A trial that aims to discourage car use on one of Zurich’s busiest streets has raked in CHF1.3 million (US$1.44 million) in fines in just one month. Sixty metres of the busy Langstrasse street have …
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These Cities Are Trying to Drive SUVs Off Their Streets (NextCity)
From parking fees in Paris to registration fees in Washington D.C., forward-thinking cities are slapping heavy penalties on heavy vehicles. In early February, Paris took a decisive step to deter visitors from driving enormous cars …
Continue readingParis Metro stations equipped with accessible real-time information panels (IntelligentTransport)
With features such as enlarged fonts, enhanced colour contrasts and improved audio announcements, the real-time information panels introduced by Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP in Paris metro stations will cater to diverse passenger needs. Île-de-France Mobilités …
Continue readingAlstom & VMS present battery-electric train in Saxony (RailwayNews)
Alstom and Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen (VMS) have presented a new battery-powered train for operation on the Chemnitz-Leipzig line in Central Saxony, Germany. This unit is one of eleven Coradia Continental battery-electric trains that have been ordered …
Continue readingCarcroft Common agreed as site to build Airlander 10 airship (TheEngineer)
Carcroft Common in Doncaster has been agreed as the site for Hybrid Air Vehicles to build Airlander 10 aircraft at a rate of up to 24 units per year. Hybrid Air Vehicles will now work …
Continue readingAre long-haul electric trucks a viable alternative to diesel trucks? (Transport&Environment)
This study investigates the feasibility of long-haul electric truck (e-truck) adoption as a competitive alternative to diesel trucks from a truck carrier’s point of view, which can shed light on policy to boost e-truck adoption …
Continue readingTire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics: Study (TheDrive)
Researchers say tire emissions pose a threat to global health, and EVs could make the problem worse. When contemplating the emissions from road vehicles, our first thought is often about the various gases coming out of the …
Continue readingNetwork Rail steps back from geofencing over safety fears (The Register)
Network Rail has become the latest company to flag the risks of smart technology implementations despite receiving a safety award for geofencing applications. Network Rail and Connected Places Catapult were given the award at an industry event …
Continue readingSpanish gauge-changing technology to integrate Ukrainian railways with Europe (RailwaySupply)
The Spanish railway infrastructure operator, Adif, and Ukrzaliznytsia will develop a pilot project using the technology for automatically adjusting the gauge of freight wagons to different tracks for western transitions, this is reported by the …
Continue reading$16bn New York City tunnel learning from London tunnel projects (NewCivilEng)
A key member of the newly formed project team set to build the $16bn (£13bn) Hudson Tunnel Project has said how early designs and plans for the scheme are taking learnings from similar tunnelling projects …
Continue readingTunnelling to Euston HS2 station to start next year (Building)
HS2 is hoping to start tunnelling work from Old Oak Common station to the mothballed Euston station next year. A team featuring Costain, Skanska and Austrian firm Strabag has begun work to tunnel the route …
Continue readingHow the e-scooter ban has changed mobility in Paris (CitiesToday)
Six months on from its landmark vote to ban shared e-scooters, Cities Today spoke with Paris’ Shared Mobility Manager, Natalia Ciciarello, about the impact the decision has had and how the city is now dealing …
Continue readingHyperTunnel (not HyperLoop!) Wins Government Backing for Revolutionary Tech (RailTechnology)
Pioneering tunnel builders hyperTunnel have scored a major coup, securing UK government funding to showcase their revolutionary swarm construction technique at the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) in South Wales. Their underpass project is one of …
Continue readingThird rail or batteries could replace Southern diesel trains on a couple of lines (RailBusinessUK)
Govia Thameslink Railway is unable to commit to decarbonisation of its operations unless Network Rail and the Department for Transport agree to fund and implement alternatives to diesel operation on the un-electrified Ashford – Hastings …
Continue readingEuropean rail freight to see major changes in 2024 (Trains)
Europe’s biggest rail freight companies are facing major challenges in 2024, despite efforts by politicians to encourage more freight movement by rail and less by road. In some countries, new ownership or new companies are …
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