Traffic congestion is caused not by cycleways but by too many cars, trucks and vans. This, one would assume, is blindingly obvious. But not according to many trusted news sources which are today running with …
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UK rail freight booming due to lorry driver shortage (RailNews)
THE shortage of HGV drivers is causing more businesses to start using rail freight, while existing users are stepping up their requirements. Tesco has been sending 65,000 containers a year by train but is planning …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 December 2021
• Inside the Elizabeth Line’s Tottenham Court Road station (HiddenLondonHangouts) • How serifs lost the road war but won the streets (BeautyOfTransport) • Netherlands’ trains work well for the visually impaired (ReasonsCheerful) • Old Danish …
Continue readingWhen is new tech ahead of its time or just doomed? (OneZero)
When a bunch of techies are beavering away on a new tool, it can be tricky to figure out: Is this a genuinely useful new thing? Or is it just some expensive prototype, a pipe …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 December 2021
• Reconnections’ 2021 Christmas Quiz (LR) • Best Tube lines on which to put on make-up (EveningStandard) • HS2 restoring one of world’s oldest railway stations (HS2) • Study finds a third of EU’s busiest …
Continue readingThe low regrets EV charging network approach (TheEngineer)
We need to make a start on ‘low-regrets’ actions that will make sense on any pathway to net zero, whatever the details of the final plan. In the UK, building an electric vehicle (EV) charging …
Continue readingCoventry Very Light Railway technical talk (Ry&CanalHistSoc)
A talk given at a Railway & Canal Historical Society (RCHS) West Midlands Group meeting on 2nd November 2021. Nicola Small describes plans and progress with a new type of urban rail system which could …
Continue readingWhat happens to used EV batteries? (Wired)
Used electric vehicle batteries could be the Achilles’ heel of the transportation revolution—or the gold mine that makes it real. THIS SUMMER, DIRK Spiers, a tall, rumpled Dutchman-turned-Oklahoman, got a heads-up from General Motors about more problems with …
Continue readingSir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review released (RailIinsider)
The Department for Transport has published the final report of its Union Connectivity Review, led by Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy. It makes a series of recommendations that, it suggests, will improve transport connectivity across …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 November 2021
• How the first railway timetables were created (Numberphile) • D Trains for East Lancs Railway line – study funded (MEN) • Take a trip on a Wes Anderson designed UK steam train (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 November 2021
• Tube strike Friday 26th November (IanVisits) • London Stratford tops busiest station League Table (RailBusiness) • Prague has one of the world’s best tram systems (Governing) • Austria’s $3.50 go-anywhere Klimaticket fights climate change …
Continue readingAustria’s ÖBB expands Siemens Nightjet order (GlobalRailway)
ÖBB has placed a major order of 20 additional next generation, seven-car night trains from Siemens Mobility, securing its position as market leader in Europe’s night train sector. The trains are based on the Viaggio …
Continue readingAutonomous battery powered wagon to compete w/ trucks (RailwayGazette)
‘We envision a future in which freight can move itself without waiting for a locomotive, making the system more efficient and environmentally friendly’, says Tim Luchini, co-founder and CEO of Intramotev which is developing a …
Continue readingHumber Express rail freight supply chain (GlobalRailwayRev)
A new intermodal train service directly from the Port of Immingham to iPort Rail in Doncaster has been launched, helping to ease the pressures of the current HGV driver shortage by having the capacity to …
Continue readingEVs could be a threat to Uber, Lyft (Axios)
The taxi business is going electric, which could spell trouble for ride-hailing giants like Uber and Lyft, who can’t force their drivers to buy EVs, Joann writes. Why it matters: The two companies don’t own and operate EV …
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