In 2019, people boarded public transportation 34 million times each day. It gets us where we need to be and provides essential transport to millions of Americans. The internet, too, has become essential, and yet many people, especially …
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Berlin plans hybrid trolleybus network (UrbanTransport)
As in many other cities around the world, trolleybuses have been outdated since decades – the last traditional trolleybuses ran in West Berlin in 1965 and in the eastern part of the city in 1973. …
Continue readingBus Interchange design explained video (GrahamCurrie)
This video concerns the engineering and traffic considerations in a bus interchange – yes it seems boring BUT it describes why its a great balance between competing objectives including capacity, understandability, comfort, safety, and quality. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 September 2020
• Atkins lead role on £1.5bn Crossrail extension study (NewCivilEng) • Diesel car pollution significantly higher in London suburbs (AirQualityNews) • Is lowering road speeds for sustainability more palatable than for safety? (PriceTags) • Secret …
Continue readingCharging electric buses under catenary (UrbanTransport)
Various charging concepts for electric buses are currently in use around the world. However, although certain standardizations could be achieved, there is up to the date when this report was written no widely accepted, predominantly …
Continue readingLondon bus garage becomes largest vehicle-to-grid site (Electric&Hybrid)
A North London bus garage is set to become a ‘virtual power station’, generating electricity from buses when not in use. Following a transformation to garage nearly 100 new zero-emission electric buses, Northumberland Park is …
Continue readingSolving electric bus design problems (Electric&Hybrid)
A number of European cities have committed to securing only zero-emission buses by 2025. However, to achieve this objective, manufacturers must make bold design choices, radically changing bus componentry, systems, and bodywork. Here, it looks …
Continue readingMore e-buses also require a better grid (StreetsBlog)
To get more electric buses, we don’t just need a better battery – we need a better grid. A ground breaking new technology may soon help U.S. transit agencies overcome perhaps the single largest barrier …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 August 2020
• Underground accessibility updates from the lockdown (StepFreeLondon) • Noise cameras coming to UK to silence thunderous exhausts (NewAtlas) • BAM Nuttall facing another claim over Cambridge Guided Busway flaws (ConstructEnq) • Travel the Parliamentary …
Continue readingNatural cooling bus shelter (JCDecaux)
JCDecaux has developed and is now offering local authorities its new-generation Natural Cooling bus shelter, with a solution to the issue of urban heat islands. The new model expands the range of innovative bus shelters …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 July 2020
• The plan for open topped, COVID-safe, London buses (CityLab) • Gov’t ending message to avoid public transport (TransportXtra) • England’s new, funded cycling and walking bold vision (NickSanderson) • Salzburg – Vienna flights cancelled …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 July 2020
• Mayor plans to power TfL Tube with green energy (RailBusinessD) • TfL: Buses ‘deserve priority over everything’ on London roads (Standard) • Settle & Carlisle charter trials offer alternative rail service (RailMag) • Isle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 July 2020
• Bus, rail networks can no longer exist on separate planets (NewCivilEng) • City of London to convert parking bays into bike corrals (Forbes) • TfL introduce car-free zones & wider pavements in Square Mile …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 June 2020
• CILT Bus & Coach Policy Group’s Net Zero bus proposal (TransportXtra) • Give the Curb your Enthusiasm (Slate) • The surprisingly quick obsolescence of airport terminals (CityLab) • Photography at the end of the …
Continue readingWorld’s first CO2 heat pump in artic eBus (UrbanTransport)
The very first electric articulated bus equipped with a Konvekta CO2 heat pump thermal management system has been operated by the public transport company VAG in Nuremberg since the beginning of this year. The future of …
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