All Urban transport technology articles – Page 21
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Metro Report InternationalCubic awarded Irish mobile ticketing contract
IRELAND: The National Transport Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a contract worth more than US$4m to supply and maintain a mobile ticketing system. This will included a mobile app enabling users to purchase and present tickets for multiple operators. It is to be piloted on a number of Bus ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London seeks suicide prevention technology
UK: Transport for London has started looking into the adoption of technology that would help to prevent suicides on its rail networks. The Technology Preventing Suicide project has been launched in line with the Mayor of London’s Vision Zero strategy, which aims to eliminate road deaths by 2041. TfL ...
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Metro Report InternationalTaking autonomous vehicles from mines to cities
AUSTRALIA: Fortescue Metals Group is establishing an R&D centre in Karratha, Western Australia to research autonomous mobility technology for urban environments, the mining company announced on March 21. Fortescue will work with the city and with the University of Technology Sydney on the project, which aims to build on ...
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Metro Report InternationalAdditive manufacturing: from cup holders to front-ends
Additive manufacturing is emerging as a commercially viable option for producing components for transport applications, with CAF among the suppliers embracing the technology.
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Metro Report InternationalFirst stage of ‘highly complex’ London Underground resignalling goes live
UK: The first section of the London Underground network has been switched over to a Thales signalling system which is being rolled out across the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines under Transport for London’s Four Lines Modernisation programme. The complex network of interlinked tracks collectively known as ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous bus rides in Manchester
UK: Stagecoach demonstrated an autonomous bus at its Sharston depot in Manchester on March 18. According to the project partners, this is the first full-sized autonomous bus to run in the UK. An 11·5 m Enviro200 bus manufactured by Alexander Dennis at its Guildford site has been equipped with ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London joins the London Connectory
UK: Transport for London has started an 18-month collaboration with Bosch Connected Mobility Solutions to develop ‘smart mobility’ projects. The collaboration forms part of the newly created London Connectory, established by Bosch and Nitrous. This aims to bring together public-sector, private-sector and academic partners. TfL hopes to use this ...
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Metro Report InternationalStrategic partnership to develop integrated transport IT
GERMANY: Daimler Buses has announced a strategic partnership with technology company IVU Traffic Technologies to develop ‘integrated mobility solutions for the public transport of tomorrow’. As part of this, Daimler Buses has acquired a 5·25% stake in Berlin-based IVU from the Gerlind & Ernst Denert-Stiftung foundation established by IVU’s previous ...
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Metro Report InternationalElastomer factory to serve US rail and bus markets
USA: Having secured a major order to supply the gangways for new New York City Subway trains, Hübner has announced plans to build a elastomer product factory at Dunlap in Tennessee by 2020. This is to produce moulded parts, silicone seals and sensor-equipped rubber profiles for the US rail and ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous electric bus ready to be trialled in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Volvo has unveiled its first autonomous fully electric bus designed for passenger use, which is to undergo trials on the Nanyang Technological University campus. The Volvo 7900 Electric bus is equipped with sensors and navigation controls managed by an artificial intelligence system developed by NTU researchers. These include LIDAR ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram depot doors ready for opening
AUSTRALIA: Max Doors Solutions has installed four sets of Jewers Doors’ Swift-SEW bifolding doors at the maintenance depot on the 12 km Canberra light rail line which is expected to open this year. Sydney-based architect Architectus selected Jewers to supply the doors, which were manufactured in the UK. They ...
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Metro Report InternationalR&D centre to develop sustainable buses for smart connected cities
CANADA: Volvo Group company Nova Bus has officially opened a development centre close to its factory at Saint-Eustache in Québec, where it will undertake R&D to support the increased use of electric power for sustainable bus operation. ‘Technologies and processes evolve at a very high rate’, said Nova Bus Vice-President ...
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Metro Report InternationalCairo metro bogie drop to reduce downtime
EGYPT: Representatives of the National Tunnels Authority and Cairo metro depot operator Colas Rail recently visited the UK to inspect a bogie drop which Sheffield-based depot equipment manufacturer Mechan is to supply for a depot on Line 3, the Al Thawra line. This will enable bogies to be removed and ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous tram under development in Russia
RUSSIA: Tram builder PK Transportnye Systemy is working with Cognitive Technologies to develop a prototype autonomous tram. A Vityaz-M vehicle is being fitted with 10 to 20 video cameras and up to 10 radar sensors, in addition to Cognitive’s Low Level Data Fusion technology, which processes the raw data. ...
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Metro Report InternationalPay tax at metro ticket machines
INDIA: Lucknow residents can now use their GoSmart Card tickets to pay house and property taxes at the metro‘s ticket machines, and the system is to be extended to cover other bills. Receipts are issued providing details of the tax payments made, and payments appear in the user’s account ...
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Metro Report InternationalRambus and Worldline join up the journey
TICKETING: Smart ticketing offers a ‘real opportunity to join up the journey’, according to Russell McCullagh, Managing Director of Rambus Ticketing. Ticketing in the UK bus and metro sectors has been ‘revolutionised’ by technology in recent years, and the national rail network is now a key sector for development. ...
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Metro Report InternationalA more intelligent journey planner
PLANNING: Siemens’ timetabling and journey planning software business HaCon is developing a module for its travel planning software suite which uses artificial intelligence to learn about a user’s preferences. This could learn a passenger’s preferred transport modes and how far they are willing to walk, and then suggest personalised ...
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Metro Report InternationalExpanding range of onboard sales technology
RETAILING: Electronic point of sale company ECR is expanding from the onboard catering sales sector into ticketing technology, offering machines with a range of communication and ticket reading options, including 4G and wi-fi, 1D and 2D barcodes and chip & PIN payment. The Go2 TicketPoS machine has been certified ...
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Metro Report InternationalAll the network’s a stage with ticketing app
NETHERLANDS: Adding the ability to buy theatre and event tickets along with paying for travel is envisaged now that Rotterdam public transport operator RET has deployed an app-based mobile ticketing, payment and validation system developed by ByteToken, Bytemark and Thales Nederland. Thales has rolled out ticket gate hardware and ...
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Metro Report InternationalITSO on Mobile launched
UK: ITSO on mobile has gone live for public use on the West Midlands Metro tram line, bringing the UK’s transport smart card standard to mobile devices using Google Pay for the first time. Android smartphone users can now use Google Pay to buy tickets on the Swift on ...