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 …
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Solving 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 April 2020
• Legal bid launched to stop government’s £27bn road building plans (Forbes) • Missing taking a train? Take a KX-Leeds ride from the cab (LNER) • Norway’s A-ha moment that made it an electric car …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 April 2020
• Vauxhall bus station set for demolition (IanVisits) • Underground tubes used for WWII bunker (Xenophon) • Photos to vector diagrams of public spaces (UrbanNext) • Manchester rethinking zebra crossings (CityMetric) • World cities turn …
Continue readingHydrogen bus BRT line rolls out in France (SmartCitiesWorld)
A hydrogen bus fleet rolls out in France. The new service will see eight 18-metre long Van Hool buses operate on a 6km dedicated line in the centre of Pau. The world’s first hydrogen-powered bus …
Continue readingAutomatic Bus Lane Enforcement solution (Siemans)
Siemens Mobility has successfully launched an Automatic Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) solution in New York City, representing the first-ever application of this technology to be mounted on buses. The ABLE systems are installed on M15 …
Continue readingConverting diesel buses to electric (UrbanTransport)
Since this year’s “Busworld” fair in Brussels, a new trend has now picked up speed in the bus industry. Several companies have specialized in the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive. The conversion is …
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