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As ridership inches toward pre-pandemic levels, rail operators need to continue evolving their operations while searching for new ways to attract passengers and adapt to new transit behaviors. Ensuring seamless, secure connectivity, from the station to the train, is foundational for creating a modern passenger experience and developing new revenue services.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: The Netherlands, once famed for being cycle-friendly, is facing a surprising threat: souped-up electric bikes speeding at up to 42kph (26mph). […] Fietsersbond [is] a cyclists’ union that is camp…
According to the Wall Street Journal, citing preliminary research from LMC Automotive and EV-Volumes.com, there were 7.8 million electric vehicles sold worldwide in 2022, a 68% increase from 2021. “The uptick helped electric vehicles achieve a roughly …
“Thousands of CES 2023 attendees tested out the Las Vegas Convention Center Loop tunnel transit system,” reports Fierce Electronics, “for quick 1.7-mile trips offering them a prelude of more of the efficient tunnels to come.”
The service was free duri…
Contrails — the wispy ice clouds trailing behind flying jets — “are surprisingly bad for the environment,” reports CNN:
A study that looked at aviation’s contribution to climate change between 2000 and 2018 concluded that contrails create …
UpNext, Airbus’s future technology-focused subsidiary, reported on Thursday that it has entered the final three months of testing tech it hopes will automate the process of getting a plane from the air to the gate. The Register reports: The system, cal…
It will link Tulum to the test of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula—and destroy Indigenous land and livelihood in the process.
Car & Driver reports on what they found in the menus of a 2023 BMW X1:
BMW TeleService and Remote Software Upgrade showed a message that read Activated, while BMW Drive Recorder had options to subscribe for one month, one year, three years, or “Unl…
Mercedes-Benz will be the first automaker to launch a Level 3 automated driving system in the United States. The Drive reports: The news comes as part of a series of announcements made by Mercedes at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, not…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Thursday, Mercedes-Benz announced that it is entering the DC fast-charging arena for electric vehicles. The German automaker is in the midst of an electrification push and a plan to be carbon-ne…