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31 March 2006 | By Kevin Clack, Security Development Manager, London Underground
The Tube is the backbone of London’s transport network and carries over three million passengers per day, on more than 500 trains at peak times. It travels through 275 stations along hundreds of miles of tracks and tunnels. The terrorist attacks on July 7, 2005 and subsequent events were unprecedented…
31 March 2006 | By James Abbott, Technical Editor
Public transport authorities responsible for metros and other rail and bus systems are increasingly using access control systems to regulate access to their premises. Recent security alerts on European metros have served to emphasise the benefits of systems that regulate access to stations and trains. Increased security awareness provides a…
31 March 2006 | By Torben Johansen, Technical Director, Orestad Development Corporation
The Copenhagen Metro is one of the most modern systems in the world. The metro’s latest development is an extension to the airport, which will open in 2007. There are also future plans for a city ‘Circle Line’, which would be one of the biggest construction projects modern Copenhagen has…
31 March 2006 | By ET
Having already successfully adopted one of the first magnetic-based automatic fare collection systems in Italy, operator ATCM is not content to rest on its laurels. The company is about to start using an advanced fare collection and revenue management system using the latest smart card technology. Christian Shelton reports. In…
31 March 2006 | By Rob Niven, DLR Development Project Manager, Docklands Light Railway
From humble beginnings, Docklands Light Railway has become the UK rail industry’s most prominent success story and will play a key role in the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Docklands Light Railway (DLR) opened in 1987 as a modest £77 million railway to serve the earliest development sites in the…
31 March 2006 | By John Churcher, Integrated Ticketing System’s team, Railway Procurement Agency (RPA)
The RPA believes that the Integrated Ticketing System will completely change the way that the general public views public transport across Ireland. It will have such a profound impact that it will be hard to imagine travelling without smart cards. In 2002, I was invited to review the business case…
31 March 2006 | By Martin Shipp, Head, BRE Centre for Fire Safety in Transport
A wide range of factors need to be considered when it comes to preventing tunnel fires. From tunnel design to actual fire fighting – every element could prove critical in saving lives. In recent years tunnel fires have been in the news, reflecting, or stimulating, public concern. This public concern…
31 March 2006 | By Jeremy Gardner, Director, Faber Maunsell
The way in which a new urban mass transit system is financed can be a crucial factor in deciding whether it is actually built or not. Recently a number of proposed schemes have failed due to disputes over funding – despite the many advantages they seemed to offer. Good public…
31 March 2006 | By Peter Adams, Assistant Director Metro Implementation, Centro
Light rail in the UK has suffered a number of blows in recent months with funding and support for the Merseytram and the South Hampshire Rapid Transport System being withdrawn by the Department for Transport. However, transport bosses in the West Midlands are still confident that their proposals to expand…
31 March 2006 | By ET
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Köhler from the Institut für Thermodynamik, based at the Technical University Braunschweig, Germany, answers Christian Shelton’s questions about the issues surrounding the use of fluorinated greenhouse gases in mobile air-conditioning systems.
31 March 2006 | By Donald Macdonald, Head of Bus and Coach Policy and Engineering Standards, Department for Transport, Mobility and Inclusion Department
It is important for transport operators to consider the accessibility of coaches and long distance buses for people with reduced mobility. The first question for many is what is COST and what is its purpose. COST, the acronym for CO-operation in the field of Science and Technical research is the…
6 December 2005 | By Peter Davis, Transport Initiatives Co-ordinator, Bristol City Council
During the last four years, the cities of Aalborg, Bremen, Bristol, Kaunas and Nantes, supported by a total of 15 partners including public transport operators, transport organisations, utilities, academic institutions and consultants, have been working together on the European Commission supported VIVALDI project. The project forms part of the CIVITAS…
6 December 2005 | By Drew Hillier, Acting Editor
Hailed as the single most exciting regeneration project yet to be undertaken in the UK, the new metropolitan centre in Stratford, East London, represents one of the largest outline planning applications ever submitted in this country. Unquestionably, the key element of the impressively ambitious Stratford City Project is the building…
6 December 2005 | By Dr.Till Ackermann, Economics and Tariff Manager, German association of transport companies and authorities and Head of VDV Core Application company, Cologne
Demands on interoperable standards for electronic fare management are at their highest in Germany,with its dense,multi-centred transport network. The transport companies and authorities organised in the Association of German Transport Undertakings (VDV) carry some 27 million passengers every day. The majority of customers travel in integrated public transport systems under…
6 December 2005 | By ET
KreisVerkehr Schwäbisch Hall ready to pioneer a trailblazing system. The Kreisverkehr utility in the district of Schwäbisch Hall covers an area of approx. 190,000 inhabitants and a transport network more than 4,000 km in length.With a total of 1000 stations and train stops, the transport utilities deliver a transport performance…
