• Tales from the haunted Underground (MysteriousUniverse) • SUVs sabotage Net Zero 2050 goal (AirQualityNews) • Nearing the end for the sub-compact city car (AutoCar) • Drivers won’t put down phones & people keep dying …
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NightJet plans mini-capsules (RailwayGazette)
ÖBB has unveiled the interior designs for the sleeping car and couchette vehicles in its Siemens-built Nightjet overnight trains which are scheduled to enter service from 2022. Developed with customer feedback following public consultation using …
Continue readingEuropean railways unite for int’l trains (RailTech)
Four European state-owned railway operators have joined forces to develop international and night trains. The companies intend to offer more connections and increase capacity on the existing routes. These moves will improve passenger service and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 December 2019
• The new sounds of London’s electric buses (TheVerge) • London Plan 1946 Railways for peace Report (ALondonInheritance) • A Prime Meridian station (BeautyOfTransport) • Kids who cycle or walk to school learn better (IrishTimes) …
Continue readingMagnet free electric motors are coming (TheEngineer)
The winner of this year’s automotive category, and the winner of the C2I 2019 Grand Prix trophy, is a UK developed magnet-free electric motor that holds huge promise for the growing electric vehicle sector. A …
Continue readingATO hacking vulnerability (RailTech)
“Cyber threats could be very serious for the rail sector in the future,” says Karl King, Senior Consultant at Frazer-Nash Consultancy. On the follow-up question ‘why?’, he brings attention to several important facts in implementing …
Continue readingAussie Metro schemes for a generation of skills (NewCivilEng)
New metro schemes in Melbourne and Sydney could sustain the country’s skills pipeline “for a generation”, according to Mott MacDonald senior engineer David Naylor. Speaking at New Civil Engineer’s Tunnelling Festival last week, Naylor highlighted the opportunity for …
Continue readingGreater Anglia using AI to improving timetabling (FutureRail)
It was in 2002, while at the University of Michigan, that Dr Michael Grieves wrote about bridging the gap between the virtual and real worlds using digital replicas of physical assets, processes or systems. Two …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2019
• Is London’s Tube map still fit for purpose? (CityLab) • Another plea for unique Overground line names (CityMetric) • Give me back my footway (TransportXtra) • End of the Denmark – Germany train ferry …
Continue readingTfL to pay losing bidders on future jobs (NewCivilEng)
Transport for London (TfL) will reimburse bidders who miss out on major contracts, after successfully trialling the initiative on the Bank Station Capacity Upgrade, it has been revealed. TfL programme delivery manager for Bank Andy Swift …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 December 2019
• UK rail stations trial to help those with hidden disabilities (GlobalRailway) • Fighting Thatcher with poetry, & influencing NYC (UrbanOmnibus) • Air pollution Central London Tube map (MappingLondon) • Climate Connections: urban transport & …
Continue readingCER demands equal rules for railways & roads (RailTech)
The EU’s rail and road haulage sectors should function in equal conditions. To this end, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) has called the Member States to introduce tolling and external-cost charging …
Continue readingUsing agricultural waste to de-ice roads (TrafficTech)
The USA spends US$5bn a year to repair damages to road infrastructure from winter snow and ice control operations and the use of traditional de-icers, however, a team of researchers at Washington State University (WSU) …
Continue readingThe layers of Digital Twins (RSSB)
The components of a Digital Twin Essentially, a digital twin is a dynamic digital profile of an object, system or process. Figure 1 is a diagram of a basic digital twin in context. It shows …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 December 2019
• Uber US has 6,000 sexual assaults in just two years (E&T) • Cars, parking & motorways podcast (BBCRadio3) • The cathedral stations of Paris RER E (BeautyOfTransport) • DC Metro testing colour coded handrails …
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