Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

Reduce Traffic Crashes: The Case for Improved Street Lighting

Street lighting may be considered an obvious means of preventing road traffic crashes, but the scientific evidence for this has been uncertain and many studies…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Bridges Project Launched with Federal Grant Support

A year and a half after the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the five-year project aims to create the ultimate infrastructure monitoring system and install…

Transportation and Logistics

Bicycle Survey Uncovers Cyclist Safety Concerns in Texas

“This is quite intuitive, given the high levels of traffic congestion in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio,” said Professor Chandra Bhat, who spearheaded the…

Transportation and Logistics

Optimizing Barge Rotation: Innovation at Port of Rotterdam

Douma has developed a new method for the optimum planning of the rotation of a barge in the port: the barge loads or unloads containers at various terminals in…

Transportation and Logistics

New Algorithm Transforms Delivery Route Optimization

Among many other factors, they have to decide on the route, the loading capacity of the vans or trucks used and the extent to which they can be filled. Above…

Transportation and Logistics

VTT Explores Intelligent Vehicle Safety System Impacts

Intelligent vehicle safety systems will clearly improve traffic safety if they are extensively taken into use. Many of the systems effectively reduce the…

Transportation and Logistics

I+D+I Enhances Flight Safety: Insights From UC3M Collaboration

The Department of Continuous Media and Structural Theory at the University Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with the aeronautical companies…

Transportation and Logistics

Young People Prefer Cars Over Eco-Friendly Transport Options

Dr Tilly Line has just completed a PhD entitled ‘The attitudes of young people towards transport in the context of climate change.’ Dr Line’s work examined how…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovative Traffic Surveillance Solutions Boost Road Safety in Finland

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Emtele Ltd are developing movable traffic surveillance equipment capable of automatically measuring the speed and…

Transportation and Logistics

Europe Showcases Intelligent Mobility at New York Summit

Over 900 European delegates will attend this annual meeting point of transport executives from around the world to share high-tech transport insights and…

Transportation and Logistics

SAFEDRIVE Enhances Airport Runway Safety and Efficiency

Today's airports are straining under the demands for increased capacity and high traffic throughput. This means more planes on runways but also more…

Transportation and Logistics

Discover the Best Wire Crates for Magnesium-Treated Materials

Which wire crate holds the magnesium-treated materials? And where were those ready-cast pieces? Without time-consuming documentation, it has so far been…

Transportation and Logistics

Intelligent Airlines: Meeting Evolving Passenger Needs

Dimitris Kanellopoulos of the Technological Educational Institute of Patras, explains how in recent years, the airline industry has become increasingly…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring User Insights for UK Transport Solutions

The key to future transport solutions may lie in the way users of the various transport systems use information technology to meet the challenges they face in…

Transportation and Logistics

New In-Car Tech Aims to Help Seniors Drive Longer

With input from older people, researchers from the University of the West of England, Bristol, have identified ideas for innovative in-car information systems…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring Transport Innovations: Rail, Road, or Waterway?

Prime Argentine steak accompanied by a good French wine, with strawberries from Spain as dessert. And mood music playing on a stereo system made in Japan. Most…

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