Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

MIT’s RoadRunner: A Wireless Solution for Traffic Congestion

At the Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress last week, MIT researchers received one of the best-paper awards for a new system, dubbed RoadRunner,…

Transportation and Logistics

Transforming Global Logistics: The Physical Internet Explained

“By 2050 at the latest, the situation may change. The ‘Internet of Things’ will revolutionize the world to the same extent that the Internet did before it,”…

Transportation and Logistics

Easily Retrofitted Invention Enhances Railway Traffic Safety

Train location systems traditionally work with track current circuits or loops, which make use of the short circuit established between the rails and the…

Transportation and Logistics

Innovative Solutions to Reduce Midair Collision Risks for Small Aircraft

At issue are “cockpit displays of traffic information” (CDTIs). These are GPS displays used by private pilots to track other aircraft in their vicinity….

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Automates High-Speed Rail in Northern Spain

The route section known as “Variante de Pajares” runs from La Robla to Pola de Lena in the north of the country, and forms part of the 120-kilometer high-speed…

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Study: Advanced Warning Systems Enhance Intersection Safety

A major factor making driving difficult is hazards that are sudden and hard to predict. Roadside and in-vehicle display warning systems may help drivers handle…

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Deutsche Bahn and Siemens Unveil New ICE 3 Trains in Berlin

Jochen Eickholt, CEO of Siemens' Rail Systems Division, handed over the eighth and last of the new ICE 3 trains of the first consignment to Rüdiger Grube,…

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Inspiro Train Design Unveiled for Kuala Lumpur Metro Service

The mockup reflects the design, color scheme and interior furnishings of the train that will soon be providing metro service in the Malaysian capital and the…

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Public unveiling of first C2 metro train

This jointly unveiled train will be followed by 20 more by the year 2015, for a total of 126 new metro cars. This order marks the biggest purchase of rolling…

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Legally Responsible for Autonomous Cars: Key Insights

The development of such vehicles is the project of a new European research consortium. The legal implications of the new technology are explored by the…

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Siemens Launches Driverless Metro Line in Singapore

The commissioning of the Line, which has a total length of 42 kilometers and comprises 34 stations, will occur in three phases. Initially, service has…

Transportation and Logistics

Experience Comfort in the Skies with VR-HYPERSPACE Innovation

Does this sound familiar? After a long check-in procedure you are finally sitting in your assigned seat on the aircraft. But the seat is too narrow, the…

Transportation and Logistics

Exploring Comfort in Sustainable Mobility in Stuttgart

How can sustainable mobility become more appealing to the inhabitants of Stuttgart? Surveying 1000 people about how they choose to move around the Stuttgart…

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New state-of-the-art London passenger train unveiled

The new electric Class 700 train will offer a much improved travel experience for passengers and alongside the wider infrastructure work will boost capacity…

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Better User Interface Design Could Mitigate “Automation Addiction” and Other Flying Errors, HF/E Experts Suggest

Eric Geiselman and colleagues propose that user interfaces that take advantage of avionics’ underlying data and logic could enable pilots to better cope with…

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Siemens Automates USA’s Busiest Commuter Train Lines

Siemens Rail Automation, in a consortium with Bombardier Transportation, is to upgrade the train control systems on the two largest commuter lines in the USA…

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