Yearly Archives: 2023

Webfleet, Bridgestone’s globally trusted fleet management solution, has launched Webfleet Trailer, a dedicated high-end trailer management solution designed to support transport and logistics companies with trailer fleets operating long haul. Webfleet Trailer is a proactive monitoring and reporting tool fully integrated into the Webfleet telematics platform, giving fleet operators a one-platform-solution for both their fleet vehicles and trailers. It connects to all leading Electronic Braking Systems (EBS). By monitoring…

Electric vehicle (EV) fleet and battery storage specialist Zenobē has partnered with National Express to deliver the first sustainable shuttle bus service to Glastonbury, putting the wheels in motion for the decarbonisation of mass passenger transport to and from large-scale events. Zenobē will provide National Express, the UK’s leading public transport operator, with eight electric double-decker buses to service its…

How It Was With GWR Before January 1947, two private railway companies sped westwards from London. By far the biggest was the Great Western and on the above map it showed its routes in red. The thinner black lines were “connecting” services.  But if you were the Southern Railway, your view was slightly different. Southern ran trains on the thick…

RCP – With 75% of warehouse and logistics businesses facing pressure from customers to improve the sustainability of their operations, there’s never been a better time to invest in waste management systems. Despite 80% of businesses in the sector having goals and targets in place to support environmental programmes, after talking to many leaders in the sector, it’s clear that…

• Britain’s railway is without a paddle (IntlRailJ) • New Wales Metro tram-train now in testing (RailUK) • Feasibility Study for £890m Oxfordshire rail link released (NewCivilEng) • Irish railway project takes old Scottish Sleeper cars for accommodation (RailTech) • Philadelphia regional rail ridership up 12% after I-95 bridge collapse (Inquirer) • LA opens downtown light rail Regional Connector tunnel…

The Book : The Film : The Line Tarka the Otter: His Joyful Water-Life and Death in the Country of the Two Rivers is a 1927 novel by English writer Henry Williamson, first published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons with an introduction by the Hon. Sir John Fortescue. It won the Hawthornden Prize in 1928, and has never been out of…

Is It A Tram? Is It A Train? Is It A Tram/Train? Is It A Train/Tram? It stops at proper stations like a train. It shares track with gurt big freight trains. And there it is on ballasted train tracks! Yep. It’s a train!  Or is it? It tuns along the road with other traffic … It has red stoplights,…

Puzzle Picture Readers may remember that fbb was disappointed by the above book which he bought cheaply on-line second hand. As fbb was browsing idly, he came across this little teaser. Here are two pictures of a London Underground station … … published in a chapter showing the quality of station architecture. The picture’s title is here enlarged. The question…

As the UK’s leading road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart is launching a campaign, in alliance with organisations across the industry, to make the roads safer for motorcyclists and ensure they are consistently recognised as vulnerable road users. A statement from CEO at IAM RoadSmart, Antony Kildare: In some respects, the outlook for motorcycling in the UK is a positive one.…

• TfL puts larger transport infrastructure projects on hold amid funding uncertainty (NewCivilEng) • Peckham Rye station restoration finally complete (IanVisits) • Transport innovation, engineering, lobbying, & public relations in the age of steamboats (AntonHowes) • The Hague introduces €50 parking fee to deter drivers (CitiesToday) • Avellino trolleybus starts service after 23 years of planning & construction (UrbanTransport) •…