Despite having one of the largest subway networks in the world, New Yorkers now experience frustratingly erratic and unreliable service. Underfunding has meant that engineers have been pushing the often-century-old subway signalling hardware decades past …
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Railways as drone delivery corridors? (RailwayGazette)
USA: SkyRights Holdings is seeking to partner with Class I railways to make their alignments available for use by drone delivery companies and for ‘urban air mobility’ applications. The company said the airspace above railways …
Continue readingMovin’On 2019: How sustainable is your city’s mobility?
In May 2019, Britain reached a major climate combating milestone when it was coal plant power generation free for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless, there is still much work to be done, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 February 2020
• The messy mission to bring 4G to the Tube (Wired) • Hidden London’s Piccadilly Circus (LondonInheritance) • Derelict Catesby Tunnel refit for aerodynamic testing of autos (TunnelTalk) • Île de France seeks to open …
Continue readingBIM on Northern Line Extension (RailEngineer)
London Underground’s Northern line extension, which is being built from Kennington to Battersea with a new intermediate station at Nine Elms, uses Building Information Modelling (BIM) as the basis of its design and documentation. This …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2020
• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …
Continue readingUltracapacitors for Warsaw tram system (Railway-Tech)
Skeleton Technologies has received a contract from Medcom to supply ultracapacitor energy storage for the tram network in Warsaw, Poland. Ultracapacitors have a capacity of one million cycles and immediate charging. This allows for functions …
Continue readingUK very light rail research (RailwayGazette)
This year should see not one but two prototypes of very light rail vehicles being tested in the UK. Karol Zemek talks to Dr Nick Mallinson, Programme Manager at WMG Centre of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult at the University …
Continue readingTime for Silicon Valley to buy commuter e-buses (GreenBiz)
Every weekday, 10 commuter buses owned by biotech company Genentech join the ranks of the over 1,000 private buses that shuttle employees across the San Francisco Bay Area from near their homes to and from …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2020
• New Amsterdam to London Eurostar direct service saves 30 minutes (CityLab) • Unblocking Reading station’s passenger bottleneck (BeautyOfTransport) • Cologne’s Carnival & Tram Parade (UrbanTransport) • Vancouver’s stunted streetcar drama (CBC) • Baltimore Penn …
Continue readingChallenge to tackle goods congestion (Tech.London)
How can innovation help to make the way goods and services move around London safer, cleaner and more efficient? Freight and servicing underpins London’s economy. It keeps the shops and hospitals stocked and London’s businesses running. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 February 2020
• London & LA partner for transport solutions (SmartCitiesDive) • Mind the Gender Gap on public transport (Planning) • North American openings & construction starts planned for 2020 (TransportPolitic) • Transit validated event tickets can …
Continue readingMapping curb rules (SaadiqM)
It’s amazing how quickly the curb became a public infrastructure mapping and digitizing focus. And it stands to reason why would it. Ridesharing and autonomous driving companies are often cited as one of the biggest …
Continue readingAutomatic Bus Lane Enforcement solution (Siemans)
Siemens Mobility has successfully launched an Automatic Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) solution in New York City, representing the first-ever application of this technology to be mounted on buses. The ABLE systems are installed on M15 …
Continue readingConverting diesel buses to electric (UrbanTransport)
Since this year’s “Busworld” fair in Brussels, a new trend has now picked up speed in the bus industry. Several companies have specialized in the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive. The conversion is …
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