Electric boat startup Navier has landed the first official pilot program for its hydrofoiling watercraft, partnering with Stripe to bring passengers from San Francisco’s outskirts to the downtown area. Stripe will pay Navier to shuttle employees from …
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Mexico aims to compete with Panama Canal by building freight railway (FreightWaves)
With drought at the Panama Canal and conflicts in the Red Sea and other global shipping lanes disrupting trade, officials in Mexico predict a golden opportunity for the country’s $2.8 billion Isthmus of Tehuantepec’s Interoceanic Corridor (CIIT) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 January 2024
• Off-peak Friday fares trial to start for Tube and trains in London (BBC) • TfL’s battle against tube tunnel noise (IanVisits) • Martin Luther King’s Transportation Dream of Equitable Access to Mobility (Forbes) • …
Continue readingNYC wants a ‘blue highway’ on its waterways (SmartCitiesDive)
To leverage its long coastline for delivery and get polluting trucks off the streets, the city is looking to the private sector for ideas. Listen to the article3 min Dive Brief Dive Insight Delivery of …
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Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 October 2023
• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • UK storm Babet reignites calls to revive Okehampton-Bere Alston line (RailTech) • What to do with the disused City Widened Lines tracks: …
Continue reading3D printed, autonomous, electric Seine ferry for Paris 2024 Olympics (FutureTransport)
Holland Shipyards Group, Sequana Développement, and Roboat have announced that their 3D-printed, autonomous electric passenger ferry will be in operation on the river Seine by the summer of 2024 in time for the Paris 2024 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 May 2023
• Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways? (NewStatesman) • 10 year perspective on what has been achieved with London’s cycling (OnLondon) • Modern fare dodgers leave a trail of digital breadcrumbs says Digital Fraud …
Continue readingRegent unveils full-scale mockup of electric passenger ground effect ekranoplan (SmartCitiesDive)
With more than 500 orders to date, the company’s CEO said commercial service is expected to begin by mid-decade, starting in Hawaii. Regent unveiled a full-scale mockup of its Viceroy electric seaglider on Friday at …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 March 2023
• Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Abandoned UK railway links coming back into their own (NewCivilEng) • Evolution of a NA streetcar city into a modern metropolis: Video (UrbanCyclingInst) • …
Continue readingUK ferry industry to introduce 11 new hybrid vessels by 2027 (Cruise&Ferry)
Six new ships have already entered service in the past two years, with the additional investments set to bring the total number of hybrid-powered ferries to 17. “This industry-wide investment is great news for the …
Continue readingFeasibility of canal based waste collection in Amsterdam (TUS&T)
Amsterdam, a growing city of over 800,000 people in the Netherlands, is struggling to collect waste. While residents in most districts of the city use underground bins to deposit their garbage, the historic Centrum district …
Continue readingDfT to identify multi-modal National Freight Network (NewCivilEng)
The Department for Transport (DfT) will identify a National Freight Network (NFN) across road, rail, maritime, aviation, inland waterway and warehouse infrastructure, with a long-term goal of removing barriers to allow a seamless flow of …
Continue readingWe’re gonna need a bigger boat – London’s First Highway: Part 4
As passengers are returning to London’s transport, with some overcrowding, it’s time once again to turn our attention to the Thames’ role in expanding the region’s transport. The River was the capital’s original highway, and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 August 2022
• Great British Railways: where passengers come last (FT) • GLA takes over moribund Royal Albert Dock ‘3rd Financial Centre’ (Guardian) • Berlin’s Tegel Airport transforming into climate-neutral, car-free district (FastCompany) • NYC Ferry will …
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