Japanese auto maker Toyota Motor — the second-most valuable and the second-most prolific car maker in the world — has some words of caution for the fledgling electric-vehicle industry: EVs are over-hyped. Toyota President Akio Toyoda made his downbeat comments …
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GB Railfreight Class 69 project explained (RailMag)
GB Railfreight has announced that testing of the first Class 69s should begin on the Severn Valley Railway in January, with the locomotives entering traffic later in the year. Ten Class 56s are being converted …
Continue readingBombardier to fit digital signalling to an Electrostar (RailBusiness)
Global mobility solution provider Bombardier Transportation has announced that it has signed a framework agreement with Porterbrook, the UK rolling stock company, to fit digital onboard signalling to Bombardier Electrostar trains in the UK. This project falls under …
Continue readingTransit construction cost database released (EnoTrans)
A growing cadre of researchers, advocates, and experts are asking: why does it cost so much to build infrastructure, particularly public transit, in the United States? Last year, Eno kicked off a major research initiative …
Continue readingIs Ely the biggest cost overshoot in UK? (RailFreight)
Headlines of spiralling costs and massive overruns on a project to upgrade lines around Ely, in the east of England, fail to grasp the scope of the works planned. Minor improvements to the existing infrastructure …
Continue readingThe Zero Emission Transportation Assoc’n (DecarbTransport)
Can a lobbying group formed by utilities, EV manufacturers, and a ridehail company get us to zero emission vehicles faster? This week, we talk to Joe Britton, the executive director of the brand new Zero Emission …
Continue readingNR lists no regret electrification schemes (NewCivilEng)
Network Rail draws up list of ‘no regret’ electrification schemes – Network Rail bosses are drawing up a list of ‘no regret’ schemes to accelerate the electrification of the UK’s rail network. The list will …
Continue readingElectric car charging points to replace phone boxes (IrishTimes)
Eir and car charger installer EasyGo are to replace 180 public telephone booths with charging points. Instead of pushing button B to talk, you’ll soon be plugging in to charge. Ireland’s national electric car charging …
Continue readingHS2 to rethink Manchester & Leeds stations (NewCivilEng)
The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC)’s Rail Needs Assessment – published last week – “puts the onus” on High Speed 2 Ltd (HS2 Ltd) and Transport for the North (TfN) to “rethink their station designs” in places like Manchester and …
Continue readingAV makers should be responsible for accidents: UK Law Comm (NetWeb)
What do you call the person behind the wheel of a self-driving car? Are they a passenger or owner or are they still the driver? Whatever they’re called, the UK‘s Law Commission says they shouldn’t …
Continue readingBatteries to cut diesel use on London-Cornwall train (E&T)
An intercity passenger train will be converted to run on battery power for the first time in the UK, Hitachi Rail has announced, cutting diesel use on non-electrified lines by 20 per cent. Hitachi has …
Continue readingTfL looking for e-scooter operators for rental trial (TfL)
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have launched a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters. TfL, London Councils and London’s boroughs are working together on plans for …
Continue readingHolostop holographic buttons tested on buses (TheCanadian)
Called “HoloStop”, holographic stop buttons are tested from this Monday in five buses of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines [Paris] network. This process should make it possible to fight against the transmission of viruses in public transport. “This …
Continue readingTfL traffic light optimisation trial in SW London (IntelTransport)
The new traffic light technology is expected to make the flow of traffic in the UK capital much smoother as it collects data from all road users. Transport for London (TfL) and Siemens Mobility Limited …
Continue readingFirst UK electric-only car charging station opens (BloombergGreen)
The first all-electric auto service station will open in Britain on Monday as drivers increasingly avoid cars fueled by gasoline and diesel. It’s another sign the energy and transport industries are gearing up to deal with as …
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