Daily Archives: January 12, 2024

  Director of Transport  Employer: Liverpool City Region Combined AuthoritySalary: £115,281 to £137,590Location: No 1 Mann Island, LiverpoolContract: PermanentWorking Pattern: Full TimeHours: 35 hours per week.DBS Check: NoClosing Date: 29/01/2024 at 12:00Reference: CDD/24/266985   We are looking for an exceptional transport professional with commercial and technical experience to join us in the new role of Director of Transport for Liverpool…

• Boeing 737 MAX Incident a By-Product of Its Financial Mindset (American Prospect) • How Oulu became the winter cycling capital of the world (BBC) • TFL considering installing fake steering wheels at front of DLR trains (The Guardian) • Transport in Île-de-France: a new year retrospective, and the future (Fabric of Paris) • The Unique Halesworth Moving Platforms: Video…

Knorr-Bremse is to equip at least 246 of Stadler’s CITYLINK streetcars with various system solutions. Under the terms of a major joint order, which  includes options for up to 258 more vehicles, the LRVs will be supplied to six local  transit companies in Austria and Germany. Their equipment will include innovative  braking systems (including magnetic track brakes) and climate control systems. In …

Free visitor registration is now open for the Sustainable Road Transport Show – the UK’s dedicated exhibition and conference for solving commercial and passenger fleet decarbonisation. Taking place between 15-16 May 2024 at Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference Centre, the event, formerly ITT Hub, will showcase the latest decarbonisation technology, solutions, services and strategies. Organised by Farnborough International, the two-day…

Lord Callanan, Minister for Energy Efficiency and Green Finance, visited Cummins Darlington to learn more about the company’s transition to zero-carbon technologies. The Minister was joined by Ben Houchen, the Mayor of Tees Valley. The Minister and Mayor viewed a zero-carbon hydrogen internal combustion engine powered concept truck, toured the Darlington engine plant, and met the local apprentices and staff…

Electrification is at the heart of net zero planning for many energy intensive businesses across the UK. Switching power generation from fossil fuels to renewable sources allows businesses to unlock lower energy costs and reduced carbon emissions, in line with their corporate commitments. Yet, according to On-Site Energy, companies would be best served by considering the multiple renewable routes to…

Member of Parliament’s Master Plan The MP for Rother Valley wants to improve public transport in his constituency. He has clearly caught the “MPs disease” which makes them feel thy understand the bus business and with just a snap of the fingers can make it all lovely.  Alex cites Manchester (the jury’s out) and London (poor an VERY expensive taxation…