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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named London’s Elizabeth Line rail transport network as the winner of the 2024 Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award. The judges lauded its remarkable engineering achievement a… Continue reading London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named London’s Elizabeth Line rail transport network as the winner of the 2024 Stirling Prize, the UK’s most prestigious architecture award. The judges lauded its remarkable engineering achievement a… Continue reading London’s “flawless” new train network wins UK’s top architecture prize
Even on busy rail networks, the gap between lines can spend much of its time doing little but face skyward, so why not put that space to good use? Swiss startup Sun-Ways is looking to do just that by installing solar panels in between railway tracks.Co… Continue reading Solar power project hits the rails with between-track panel pilot
The company that broke a Guinness World Record this year with its all-hydrogen train has just announced another world first. Stadler Rail has developed a fleet of train cars that can run on either hydrogen or battery power for branch rail services.Cont… Continue reading Hydrogen or battery? World-first train glides along on either
Hearing tell of a steering wheel-free Volkswagen bus reminds us of the original 2017 ID Buzz concept and the autonomous future it portended. The steering wheel-less Klv-20, however, doesn’t hail from the future, but from the past … 70 years ago, to b… Continue reading Classic splitty VW camper bus still ready for van touring … by rail
Country folk tend to like the independence offered by their cars, so how do you get them to use public transit? The Monocab system may be the answer, as it utilizes individual on-demand pods that travel on existing abandoned railways.Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand
In preparation for a permanent human colony on the Moon, DARPA has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman to develop a lunar railway concept, as part of the 10-year Lunar Architecture (LunA-10) Capability Study.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceT… Continue reading DARPA and Northrop Grumman’s railway on the Moon
Commissioned to create a home office for a designer, Olson Kundig Architects principle Tom Kundig somewhat jokingly suggested that it should be put on railroad tracks to enable the owner to experience a commute from home. After talking it through, the … Continue reading Remarkable home office rolls down a railroad when it’s time for work
If you want to maximize the number of trains that can operate along one rail line simultaneously, it’s crucial that you know the exact location of each train at all times. A new system is designed to help in that regard, by analyzing the magnetic prope… Continue reading MAROS tech analyzes rails to precisely geolocate trains
The war in Ukraine has upset the global food market, and the surprising reason is not that Ukrainian wheat isn’t being harvested, but rather that it can’t leave the country. …read more Continue reading Grain Stuck in Ukraine: The Fragmented Nature Of Modern-Day Railways