwegian railway operator Vy (former NSB) will integrate its train connections with taxis across the country. Many taxi services will be available in the Vy mobile application from 1 July 2020. Recently, the company’s app …
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Industry & gaming train sims becoming closer (Railway-Tech)
Simulation games bring hobbyists closer than ever to the industries they are passionate about. What goes into simulating trains, tracks and signalling systems with the detail that the keenest players expect, and how are sim …
Continue readingUK’s affordable, freight for all enterprise trains (RailFreight)
Could a version of the nineteenth-century local goods train be the answer to some very twenty-first century problems? Climate change, congestion charging, low-emissions zones, and HGV driver shortages may not have been issues in Victorian …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 December 2019
• Introducing the Central London Walking Network (LondonLivingStreets) • Sheffield’s tram-train a success so far (Wired) • Why Paris wants to tax Amazon deliveries (CityLab) • Redesign cities with women in mind (Globe&Mail) • Augmented …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 November 2019
• TfL’s cancelled roundel (IanVisits) • London recent aerial photography (Colossal) • UK railways mostly nationalised – by other countries (LondonEconomic) • Medieval trade routes interactive map (MerchantMachine) • Copenhagen increasing parking costs 100 times …
Continue readingBeer train to ship to beer lovers worldwide (RailFreight)
From now on, Stella Artois beers on the way to the port of Antwerp are delivered to their export gate by train. The Belgian beer manufacterer AB InBev has announced a major shift to rail …
Continue readingFlat-rate mobility pilot starts in Augsburg (IntelTransport)
For a fixed monthly fee, residents of Augsburg will have access to buses, trains, rental bikes and car sharing within the city. Augsburg has the first German city to introduce a mobility flat rate. For a …
Continue readingBrits develop autonomous wheel control (IntlRailJ)
SET, Britain, together with Vivarail, and Loughborough and Huddersfield universities, have developed an autonomous wheel control system called Acti-Wheel which they believe could revolutionise wheelset design. Acti-Wheel uses artificial intelligence to guide the train along the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 November 2019
• Westminster Tube station gets Africa themed roundels (IanVisits) • How Barcelona replaced car domination with SuperBlocks (Vox) • Are train companies doing enough to help disabled passengers? (Which?) • The importance of station second …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 November 2019
• Map of tunnel boring machines under the Thames (IanVisits) • Is surge pricing a fair way to manage demand? (BBC) • Rising Paris Métro ridership is driving new solutions (CityLab) • NYC is spending …
Continue readingChicago sees health costs savings from electric bus (InsideClimateNews)
Cities are still working through early challenges, but they see health and climate benefits ahead. In Chicago, two buses save the city $24,000 a year in fuel costs. Demand for e-buses is outpacing manufacturers’ ability …
Continue readingSegmental lining cracking under investigation (TunnelTalk)
Cracks have appeared in a section of segmental lining that had been reinforced with synthetic fibres on an extension of the Izmir Metro in Turkey. According to local news reports, the segments were reinforced with …
Continue readingGhost ships – a GPS mystery in Shanghai (MITTechReview)
On a sultry summer night in July 2018, the MV Manukai was arriving at the port of Shanghai, near the mouth of the Huangpu River. This busy tributary of the Yangtze winds through the city …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 November 2019
• Lyft bikeshare shut out of London (Bloomberg) • TfL publishes tables of Tube capacity (CityMetric) • Rotterdam’s crowdfunded Luchtsingel pedestrian bridge (PopUpCity) • The future of transportation is the bus, bike, and elevator (Slate) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 November 2019
• 2nd on-demand bus trial begins (TfL) • Can poor public transport explain Britain’s productivity problems? (CityMetric) • Decay & repair of the Dingle Overhead Railway Tunnel (ChrisIles) • For better transit for all, understand …
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