A new digital traffic management system (TMS) that could reduce reactionary delays by up to 15% is to be trialled between London Paddington and Bristol Parkway. Called ‘Luminate’, the innovative system uses computer algorithms to …
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Planning the transit hubs of the future (City Lab)
How do you future-proof railway stations, metro hubs, and bus terminals? Architect Caroline Bos has a few pointers. What does the train station of the future look like? It’s a question that architects and urban …
Continue reading£92m UK railway research partnership (Smart Rail World)
The UK is expected to become a world-leading centre of railway expertise after a £92 million partnership has been established between RSSB, the rail supply industry and eight universities. Funding will be used to create …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 14, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. • How tube stations got their funny names (Beeb) • Demonyms – not what you …
Continue readingHow to improve railway track design (Smart Rail World)
Rail track laying is a technical and expensive task. Researchers at the University of Southampton in the UK are using science to improve today’s maintenance and tomorrow’s design especially for high-speed rail routes. When a …
Continue readingLuton Airport peoplemover approved (Metro Report)
Luton Borough Council, the owner of London Luton Airport, has approved the construction of a 2.3 km automated peoplemover linking the terminal building with Luton Airport Parkway station. The cost is put at £200m, with …
Continue readingSeattle traffic crash data visualization tool (Next City)
In 2016, there were 13,622 traffic collisions in Seattle resulting in 3,885 injuries, 166 serious injuries and 23 fatalities. The cost of all that property damage, injury and loss of human life: $222,827,800. Those stats …
Continue readingPooling non-emergency patient transport (Urban Transport Group)
Total Transport: a better approach to commissioning non-emergency patient transport? ‘Total Transport’ schemes pool resources and vehicle fleets from across the public sector which are currently used to provide separate mainstream, social services, education and …
Continue readingRoman concrete outlasts modern mix (Guardian)
Why Roman concrete still stands strong while modern version decays: Scientists have cracked the secret to Roman water-based structures’ strength – and findings could help today’s builders. Their structures are still standing more than 1,500 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – July 7, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Slow death and rebirth of Battersea Power Station (Mike Horne Metadyne) Vision Zero data shows …
Continue readingSeven UK rail operators to sell advance tickets on travel day (Railway Technology)
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG), comprising seven UK-based rail companies, has agreed to allow long distance passengers to buy cheaper advance tickets up to ten minutes before the departure of the train. The initiative will …
Continue readingThe Mess of UK Smartcards (Beauty of Transport)
“ITSO [Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation] was (and is) a membership organisation set up with an apparently simple mission: to create a single, integrated transport smartcard technical standard for the whole of the UK. It wasn’t …
Continue readingIntro to regenerative braking energy recovery (Metro Rail Int’l)
Modern metro trains have regenerative braking which helps reduce their electric energy consumption. The reduction in electric energy consumption depends on the instantaneous ability of the rail section near the braking train to use or …
Continue readingFirst section of Paris Express tram-train opens (Metro Report Int’l)
The first section of the T11 Express tram-train route in Paris opened on June 30. Services on the 10⋅6 km line between Epinay-sur-Seine and Le Bourget serve seven stations. Services are operated with a fleet …
Continue readingFriday Reads – June 30, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. Bike lanes cause more pollution myth debunked (Guardian) Best Tube photo ever? (1LondonBlog) Roman roads …
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