Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

Safer Skies: Innovations in Air Traffic Management

University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are working on a air traffic…

Transportation and Logistics

Cycling Safety Increases with More Riders: Study Insights

International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death…

Transportation and Logistics

Heavy Truck Safety: Key Insights on Control During Bends

Writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Safety, the researchers explain that negotiating a bend is the main cause of loss of control, closely followed…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring Commercial Culture Through Three Ages of Trains

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £300,000 to the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, a joint initiative of the…

Transportation and Logistics

High-Speed Velaro Train Launches in China Before 2008 Olympics

Just a week before the start of the 2008 Olympics, the Velaro officially entered passenger service in China. The Chinese Railway Minister Liu Zhi Jun and the…

Transportation and Logistics

Successful Tractive Effort Tests in Great Belt Tunnel

A total of four tractive effort tests were performed with the multi-system locomotive. Although coupled to 36 freight cars and weighing a total of 2,011 metric…

Transportation and Logistics

Commission Decision on ITS Radio Frequency Enhances Vehicle Communication

This will enable vehicles to communicate and interact with each other and with the road infrastructure via one single radio frequency. These so-called…

Transportation and Logistics

Green Tech Bus: DOE-Inspired Innovation with Hybrid Power

This new green technology 40-foot bus features a high-strength stainless steel body and chassis and a hybrid power system that drives the bus primarily with…

Transportation and Logistics

Intelligent Vehicle Systems Set for Testing Across Europe

The use of new in-vehicle technologies has the potential to contribute to safer, cleaner and more efficient transport solutions throughout Europe. Many…

Transportation and Logistics

University of Greenwich scientists address evacuation concerns over futuristic ‘flying wing’ aircraft

Speaking at a conference on the future of aircraft design, Professor Ed Galea will explain how the university's Fire Safety Engineering Group has used…

Transportation and Logistics

A First in Spain: Optiguide for Castellon’s Trolleybus Line

Siemens’ Optiguide optical guidance system allows the vehicle to very accurately follow the ideal route painted on the road and to dock as close to station…

Transportation and Logistics

China Sets New High-Speed Train Record in Beijing

The train left the station in Beijing at 8:55 a.m. on June 24 to smash the old record about 20 minutes later. This momentous event was witnessed by the…

Transportation and Logistics

Airless Tires: A Game-Changer for Military Combat Vehicles

An ambitious startup company in this central Wisconsin city is exploring that very challenge with a project to develop tires that can withstand extreme…

Transportation and Logistics

Low-Cost Airlines Rise as New Giants in Travel Industry

Leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT…

Transportation and Logistics

In cooperation with global industrial partners – BIBA has begun the development of systems for the automatic loading of goods

Scientists at the Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics GmbH (BIBA) at the University of Bremen already know from the results of their market study…

Transportation and Logistics

Method uses 'Bluetooth' to track travel time for vehicles, pedestrians

The method envisioned by engineers at the Indiana Department of Transportation represents a potentially low-cost leap in technology to provide information for…

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