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 Growing rail freight
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 8 July 2026
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| The need for targeted electrification
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| "To achieve the Government’s target for 75% growth by 2050, there will need to be a strategic rail freight network that is electrified. This does not mean electrifying the entire UK railway, as a previous RIA report found electrifying a further third of the network for passenger traffic would also electrify 95% of freight traffic. On these critical routes, electric traction is essential to enable freight trains to haul heavier loads and operate at speeds that minimise conflicts with passenger services potentially increasing capacity for all rail users. While electrification requires upfront investment, it reduces the whole-life cost of the railway and delivers lasting benefits for customers, operators and taxpayers."
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 Railway Industry Association (7)  Railway electrification (4)  London (82) England (98) Great Britain (85)
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 Delivery Robots
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29 June 2026
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| Delivery robots are small, autonomous vehicles designed to transport parcels.
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| "Delivery robots raise significant concerns for pedestrians. By occupying pavement space, they add congestion and clutter to the pavements, increasing competition for pavement space that is already a major issue in the UK – for example micromobility modes, electric vehicle charging points and pavement parking. This disproportionately affects disabled people (particularly wheelchair users and visually impaired people), older pedestrians and adults with prams and pushchairs. There are also unresolved questions about liability when incidents occur, as well as privacy concerns linked to the use of cameras in public space."
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Living Streets (8)  Pavement Overload (2) Active travel (90) Walking (86) Wheeling (40) Autonomous vehicles (4) Milton Keynes (1) Barnsley (1) Sunderland (1) Sheffield (5) Reading (1) Bristol (6) Leeds (9) Cambridge (4) Pittsburg (1) Toronto (2) Chicago (2) Los Angeles (2)
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 Benefits and harms of DRT in suburban areas
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June 2026
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| Analysis of user motivations, ridership, and side effects of an app-based demand-responsive transit
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| "Since the rebirth of demand-responsive transit (DRT) after 2010 many failed and discontinued initiatives have been observed. The issues range from inadequate technology, ill-defined spatial and temporal conditions, to missing knowledge of user preferences, low ridership, and of course funding, since many trials are ceased once the subsidy is stopped. In this paper, we explore the use and effects of an app-based DRT in a suburban environment based on the data collected from users and non-users of a newly launched service in Austria. The results indicate that the service performs well as a feeder mode for rail transportation with positive user reviews. However, there are concerns about a limited operating area, too short operating hours and low pooling effects (occupancy rates)."
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 Journal of Urban Mobility (1)  Bartosz Bursa (1) Nils Rabeneick (1) Ferdinand Ebner (1) Markus Mailer (1) Shared mobility (2) Traffic (44) Austria (2)
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