Community leaders and the courts are putting too much faith into dubious traffic studies that always seem to predict more and more driving, a new study argues — but that could all change if our …
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Data 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 readingNASA tech converted for Northern to revolutionise track monitoring (RailTechnology)
A collated talent pool of more than 60 national and international rail sector professionals have had access to a sneak peek of pioneering NASA technology converted for the train operator Northern. The implementation of this …
Continue readingTrain-to-train data transmission over 4km for autonomous operation (RailwayGazette)
Korea Railroad Research Institute has successfully tested train-to-train data communications over distances of 2 km in the open air and 4 km in tunnels. The communications use a directional antenna developed by KRRI, which said …
Continue readingBooking int’l train trips fail 10 times more often than a flight: Why? (RailTech)
“We all know that booking international rail tickets can be quite difficult, but how big is the problem?” That was the question that Thomas Preslmayr and students of the Austrian St. Pölten University of Applied …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 August 2022
• How to prevent more European transport heatwave meltdowns (Wired) • Bollardology: History & taxonomy of London street bollards: Book review (LondonHistorians) • Lightning takes out catenary & disrupts Ottawa LRT line (Trains) • Delta …
Continue readingHigh speed train wheel now digitally monitored live (RailUK)
Hitachi Rail is installing its cutting-edge live monitoring solution across Great Western Railway’s high-speed fleet of 93 intercity trains, in a world-first for digital maintenance. This technology will boost fleet availability by over 100 days …
Continue readingWebinar & Online Conference Reads
Interesting free and low cost online rail and transport webinars and conferences from around the world. Updated 20 February 2025. • The High Speed Rail Alliance is hosting the free webinar Fixing Chicago Union Station. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 June 2022
• West Midlands tram services resume Wolverhampton to Bull Street (BritishTrams) • Rennes rubber-tyred CityVAL Line B opening postponed for 5th time (IntlRailJ) • 120 years of Berlin’s U-Bahn: podcast (MonocleRadio) • How to literally …
Continue readingRFID is the answer to defective wheels on UK railways (RailTech)
Flat spots, hot boxes, and host of other problems could be tackled by the technology originally developed to keep retail goods safe from light-fingered shop lifters. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is set to be rolled on …
Continue readingEuropean hiring boom in railway data analytics roles (RailwayTechnology)
Europe was the fastest growing region for data analytics hiring among railway industry companies in the three months ending February. The number of roles in Europe made up 12.2% of total data analytics jobs – …
Continue readingRenfe introduces mixed reality tech to maintenance processes (RailwayNews)
This includes a trial of Microsoft’s HoloLens glasses and mixed reality tools. Users will be able to access technical documentation and training resources as well as make use of collaborative platforms to share technical information. …
Continue readingWhen the train becomes an Internet of Things (MediaRail)
Predictive maintenance has become the new grail for railway rolling stock manufacturers. The aim is to produce a maintenance plan adapted to the real needs of the rolling stock. The aim is to avoid getting …
Continue readingAutonomous electric freight train cars (dot.LA)
Comprised of former SpaceX, Google and Tesla engineers, Parallel Systems is aiming to develop autonomous and electric freight train cars that would make the American shipping industry greener and more efficient. Parallel Systems’ technology relies …
Continue readingJapan foot crossing obstacle detection using AI (RailwayGazette)
JAPAN: Seibu Railway is to start testing a newly-developed AI-assisted warning system for detecting obstacles on foot crossings at two stations on the Ikebukuro Line in the suburbs of Tokyo. These crossings are commonplace at …
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