Transportation and Logistics

Transportation and Logistics

UC Discoveries Could Help Quiet The World’s Cities

Furthermore, those Top Gun military jets need to be up in the air in the wee hours – over land – to simulate their landings on aircraft carriers. But…

Transportation and Logistics

Transforming City Traffic Monitoring With Accurate Solutions

One common error is called “splashover” because it usually involves an over-sensitive detector picking up the presence a vehicle in the next lane over – as if…

Transportation and Logistics

Driving Innovation in Transport: Boosting SMEs Effectively

What can be done to improve innovation in Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the transport sector? How does innovation spread into the market? What…

Transportation and Logistics

Steering Safety: Research Looks at Factors in Truck-Related Fatalities and Injuries to Reduce Accidents

Sunanda Dissanayake, associate professor of civil engineering, and Siddhartha Kotikalapudi, master's student in civil engineering, India, are looking at five…

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Connected Traffic System for Emergency Responders is Demonstrated in Arizona

The north Maricopa Valley community is the test site for a new, federally-funded and state-supported traffic management system that, if successful, would not…

Transportation and Logistics

Flying Car Completes Successful Maiden Flight in Netherlands

During the past two weeks, several test flights were conducted at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The patented vehicle flies in the air like a…

Transportation and Logistics

A biplane to break the sound barrier

For 27 years, the Concorde provided its passengers with a rare luxury: time saved. For a pricey fare, the sleek supersonic jet ferried its ticketholders from…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Sells First Vectron Locomotives to Italy

The vehicles will be built at the Siemens plant in Munich-Allach and delivered to the customer in December 2013. The Vectron is the new generation of Siemens…

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Driverless Metro Connects Louvre to Arc de Triomphe: A New Era

Siemens is responsible for the modernization of the automation technology. The new system is more energy-efficient in operation and makes it possible to…

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The “twilight zone” of traffic costs lives at stoplight intersections

New research at Oregon State University will help to more precisely identify that danger zone. Traffic engineers can then use than information, along with…

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IMO grants Final Approval to Siemens' ballast water management system

The Maritime Environmental Protection Committee of the United Nations' International Maritime Organization (IMO) has granted Siemens Final Approval for its…

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Swarming Shuttles: The Future of Transport Innovation

The orange-colored vehicle begins moving with a quiet whirr. Soon afterwards the next shuttles begin to move, and before long there are dozens of…

Transportation and Logistics

Siemens Unveils First Desiro RUS Train for Sochi Region

Russian Railways (RZD) visited their first Desiro RUS regional multiple-unit train at the Siemens factory in Krefeld and released it for shipment: Delivery by…

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Boosting Aviation Safety: The Role of Culture and Norms

One effective way for airline companies to reduce violations is to focus more on norms, safety culture and risk awareness within the organisation rather than…

Transportation and Logistics

More Boxcars for Midwesterners: Cleaner Air Through Efficiency

Much of that impact boils down to simple efficiency, according to Erica Bickford, a graduate student in UW–Madison's Nelson Institute for Environmental…

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New algorithm may improve defensive driving

In 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States,…

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