Earlier this month, Canada Post made a surprise announcement: it would be spending $1-billion to achieve half-electrification of its 14,000-vehicle fleet by 2030, with full electrification by 2040. While Canada Post has been testing low- …
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What TfL could learn from Hong Kong’s public transport funding model (CentreForCities)
Hong Kong’s mass transit operator, has a funding model highly reliant on land development around stations. This may not be the answer to TfL’s short-term funding issues but it needs to be considered in the …
Continue readingTexas Central HSR wins eminent domain case thanks to 1907 law (EnoTrans)
The Texas Supreme Court on June 24 ruled, in a 5 to 3 opinion, that the private Texas Central high-speed rail project from Dallas to Houston can use eminent domain power to take property for right-of-way …
Continue readingWebinars & Conferences
Interesting free and low cost online rail and transport webinars and conferences from around the world. Updated 20 April 2024. • The High Speed Rail Alliance (ITDP) is hosting a free webinar on South Korean …
Continue readingGlobal Health Series on Urban Design, Transport, & Health (TheLancet)
Good city planning produces co-benefits for individual and planetary health and wellbeing. In 2016, the Lancet Series on urban design, transport, and health drew attention to the importance of integrated upstream city planning policies as …
Continue readingHow Italian metro construction costs 57% less than global average (TransitCosts)
In this in-depth case study of Italian rail rapid transit projects, we investigate how Italian construction costs have changed over time and distill lessons learned to understand how design, procurement, and policy drive costs. We …
Continue readingTfL seeks partner for its property developments (IanVisits)
Transport for London (TfL) has started a search for a new joint venture partner to create a portfolio of three new commercial office developments at Bank, Paddington and Southwark. TfL has traditionally tended towards leasing …
Continue readingTransport Canada takes over High Frequency Rail, VIA CEO quits (Trains)
When a passenger operator is forced to survive on a budget insufficient to provide service capable of satisfying its country’s travel needs, while on-time reliability remains hamstrung by host railroads, it is almost impossible for …
Continue readingItalian urban rail transit costs 57% less than global average (TransitCosts)
The Italian Case – In this in-depth case study of Italian rail rapid transit projects, we investigate how Italian construction costs have changed over time and distill lessons learned to understand how design, procurement, and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2022
• HS2 under fire for Euston waste removal by road flipflop (NewCivilEng) • European cities urged to ban cars to stop funding Russia war (CitiesToday) • Romford-Upminster Line: Video of the successful, unwanted railway (JagoHazzard) …
Continue readingEV battery recycling start-up (CorporateKnights)
There’s no shortage of evidence that the electric vehicle market hit some kind of inflection point in the last year or so. But for Ajay Kochhar, the CEO and co-founder of Li-Cycle, the telling detail …
Continue readingFare capping: Balancing revenue & equity impacts (Nat’lAcademies)
Transit agencies in the United States are beginning to experiment with fare caps to ensure that passengers who pay for single rides do not pay more than multiple-ride passes included in their fare structure. The …
Continue readingNudging public transport – Transport for Humans Book Review
Behavioural sciences, more commonly known as ‘nudges’, have only recently been applied to public transport. We review a new book by some experts in this new field, Transport for Humans, in which they describe the …
Continue readingEVs in higher demand, slower delivery than ever (Wired)
It’s a Perfect Time for EVs. It’s a Terrible Time for EVs – Gas prices are up, commutes are back, and Russian oil is under sanction. Too bad the electric vehicle industry isn’t ready to …
Continue readingExtending the role of Metro backup batteries (RailwayGazette)
Projects in Chengdu and Moscow have confirmed that nickel battery technology, originally developed to provide onboard backup services on metro trains, can also provide a cost-effective source of power for emergency traction, eliminating the need …
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