Transport for London (TfL) has announced that from October 2024 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over 12 metric tons driving in the capital will have to pass new more stringent tests to protect vulnerable road users …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 26 June 2023
• Tube pickpocketing up as police report stats (Standard) • The problem w/ Rowan Atkinson’s take on electric cars, is too many electric cars (LloydAlter) • The work of Tube fluffers, now called track cleaning …
Continue readingBattery powered UK inter-city train under development (RailwayGazette)
Hitachi Rail is working with Turntide Technologies to design and manufacture traction battery systems for trial installation on an inter-city trainset. Turntide said installing traction batteries to make a Hitachi electro-diesel trainset into a tri-mode …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 June 2023
• The dark underbelly of Thomas the Tank Engine: Podcast (99%Invisible) • European Sleeper starts Berlin-Amsterdam-Brussels service (Politico) • The Dutch bid farewell to their Royal Train (RailTech) • The benefits of, & the reasons …
Continue readingInductive charging highway section to be built in Florida (Electrive)
The Norwegian company ENRX wants to inductively charge electric vehicles with 200 kW while driving on a section of highway in Florida. A one-mile section of a four-lane highway near Orlando is to be electrified. …
Continue readingPhoenix Rises – Return of the Airship
Spy balloons over the US and Canada, with some being shot down, have been a major news story in recent months. But what is not in the mainstream news is the spotting of what appears …
Continue readingThe gas station/convenience store vs utilities EV charger death match (Heatmap)
The convenience store lobby is very, very interested in electric vehicle charging. In state after state, they have clashed with utilities over who gets to install electric chargers — and who pays for it. The …
Continue readingPublic transport consultants gone wild, escalating rail costs (Slate)
The real reason it costs so damn much to build new subways in America. For the past decade, as the cost of building American mass transit has soared to world records, advocates have found themselves …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 June 2023
• Britain’s railway is without a paddle (IntlRailJ) • New Wales Metro tram-train now in testing (RailUK) • Feasibility Study for £890m Oxfordshire rail link released (NewCivilEng) • Irish railway project takes old Scottish Sleeper …
Continue readingDfT has no idea if it is on track on its active travel targets (NatlAuditOffice)
Active travel describes everyday journeys made by walking, wheeling, or cycling. It includes trips that are made by foot, pedal-cycles, e-cycles, adapted cycles, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and push-scooters. Active travel is a low-carbon way to …
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 readingSatellite pay-per-mile tolling to be tested in Munich & Barcelona (TrafficTechToday)
A new dawn for pay-per-mile tolling (also known as road user charging or RUC) is approaching with the announcement today (12 April 2023) that a satellite-based system to enable it is to be trialed in …
Continue readingReality & implications of national transport emission reduction policies (CREDS)
In 2021 the United Nations Secretary-General issued a ‘Code Red’ warning for humanity, with the risks of exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming perilously close. That year saw the publication of the Department for Transport’s Decarbonisation …
Continue readingWhen capital becomes interested in high speed rail (MediaRail)
[This industry blog post has noticed an interesting trend that we are LR Towers have also noticed – large financial investment firms investing in constructing, purchasing, and/or operating railway infrastructure. This article looks at the …
Continue readingSingapore to install solar panels on 50 more buses after successful trial (StraitsTimes)
Public bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore will install ultra-thin solar panels on the roofs of 50 more buses after a proof-of-concept trial in 2021 showed positive results. By end-April, a total of 52 diesel-powered buses will be fitted …
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