On 12 October 2017, the City of Paris announced the schedule for the ban on diesel vehicles in the capital. The new Climate Air Territorial Energy Plan will be submitted in November to vote at …
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Madrid Plan ‘A’ to Fight Air Pollution (NextCity)
After years of failing to comply with EU environmental regulations, the city of Madrid, Spain, is getting close to implementing a plan to improve air quality. The Plan of Air Quality and Climate Change, or …
Continue readingSeattle prioritises buses, riders prioritise the bus (CityLab)
How Seattle Bucked a National Trend and Got More People to Ride the Bus Almost every major U.S. city has seen years of decline in bus ridership, but Seattle has been the exception in recent …
Continue readingAll-Door Boarding Pilot success on Boston’s Silver Line (MTBA)
The MBTA partnered with BostonBRT to pilot all-door boarding on Silver Line routes 4 and 5 (Washington Street) from May 24th to June 6th, 2017. The goal was to measure how service improved when passengers could …
Continue readingParis studying trolleybuses (Ville Rail Transports – in English)
The Fédération Nationale des Associations d’Usagers des Transports (FNAUT) Île-de-France, the greater Paris Association of Transport Users, has written a letter to Valérie Pécresse, President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, requesting a study into …
Continue readingThe case of the missing platform doors (The Transport Politic)
Platform screen doors could save lives, reduce trash on the tracks, and improve the customer experience. Yet they’ve been repeatedly pushed back as a solution in cities like New York. At fault: A bureaucracy that …
Continue readingInvesting in Regional Rail (Urban Transport Group)
The Urban Transport Group has issued new report on regional rail investment – The Transformational Benefits of Investing in Regional Rail: Four Case Studies [download] – which is a powerful study of the benefits that …
Continue readingChicago adds Bike to Train fare card for last mile (Next City)
Chicago’s popular Divvy bike-sharing system, which claimed bragging rights for sheer volume of riders in 2015, will soon be accessible via the cash-less Ventra cards that residents use to ride Metra. The announcement comes from …
Continue readingTopRail: promoting sustainable rail tourism (Railway-Technology)
Can rail travel be re-visited as a means of sustainable tourism? The International Union of Railways has launched TopRail to raise awareness of cruise and heritage railways, and scenic train routes around the world. With …
Continue readingCrossrail using 3D-printed concrete to build its stations (Ian Visits)
When you start to use the new Elizabeth line stations next year, among its many achievements will be the first large scale use of 3D-printing in concrete. The use of 3D printing has made possible …
Continue readingTfL names preferred developer for Blackhorse Road (On London)
TfL is on course to form a joint venture partnership with a consortium of property developers in order to build new housing on the 280-bay car park it owns opposite Blackhorse Road station in Waltham …
Continue readingParis advancing €25.9 billion mega metro expansion (TunnelTalk Europe)
Paris stands on the brink of constructing the biggest underground project in the history of the French nation. With about 170km of new underground infrastructure in total, the 205km Grand Paris Express will expand the …
Continue readingFace-scanning Tube station ticketing developing (Wired)
The company behind the Oyster card is working on a face-scanning ticketing system. Cubic Transportation Systems, the US company behind London’s Oyster card technology, is working on new ticketing systems that use facial recognition, palm …
Continue readingSeattle’s Floating LRT Bridge (Mother Nature)
Seattle is topping one of its famous floating bridges with light rail. Her trio of floating bridges are already a marvel of modern engineering. By 2023, one of these spans will be reconfigured to include …
Continue readingPlans to use tube tunnel heat to warm homes (Ian Visits)
An experiment is under way that will soon see heat from tube train tunnels being used to heat homes and businesses around parts of Islington. It’s all part of the Bunhill Energy Centre, an experiment …
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