Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

Researchers 'count cars' — literally — to find a better way to control heavy traffic

Ensuring that traffic moves smoothly and without a lot of manual intervention requires automated car counting techniques, which are often tedious and…

Transportation and Logistics

Transforming Parking Garages into Smart Spaces for Cities

Cities face an ongoing challenge in their endeavors to provide adequate parking and to use parking spaces effectively. Park_up aims to develop new, digital…

Transportation and Logistics

Drones Enhance Delivery Planning for Efficient Logistics

“We are analysing a system in which customers order goods that are stored in depots and the subsequent deliveries are made by drones”, Christian Bettstetter…

Transportation and Logistics

Variable Speed Limits: Reducing Crashes in Highway Work Zones

Researchers at the University of Missouri have studied systems to alleviate inevitable backups and delays. Researchers found that using variable speed limits…

Transportation and Logistics

Self-Driving Cars Enhance Traffic Flow: Study Results

“Our experiments show that with as few as 5 percent of vehicles being automated and carefully controlled, we can eliminate stop-and-go waves caused by human…

Transportation and Logistics

Plan Electric Bus Routes with New City Tool

The rollout of Sweden’s first wireless charging buses earlier this month was coupled with something the rest of the world could use – namely, a tool for cities…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovative Training for Extreme Helicopter Flight Conditions

Missions at sea, in mountainous regions or close to skyscrapers are extremely risky for helicopter pilots. The turbulent air flows near oil rigs, ships, cliffs…

Transportation and Logistics

Laser Rescue System Enhances Safety in Serious Accidents

In the past 25 years, the number of road traffic deaths has been drastically reduced, and the number of severely injured persons decreased significantly, too….

Transportation and Logistics

Bremen University Team Enters Finals With Delivery Robot

A place on the podium of the “DHL Robotics Challenge 2016” is now safe for the student team from three faculties of the University of Bremen, Germany, as they…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring Playful Electric Mobility Innovations in Finland & Estonia

How can services help encourage the spread of electric mobility, and how can they be systematically developed? Using four case studies from Finland, Estonia,…

Transportation and Logistics

Combat Traffic Congestion with Data Analytics Solutions

Researchers at Fraunhofer IAO are carrying out a study to determine whether data from cell phone networks could offer a reliable source of information for…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Tests New Intercity Train in Vienna Wind Tunnel

Rail customers expect to be served by trains that function perfectly from the very first day of service. This is particularly true for the new Intercity…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Powers Driverless Future for Paris Metro Line 4

Siemens received an order from the Paris public transport operator RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens) to equip the 27 stations of Paris Metro Line…

Transportation and Logistics

Germany’s First Long-Distance Line Without Fixed Signals Launches

As part of the 8th German Unity Transport Project (VDE 8), Siemens and its consortium partner Kapsch CarrierCom Deutschland GmbH are currently equipping the…

Transportation and Logistics

Urban Transport Innovations: Focus on Electric Cars at COP21

Prior to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris the researchers point to a promising avenue for the transport sector to mitigate climate change. At…

Transportation and Logistics

Avenio Tram Launches Passenger Service in The Hague

“Before commencing passenger services, we carried out extensive tests, as we make no compromise when it comes to safety. I am very satisfied with the results,…

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