The new ligne à grande vitesse (LGV) is the first step in a project that will include 220km of track, two new stations (in Agen and Montauban), intervening stops, and connections between the train and local metro, bus, and bike systems....
Though small in number, the elected interests of most local cities give disproportionate attention to business interests and their pro-driving beliefs. Even in progressive Berkeley, home of many climate scientists from the university, transportation decisions are dictated by science illiterates and business interests, not the...
You may have noticed that in recent weeks, the Biden administration has been rolling out a hell of a lot of new regulations. Earlier this month it was big student loan reforms and a massive improvement in how public lands are managed, then this week we had better pay and working conditions for working Americans, minimum staffing...
It is actually much worse than that. The problem they are having is that street-running LRT trains get stuck in traffic, causing bunching and other scheduling issues. The obvious solution is to get cars completely out of the way of the trains. But despite an official “transit first” policy, the SFMTA won’t do that. So instead they will spend >$100 million on a new signal system, which will map train locations in real-time simply to tell dispatchers what they already know – that the trains are stuck in traffic.
HS2 contractor Hitachi Rail is drawing up plans for job cuts at its UK plant after ministers’ decision not to sign off on new train orders left the manufacturer facing a six-month drought of work....
The TBM is 14.6m wide, weighs 4350 tonnes, some 700% heavier than standard TBMs, and is approximately 11km long. It is understood to be the world’s widest and longest marine TBM....
The plan has once again been set in motion after Getlink, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, said it had plans to introduce more services through the undersea link....
Amtrak officials said late Friday that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try and had been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to begin testing on the tracks that run from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
The cost of the U.K.'s emerging 140-mile London-Birmingham high-speed railroad could exceed its $57-billion government budget by up $14 billion at 2019 prices, the head of the project company HS2 Ltd. told lawmakers at the parliamentary transport committee. Even at that high cost, non-executive chair and acting CEO Jon Thompson...
Work finally starts on new high-speed train line Bordeaux to Toulouse (www.connexionfrance.com)
The new ligne à grande vitesse (LGV) is the first step in a project that will include 220km of track, two new stations (in Agen and Montauban), intervening stops, and connections between the train and local metro, bus, and bike systems....
Businesses Are Getting People Killed (darrellowens.substack.com)
Though small in number, the elected interests of most local cities give disproportionate attention to business interests and their pro-driving beliefs. Even in progressive Berkeley, home of many climate scientists from the university, transportation decisions are dictated by science illiterates and business interests, not the...
Joe Biden Has Another Big F*cking Deal For Climate, Again (www.wonkette.com)
You may have noticed that in recent weeks, the Biden administration has been rolling out a hell of a lot of new regulations. Earlier this month it was big student loan reforms and a massive improvement in how public lands are managed, then this week we had better pay and working conditions for working Americans, minimum staffing...
Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments (www.nbcnews.com)
The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why....
US Automobile Ad Spending Hits Record $20.8 Billion (www.statista.com)
More money is spent on automobile advertising than on public transit projects.
Leading the world in technology and ecological transit.. on 3.5" (abc7news.com)
They're such great investors! (lemmy.world)
HS2 contractor braces for UK job cuts (finance.yahoo.com)
HS2 contractor Hitachi Rail is drawing up plans for job cuts at its UK plant after ministers’ decision not to sign off on new train orders left the manufacturer facing a six-month drought of work....
MTC wants to remove weekday bike/ped access to Richmond-San Rafael bridge (www.kron4.com)
Over $20 million was spent on this bike path, but now the MTC wants to convert into car access during weekdays.
Proposed CA bill would electronically restrict cars from going 10mph over speed limit (abc7.com)
China unveils super-size TBM to build undersea high-speed line (www.railjournal.com)
The TBM is 14.6m wide, weighs 4350 tonnes, some 700% heavier than standard TBMs, and is approximately 11km long. It is understood to be the world’s widest and longest marine TBM....
Channel Tunnel: Deutsche Bahn keen on trains to London (www.dw.com)
The plan has once again been set in motion after Getlink, the operator of the Channel Tunnel, said it had plans to introduce more services through the undersea link....
After Years of Delays, Amtrak Moves Toward Faster Trains in the Northeast (www.nytimes.com)
Amtrak officials said late Friday that the new trains, which had failed an extended series of computer modeling tests, had passed on the 14th try and had been cleared by the Federal Railroad Administration to begin testing on the tracks that run from Washington, D.C., to Boston.
HS2 northern leg 'not possible to do' says Sir Keir Starmer (www.bbc.com)
Sir Keir Starmer says his party will not revive the northern leg of HS2 if they win the next general election.
HS2 UK High-speed Rail Project Now Running $14B Over Budget (www.enr.com)
The cost of the U.K.'s emerging 140-mile London-Birmingham high-speed railroad could exceed its $57-billion government budget by up $14 billion at 2019 prices, the head of the project company HS2 Ltd. told lawmakers at the parliamentary transport committee. Even at that high cost, non-executive chair and acting CEO Jon Thompson...