City Mobility Insights: Latest Developments in Urban Transportation
On March 18, Germany’s Federal Railway Authority gave the green light for CAF’s fleet of twelve three-car Nexio LRVs. These vehicles are set to hit the tracks on the Schönbuchbahn, a scenic route in Baden-Württemberg, this summer. “We’ve crossed a significant hurdle; it feels like a weight has been lifted,” expressed Roland Bernhard, Chairman of Schönbuchbahn.
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has extended its partnership with Alstom for an additional seven years, worth $518 million, to manage and maintain JFK International Airport’s AirTrain. There’s also an option to extend this contract by another three years.
Around March 25,DPMB in Brno,Czech Republic began receiving new Škoda ForCity Smart trams—15 in total—ordered back in November under a framework agreement from February 2021 that initially included five trams with options for up to forty more. The total cost is KC1·13 billion, partially funded by KC420 million from the EU’s Integrated Regional Operational Program. These bidirectional trams will be crucial during engineering work and line closures at the city’s main station.
The metro system inKiev, Ukraine is looking for suppliers for ten five-car trainsets featuring walk-through gangways, funded through an EBRD loan. Currently operating over eight hundred cars, about one hundred are nearing retirement age.
< p>A joint venture between AtkinsRéalis and Bird Construction has been selected by Metrolinx to develop Toronto’s East Harbour Transit Hub. This hub will serve as a connection point between GO trains and the upcoming ontario Line metro service while Hatch provides design and engineering expertise.< p>BKM is set to deliver three T811 four-axle trams this year to Öskemen City in Kazakhstan.< / p >
This past March on the twenty-seventh,hyundai rotem placed an order with Hübner USA for ninety-one pressure-stable double corrugated bellows gangway systems intended for two-car HR5000 metro trains destined for Los Angeles County MTA. Hübner pointed out that “unlike many regions globally, interconnecting gangways aren’t yet standard across U.S. train cars.”
This coming March thirty-first marks Transport forLONDON’S ban on non-folded e-bikes across most of London’s transport network after assessing battery fire risks alongside local fire authorities. TfL plans to keep evaluating this ban as thay await potential government actions aimed at enhancing product safety.
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