Daily Archives: October 27, 2023

STILFOLD and Alstom have entered into partnership to explore how STILFOLD’s origami-inspired manufacturing technology could be used to make train building more environmentally sustainable. STILFOLD Dubbed industrial origami, STILFOLD’s patented manufacturing technology uses robotic arms to fold flat sheet metal over curves to form strong and sustainable new structures, using minimal component parts. The Swedish company said its technology removes…

• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • Reflective pavements tackle urban heat but sometimes make feel pedestrians hotter (CityLab) • Kyiv Metro vs the World: How Kyiv Metro runs 2-3 min peak frequency during wartime (Substack-Bahn) • Riding the ‘Secret’ subway lines (& thicc panto!) under the US Capitol: Video (TrainsAreAwesome) • Legal case…

More “Improvements” For Daventry??? The current D3 serves Sixfields as before. Northampton Alan points out that the route does not really serve any housing at Sixfields, leaving that to a Northampton town route … … but it does drop down (and back) from the A4500 to a sumptuous stop on a roundabout … … serving all (?) the leisure facilities…