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DfT issues recommendations to improve on-train air quality (RailwayGazette)
The Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council has made a number of recommendations in response to a Rail Safety & Standards Board analysis of air quality onboard trains. The council notes that the methodology makes it difficult …
Continue readingOld electric vehicle batteries get 2nd life as solar power storage (Axios)
A California energy startup has turned more than a thousand electric vehicle (EV) batteries into solar power storage capsules, in an intriguing effort to prove out an alternative to traditional recycling. Why it matters: Electric cars …
Continue readingFlexible, high efficiency solar cells can power EVs, aircraft (Anthropocene)
High-efficiency silicon solar cells go on a roll. Lightweight and flexible, these solar cells could power airships and drones, or be easily integrated into electric vehicles and building facades. Solar panels are powering an increasing …
Continue readingMitigating the effects of tunnelling under Euston Bridge 7 (EarningLegacyHS2)
HS2 tunnels will pass below an existing main line railway intersection bridge near Euston, known as Bridge 7, constructed in the early 20th century. An assessment of tunnelling induced ground movement predicted potential adverse effects …
Continue readingLondon to mandate cameras & sensors on trucks to protect VRU (TrafficTechToday)
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that from October 2024 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) over 12 metric tons driving in the capital will have to pass new more stringent tests to protect vulnerable road users …
Continue readingBattery powered UK inter-city train under development (RailwayGazette)
Hitachi Rail is working with Turntide Technologies to design and manufacture traction battery systems for trial installation on an inter-city trainset. Turntide said installing traction batteries to make a Hitachi electro-diesel trainset into a tri-mode …
Continue readingInductive charging highway section to be built in Florida (Electrive)
The Norwegian company ENRX wants to inductively charge electric vehicles with 200 kW while driving on a section of highway in Florida. A one-mile section of a four-lane highway near Orlando is to be electrified. …
Continue readingThe gas station/convenience store vs utilities EV charger death match (Heatmap)
The convenience store lobby is very, very interested in electric vehicle charging. In state after state, they have clashed with utilities over who gets to install electric chargers — and who pays for it. The …
Continue readingPublic transport consultants gone wild, escalating rail costs (Slate)
The real reason it costs so damn much to build new subways in America. For the past decade, as the cost of building American mass transit has soared to world records, advocates have found themselves …
Continue readingDfT has no idea if it is on track on its active travel targets (NatlAuditOffice)
Active travel describes everyday journeys made by walking, wheeling, or cycling. It includes trips that are made by foot, pedal-cycles, e-cycles, adapted cycles, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and push-scooters. Active travel is a low-carbon way to …
Continue readingSatellite pay-per-mile tolling to be tested in Munich & Barcelona (TrafficTechToday)
A new dawn for pay-per-mile tolling (also known as road user charging or RUC) is approaching with the announcement today (12 April 2023) that a satellite-based system to enable it is to be trialed in …
Continue readingReality & implications of national transport emission reduction policies (CREDS)
In 2021 the United Nations Secretary-General issued a ‘Code Red’ warning for humanity, with the risks of exceeding 1.5 degrees of warming perilously close. That year saw the publication of the Department for Transport’s Decarbonisation …
Continue readingWhen capital becomes interested in high speed rail (MediaRail)
[This industry blog post has noticed an interesting trend that we are LR Towers have also noticed – large financial investment firms investing in constructing, purchasing, and/or operating railway infrastructure. This article looks at the …
Continue readingSingapore to install solar panels on 50 more buses after successful trial (StraitsTimes)
Public bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore will install ultra-thin solar panels on the roofs of 50 more buses after a proof-of-concept trial in 2021 showed positive results. By end-April, a total of 52 diesel-powered buses will be fitted …
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