In 2016, the U.S. Air Force offered a vision of the future for the transportation and energy sectors when the Los Angeles Air Force Base became the first federal facility to replace its entire ground …
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First rail energy storage project approved (ARES)
Advanced Rail Energy Storage, LLC (ARES) announced that its proposed commercial-scale gravity-based rail energy storage project has been granted a right-of-way lease by the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”). Once operational, the 50-megawatt project will …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 January 2020
• Why were trolleybuses ever scrapped? (BBC) • Five crowdfunding rail projects from around the world (FutureRail) • Electric vehicles aren’t as green as presumed (CBC) • The car economy costs Massachusetts billions (BostonGlobe) • …
Continue readingNext gen rail freight wagons (Railway-Technology)
The consortium of DB Cargo and VTG has completed its research into a new generation of cost and energy-efficient freight wagons. Here is a look at the project and other freight innovations, including sustainable rail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 January 2020
• End of Euston station’s underground taxi rank (HydeParkNow) • How railways can better deal with heatwaves (BBC) • MaaS consolidation on the horizon? (SupraGeography) • Why don’t all cities use Leading Pedestrian Intervals? (PriceTags) …
Continue readingGothenburg’s environmental metro tunnels (SmartRailWorld)
The West Link is an eight kilometre long double track railway, including a six kilometre railway tunnel, underneath the city of Gothenburg. Scheduled for completion in 2026, the £2.5 billion development – which also involves …
Continue readingHacking 20% of cars could freeze traffic (SmartCitiesDive)
A hack that affects a small number of internet-connected cars could completely gridlock Manhattan, according to a study from researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology and Multiscale Systems, Inc. The research was published in the journal Physical Review …
Continue readingMelbourne trams become more solar powered (RailTech)
Travelling by tram in Melbourne has become more sustainable. The French-based company Neoen supported by the Government of Victoria has launched the Numurkah Solar Farm. It is the second solar facility to power the Melbourne …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2020
• Oslo reaches Vision Zero pedestrian deaths (StreetsBlog) • Grosvenor Canal, London’s last commercial canal (LondonCanals) • Level boarding fairness: Letting everyone on (PermanentRail) • Switzerland and France now linked by S-Bahn (RailTech) • Inside …
Continue readingCar2Gone: Car share companies are folding (Wired)
The US is about to lose another car-share service. On Wednesday, the Daimler- and BMW-owned entity that operates the service Share Now said the company’s cars would disappear from North American streets by the end of February …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 January 2020
• York to ban private cars from city centre within 3 years (guardian) • A Spitfire parts factory in Marylebone (LondonCanals) • Electric car owners can be paid to charge (AirQualityNews) • The 2010s in …
Continue readingLAX moving car rentals to People Mover station (DailyBreeze)
LAX is bringing all rental car companies to one location near 405 with People Mover train to airport. Los Angeles World Airports and city officials broke ground Thursday on the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility, which …
Continue reading‘Tinder’ for the freight transport market (Ertico)
The European Commission has estimated there are approximately 50 million single person-households in Europe where the occupant is aged between 18 and 65. There is actually, believe it or not, the same number of users …
Continue readingImproving new train introduction (RailEngineer)
With an unprecedented number of new vehicles ordered since 2010 – over 8,000 – and with more orders to come, getting them safely, reliably and efficiently into service is a priority. Challenges with testing, acceptance, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 December 2019
This edition has been compiled by Friday Reads contributor Daniel Demby: • Abandoned Tube tour photos (Guardian) • Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds (ArsTechnica) • America’s alleyways capital & its first curvy …
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