Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

How Truck Noise Can Inform Drivers About Their Journey

Experienced truck drivers prefer sound that provides them with information about how the journey is proceeding and they do not view information-bearing sound…

Transportation and Logistics

A firm grip no bean can escape – The 'Coffeerob' developed in Bremen has its first public appearance

It is hard work to lift and heave a coffee sack, to carry it, to place it on a pallet and then to return for the next one. Overseas containers are packed up to…

Transportation and Logistics

Transform Traffic Management with ORINOKO’s Innovation

Traffic jams on the way to work, to the shops or to a holiday destination – a common experience for most of us. Traffic management systems can provide help….

Transportation and Logistics

BAM Advances Design Safety for Spent Fuel Transport Casks

In this press release BAM describes its tasks in general terms for the approval process. BAM started testing the design of the CASTOR Ia, the first CASTOR…

Transportation and Logistics

Public Transportation in evolution—using advanced technology for safer roads

Public Transportation in evolution—using advanced technology for highly public road trafficDeep understanding of human nature helps increase public aspects…

Transportation and Logistics

New Study Evaluates £150M UK Travel Project Impact

The iConnect (Impact of COnstructing Non-motorised Networks and Evaluating Changes in Travel) study aims to measure and evaluate the changes in travel,…

Transportation and Logistics

Relaunch of Transport Research Knowledge Centre Web Portal

The Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC) has relaunched its web portal www.transport-research.info – with a dynamic new look, improved navigation and…

Transportation and Logistics

Model Enhances Motorway Journey Time Reliability in Netherlands

For that reason the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management has listed the improvement of the reliability of door-to-door journey times…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring Driver Psychology: Insights from Swansea University

This is one of the findings of Gabrielle Jerzembek, of the Department of Psychology and the School of Medicine at Swansea University and Dr Gerhard Manogg of…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Aircraft Wings: Innovations in Lightweight Materials

Nowadays it’s easy to hop on a plane and fly to London or spend a romantic weekend in Paris for just a few euros – if the volume of air traffic is increasing,…

Transportation and Logistics

Smart Helicopter Survival Suit by SINTEF and Helly Hansen

The new suit has been jointly developed by SINTEF, which is a Norwegian research institute, and Helly Hansen, a Norwegian producer of textiles and special gear…

Transportation and Logistics

Dangerous Goods Database 6.1 Update: Key Regulation Changes

The updated version of the Dangerous Goods Database contains topic-referred effective dangerous goods regulations regardless of the type of traffic. Changes…

Transportation and Logistics

Mid-Air Collision Lessons: Enhancing Aviation Safety Innovation

The following year, two planes collided in mid-air over Überlingen in the south of Germany on the edge of Lake Constance. One was a Russian passenger flight…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovative Insights: Meet Europe’s Leading Driver Expert

“Really, we cannot talk about the European driver,” explains Matthias Schulze, coordinator of the PReVENT project and Senior Manager for ITS & Services Daimler…

Transportation and Logistics

MIT’s Ancient Raft System: A New Look at Trade Innovation

Details of how the ancient trading system worked more than 1,000 years ago were reconstructed largely through the efforts of former MIT undergraduate student…

Transportation and Logistics

Cleaner, Cheaper Urban Freight Transport Innovations

Extending designated pick-up and delivery times and improving coordination of the regulations imposed by the various cities would reduce harmful emissions and…

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