Move over RER, Montréal’s new fully automated Réseau express métropolitain (REM)’s first segment has opened. Once fully completed, the REM line will link directly across Montréal Island north, south, and west. Essentially, a Regional Express …
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Polluted air in Seoul tunnel cleaned by photocatalytic concrete (IMechE)
Polluted air in a tunnel in Seoul, South Korea, has been cleaned by a new type of reactive concrete. The photocatalytic concrete, which breaks down pollutants when exposed to light, was developed by researchers at …
Continue readingThe impacts of capital investment in London’s Underground: Long-term analysis (TransportationResearch)
Abstract The deferred repair of infrastructure is often a pressing issue since infrastructure failures can have severe economic consequences for both operators and users. Although the benefits of non-expansion capital spending are well-known within the industry, …
Continue readingThe future of UK railways electrification (RailEngineer)
Since the PWI held its first electrification seminar in 2018, the event has become increasingly popular. As reported in issue 196 (May-June 2022), last year’s Scottish seminar focused on the Scottish electrification programme and initiatives …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 July 2023
• How low cost airline subsidies are hampering the great modal shift (RailwayTechnology) • History of Heathrow Express, from WW2 plans, to the future (IARO) • Ireland’s Strategic Rail Review makes 30 proposals to greatly …
Continue readingNYC MTA to deploy AI at subway stations to track fare evasion (BusinessInsider)
The next time you walk through the turnstile at a New York City subway station, AI might be watching you. The city’s subway system is now using AI surveillance technology to track fare evasion. The …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 July 2023
• £14m in fines levied on TfL & TOL for Croydon Tram crash (RailwayTechnology) • UK announces £680m for Turkish high speed electric railway, but no UK benefit (LondonEconomic) • Northern expanding using classical music …
Continue readingMannheim tram weather station to measure grass median effects (Mainspring)
RNV, the tramway operator in the Mannheim and Ludwigshafen area of Germany, has equipped one of its Bombardier Variobahn to act as a rolling weather station, to support the cities’ programme for collecting weather and …
Continue reading3D printed, autonomous, electric Seine ferry for Paris 2024 Olympics (FutureTransport)
Holland Shipyards Group, Sequana Développement, and Roboat have announced that their 3D-printed, autonomous electric passenger ferry will be in operation on the river Seine by the summer of 2024 in time for the Paris 2024 …
Continue readingLondon eScooter trial data reveals mode shift but not from cars (CitiesToday)
New data released by Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that out of 2.5 million trips taken by rental e-scooter between June 2021 and November 2022, 93.5 percent would have otherwise been taken by walking, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 July 2023
• Manchester, Yorkshire, & Liverpool Mayors initiate legal process against ticket office closures (RailAdvent) • Full Tube Map of human anatomy [safe for work] (VisualCapitalist) • The American car death cult [close registration request] (AmericanProspect) …
Continue readingUITP: Public transport needs to be even easier for passengers (IntlRailJ)
No passenger left behind Kevin Smith argues that changes in the travelling habits of urban rail passengers following the Covid-19 pandemic requires a fresh approach to how operators engage with and serve their customers, with …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 July 2023
• London buses are slowing down, slowing down, slowing down (OnLondon) • Gloucester Road: Forgotten spaces, historic features, & art installation: Video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Fare Dodger Bingo: Which excuses have you heard? (RailUK) • Freight …
Continue readingBike Runnels: Improving access for cyclists & all stairway users (ITE)
A runnel is a narrow channel in the ground that water flows through. A bike runnel is a narrow channel on the edge of a stairway that helpsdismounted cyclists with bikes, e-bikes or e-scooters negotiate …
Continue readingRoad pricing: A market based solution? Global survey (Transportist)
Good news everyone, road pricing is back on the agenda in New South Wales! The previous NSW administration passed a law that said that EVs will have to pay an odometer tax by 2027, or once …
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