Is It Great – The 908? Another newcomer for the residents of Stevenage and south thereof is the “Herts Connect” 908. No one seems to know why such obscure route numbers were chosen, but doubtless there is a grand plan for a growing network of 900s in the county. Even so, why start with 907 and 908? Once again, the…
Volvo’s heavy electric truck, the Volvo FH Electric, has been selected as International Truck of the Year 2024. In explaining their decision, the jury praised the electric truck’s performance, seamless acceleration, quietness, and vibration-free behavior. Gianenrico Griffini, Chairman International Truck of the Year and Roger Alm, President Volvo Trucks. “With the introduction of the FH Electric, Volvo Trucks has delivered…
Uber and Lyft were supposed to reduce carbon emissions, but they turned out to be polluters. Robotaxis look to repeat some of the same mistakes. Robotaxi companies are eager to present themselves with a green halo. “Climate change is the single biggest issue we face as a global community,” Cruise declared in a blog post published on Earth Day 2022. “Each of us…
Hard For High Green High Green is a large residential area of Sheffield, developed as a small “suburb” of Chapeltown from the mid 1960s, but now a substantial residential ommeunitty. Like many such areas, it lacks local facilities so most residents would need to travel to Chapeltown for much of what they might need and, possibly, for evening socialising. And…
Historically Happier The information below is easy to find on-line, but it looks very out of date in style so should be treated with “polite suspicion”. It certainly is NOT part of the County’s shiny new web site! About Intalink Established in 1999 the Intalink Partnership is a unique collaboration between local authorities and bus and train operators in Hertfordshire.…
When the major auto manufacturers start changing their EV plans, it’s probably a sign something’s not quite right. For all those who think they’re better than everyone else because they drive a Tesla, this video is for you… The post Why EVs Aren’t The GreenTech Panacea: Video (PeterZeihan) appeared first on London Reconnections.
When Great British Railways eventually succeeds Network Rail as the infrastructure and management agency for the UK network, it will inherit a much-changed railway. In terms of passenger usage, and the reasons customers give for boarding a train in the UK, the market is shifting into something more akin to the 1970s, rather than heading towards the 2030s. Great British…
Hopping Today The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The system’s 2.1-mile original “M” line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. In October, 2023, a 0.4-mile Lakefront, or “L” line, to the still under-construction high-rise development The Couture… … began…
• Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension Plans Brought Forward (Railway News) • Baltimore’s Red Line Should Be a Stadtbahn (Martha Lauren) • To Fight Fare Evasion, PATH Turnstiles ‘Speak Up’ (Railway Age) • Stockholm Plans to Ban Heavy Polluting Cars From City Center (Bloomberg CityLab) • G Class tram mock-up (Daniel Bowen) • Japan’s Oldest Monorail Permanently Closes Next Month (Sora…
It’s sometimes said that rail passengers want a ‘boringly reliable’ service. In other words, one where it’s unusual for a train to be late or, worse, the railway to be closed. Sadly, for a whole host of reasons, the railway isn’t boringly reliable at the moment. There’s the industrial relations. After last week’s welcome news of a possible breakthrough in…