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25 June 2012 | By Henrik Dam Kristensen, Minister for Transport, Denmark
If you have recently visited Copenhagen, you will have noticed it has a large number of on-going construction sites. Significant investments made in various public transport projects over the last couple of years has meant that many roads have been closed and there have been temporary changes in public transport…
25 June 2012 | By Thomas J. Potter, Senior Transportation Engineer, Norconsult AS
Bergen is Norway’s second largest city with a regional population of 350,000. In March 2000, and after more than 10 years of heated political and public discussion, a decision was made to build the city a new light-rail system. In 2006, the Norwegian Parliament approved the innovative financing package based…
25 June 2012 | By Ole Sørensen, Head of the Light Rail Secretariat and Project Manager, Midttrafik
Construction of the initial phase of Denmark’s first light-rail network has now progressed from the planning to the construction phase, as the Danish Government recently passed the Aarhus Light Rail Act. Work towards the building of a light-rail network in the Aarhus area began in 2007 when eight local authorities,…
25 June 2012 | By Craig Waters, Editor, Intelligent Transport
Craig Waters, Editor of Eurotrasnport, speaks to Martin Giles, Managing Director of Lloyd's Register's UK rail business... Lloyd’s Register has recently been appointed as the ISA for the new light-rail project in Aarhus. What exactly will Lloyd’s Register’s responsibility be for this role? First of all, from a Lloyd’s Register…
25 June 2012 | By Peter Viinapuu, CEO, MTR Stockholm
Operating on 108km of track, over three lines, and serving 100 stations, the underground metro network in Stockholm is far more than a mode of transport; it’s an absolutely critical piece of the puzzle that makes the city work. In a special interview for Intelligent Transport, Peter Viinapuu, CEO of…
25 June 2012 | By Stefan Fridriksson, Senior Manager, Lending Department, Nordic Investment Bank
Cities and large urban areas usually allocate large proportions of their budgets to fund the construction of the vital transport infrastructure, often in combination with borrowing. Funding infrastructure and public transport projects through the budget requires balanced, economic and ecological long-term planning, including factors such as availability and utilising land…
25 June 2012 | By Peter Hendy, CBE, London’s Transport Commissioner
This summer, the world’s spotlight will settle on London with the staging of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. In the biggest event the capital has ever seen, tens of thousands of the world’s greatest athletes will arrive in one of its finest cities to put their sporting ability…
25 June 2012 | By Miryam Hernández, Metro Division Manager, UITP
The UITP Observatory of Automated Metros held its 3rd Seminar in Paris in March 2012, where it presented its 2011 Atlas of automated metros – a detailed overview of the metro automation landscape and an analysis of future trends. This article presents a selection of the Atlas data, as well…
25 June 2012 | By Nicolas Furio, Infrastructure & Electrification Manager and PM ‘n’ IDEA Coordinator, UNIFE
Predictive Maintenance employing Non-intrusive Inspection & Data Analysis (PM ‘n’ IDEA1) is a jointly funded European research project focused on developing innovative inspection and maintenance technologies for railway track infrastructure. It is a three-year project that began in June 2009 with a budget of approximately €5 million. Sixteen partners are…
