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 …
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Friday Reads – 16 June 2023
• TfL puts larger transport infrastructure projects on hold amid funding uncertainty (NewCivilEng) • Peckham Rye station restoration finally complete (IanVisits) • Transport innovation, engineering, lobbying, & public relations in the age of steamboats (AntonHowes) …
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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 June 2023
• Inside the project bringing mobile phone coverage to the Underground (TheEngineer) • TfL on track for operating surplus, board told (OnLondon) • Wren by river tour, 1 Sept only (VisitGreenwich) • What every British …
Continue readingNew York Subway sniffing around for urine detection technologies (TheCity)
Transit officials are looking to sniff out a tech wiz that can sound the alarm on subway soakers who urinate in station elevators. The MTA is pooling input from companies that have successfully installed elevator …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 June 2023
• Edinburgh tram extension to Newhaven carries first passengers (UrbanTransport) • Eurostar seeks solution to avoid suspension of Amsterdam – London services (RailwayGazette) • Boston bus stop digital library pilot (SmartCitiesDive) • Amtrak announces ultra-cheap …
Continue readingAutomated train-mounted wheelchair lift launched (RailwayGazette)
SWITZERLAND: Högg Group company Simplify Engineering has received the first order for its latest design of automated train-mounted wheelchair lift. It offers deployment and retraction at the touch of a button, and can accommodate boarding …
Continue readingColas Rail UK Embraces Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (RailTech)
In a significant step towards a greener rail industry, Colas Rail UK has recently conducted trials using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as an alternative to diesel fuel in their locomotives. This move aims to significantly …
Continue readingThe consulting industry has infantilised governments (Channel4News)
How can the government attract the country’s best minds to work for them? How do we know when a private sector contract is a good one? And what can we learn from NASA about business …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 June 2023
• TfL to buy more Elizabeth line trains to serve Old Oak Common HS2 temp terminus (OnLondon) • Former High Speed Rail College to close at the end of July (BBC) • Public inquiry on …
Continue readingHS2 learns from Crossrail mistakes in control centre design (NewCivilEng)
High Speed 2 (HS2) bosses visited the nerve centres of Crossrail and Sizewell B as part of a painstaking process to design the heartbeat of the £100bn line, a key figure has revealed. HS2 Ltd …
Continue readingManchester rail plans rethought after 9 years of promises weren’t delivered (RailwayGazette)
Network Rail has withdrawn a planning application for rail infrastructure works in Manchester, Rail Minister Huw Merriman confirmed during a visit to the city on May 25. The plan included additional through platforms 15 and 16 …
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