Top news of the week: 01.09.2021.
Mobility
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Mobility Justice This month, The Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) launched Ready! EV taxis have arrived in the UK with 9 wireless charging electric taxis on Nottingham roads …
Light at the end of the tunnel Crossrail, London’s new train line, is almost finished
But will the commuters come? | Britain
Talking Headways Podcast: How We’ve Subsidized Driving (and What To Do About It)
This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Litman discusses his book “New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation ...
How we’d build Light Rail
Tomorrow (Tuesday 31 August), the The Wynyard Question Previous plans and the current process have suggested light rail will go to Wynyard Quarter. We think that for Stage 1 it should end ...
New rail operator for Auckland
Key Performance Measures under the new contract include: Service Reliability KPI The Service Reliability KPI is designed to incentivise the Franchisee to run all train services on …
The Boring Co. wants to build a hyperloop in flood-prone Fort Lauderdale. Can it be done?
Transportation experts say the project is possible, but building a tunnel under South Florida is expensive. "You can engineer yourself out of any problem," said one expert, but it comes at ...
Decarbonising transport outside cities: it is possible, let’s get on with it
There is a view that it’s not possible to provide good public transport outside cities, but some places have shown this isn’t true. And there is a lot of public money already …