• TfL fast orbital bus routes have been rejected before: Will Sadiq’s Superloop fare better? (OnLondon) • 10-platform HS2 Euston design pricier than original 11-platform design (NatlAuditOffice) • Kay Hughes is HS2’s guardian of the …
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CRRC’s new US train factory has gone off the rails (Streetsblog)
On Thursday, Governor Maura Healey, Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll, and their administration’s newly-assembled transportation cabinet rode a Red Line train, visited the T’s Operations Control Center, and outlined their early plans to tackle the many …
Continue readingSouth Wales Metro’s first Class 398 tram-train delivered (MetroReport)
The first of the Stadler Class 398 tram-trains for South Wales Metro services arrived at Transport for Wales’ Taff’s Well depot by road on the night of March 21. This follows several months of testing …
Continue readingVery Light Rail ultra-thin tram track installed for load testing (MetroReport)
A sensor-equipped section of track developed for the Coventry Very Light Rail project has been installed at a city council depot, where the movement of heavy goods vehicles will enable its performance to be tested …
Continue readingBank station upgrade: bespoke solution for pile interceptions (GroundEngPlus)
At the 2022 GE Basements and Underground Structures conference, Transport for London (TfL) senior engineer for tunnels Paul Dryden discussed a tricky pile intercept on the Bank Station capacity project. At the conference in October …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 March 2023
• Flight passenger duty cut sparks surge in UK domestic flights (Independent) • It’s time to radically rethink London’s roads: starting w/ its Red Routes (OnLondon) • Likely impact of approved Highline project will have …
Continue readingNew app could soon turn every car into a speed camera (RAC)
And report traffic offences at the touch of a button Later this year, a new app is set to be available to UK drivers which will convert a smartphone into a dashcam to report traffic …
Continue readingDesigning VIA Rail’s new Corridor fleet’s look & feel to a new standard (PriestmanGoode)
PriestmanGoode designed the interiors for VIA Rail Canada’s new Corridor fleet setting a new standard in passenger rail experience that’s unparalleled, fully accessible and barrier-free. The project also encompassed the livery design for the new …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 March 2023
• Attempts to restart the Western Rail Link to Heathrow (IanVisits) • 20 years after Congestion Charge began, let’s recognise TfL as a tech innovator (OnLondon) • Weirdest ride ever! Riding through London’s new, pre-effluent …
Continue readingThe promise of lithium-sulfur batteries (TransportWeekly)
Low in cost and high in density, a lithium-sulfur battery could power the future of transport — if it ever gets to market. The element sulfur is cheap and plentiful. There‘s so much of it …
Continue readingHigh subway & metro construction costs are not about precarity (PedestrianObvs)
I’ve seen people who I think highly of argue that high construction costs in the United States are an artifact of precarity. The argument goes that the political support for public transportation there is so …
Continue readingGreater Manchester secures devolution deal for regional rail services (RailwayNews)
Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has secured a new devolution deal with the UK government to provide the local authority with more influence over regional rail services within its Bee Network. The Bee Network is …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 March 2023
• Elizabeth line is now the UK’s busiest railway (IanVisits) • The Beauty of Toilets: Southern Railway stations shine anew (BeautyOfTransport) • World’s longest cycle tunnel opens in Bergen Norway (Jalopnik) • New York has …
Continue readingData is the new oil: how to mine & refine it for railways (RailEngineer)
M The phrase “data is the new oil” was coined in 2006. Like oil, data is of little value unless it is extracted, refined, processed, and distributed. This metaphor also alludes to the case of …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 March 2023
• TfL going paper ticket free will leave Londoners behind (LondonTravelWatch) • The Short Story of London’s Trolleybuses: Video (JagoHazzard) • Reopening of abandoned Merseyside railway under consideration (AnonWidower) • Why Nancy is scrapping its …
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