More than £70 million has been saved thanks to smart methods being used to build a railway flyover. As part of the East West Rail project, teams had to replace a flyover crossing the line …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 November 2021
• TfL conversion of car parks to housing stymied by NIMBYs (ArchitectsJ) • Blue plaque unveiled for Britain’s first black train driver (BBC) • The twice abandoned Millwall Extension Railway (JagoHazzard) • The only light …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 November 2021
• TfL submits plan for new Overground station at New Bermondsey (FromMurkyDepths) • Disastrous flooding cuts Vancouver off from railways, roads (RailwayAge) • Before Interstates, America got around on Interurbans (CityLab) • How capturing land …
Continue readingBMW’s geofenced, speed controlled e-bikes (Verge)
Just a concept, but BMW’s geofencing solution is already a reality. BMW recently showed off not one, but two e-bike concepts. The announcements are sprinkled with tons of gee-whiz claims that are easy to make when something only …
Continue readingConverting diesel buses to electric sometimes cheaper (NextCity)
Faced with a goal to achieve a zero-emissions transit fleet by 2040, TriMet in Portland is exploring all of its options. The obvious solution for transit agencies to get to zero-emissions is to replace fossil-fuel-burning …
Continue readingThe sunny side of rail: Harnessing the sun (RailwayTechnology)
The rail industry has been working hard to further improve its impressive green credentials. Companies have been using alternative fuels such as hydrogen and liquid natural gas, alongside this UK based company Riding Sunbeams is …
Continue readingUK signalling market not competitive enough: Regulator (RailTech)
The railway signalling market in the United Kingdom has too few suppliers, high costs, and Network Rail does not have he procurement practices in place to benefit from its considerable buyer power. That says the …
Continue readingHitachi & Angel creating intercity battery hybrid train (AnonW)
This Press Release from Hitachi Rail starts with these three points: Hitachi Rail, Angel Trains and TransPeninne Express (TPE) agree to trial retrofitting battery on intercity train, Trial, starting next year, can cut fuel usage by …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 November 2021
• COP26: Doing the wrong things, but better (Railway-News) • Transit use must double to meet 1.5C goal, Mayors warn (CityLab) • France is turning the humble roundabout into art (CityLab) • Stuttgart tram’s cycle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 November 2021
• The funding crisis at the heart of London’s transport (CentreForLondon) • Cockfosters depot upgrade for Piccadilly line’s New Tube for London trains (IanVisits) • Peak District railway restoration plan meets park trail advocates (Guardian) …
Continue readingBus turntables for limited spaces (UrbanTransport)
What do you do when a town is built so close to the hillside that the only major road runs just as narrowly between houses and finally ends at a small square that does not …
Continue readingEV charging shifts gears from range to speed (Hyperdrive)
Range Anxiety Gives Way to Charging Speed Limp up to a public charging station in a thirsty Chevrolet Bolt and in 20 minutes you can add somewhere around 73 miles of range. However, do the same in …
Continue readingSydney Trains heads for zero emissions (IntlRailJ)
Agreement to purchase green energy sourced from wind and solar will offset nearly 700,000 tonnes of CO2. SYDNEY Trains has reached a four-year agreement to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset the network’s electricity use …
Continue readingSodium batteries could power electric cars (Wired)
As EV sales increase, supplies of lithium may get tight. So some companies are incorporating cells with sodium, which provides almost as big a charge. HALF A CENTURY ago, the battery of the future was built …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 November 2021
• Night Overground service set to resume before Xmas (RailBusiness) • TfL’s in-house design teams’ process (DesignWeek) • Call of the wild when walking London’s Capital Ring (Guardian) • Naples’ new all timber Metro station …
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