Transportation and Logistics

This field deals with all spatial and time-related activities involved in bridging the gap between goods and people, including their restructuring. This begins with the supplier and follows each stage of the operational value chain to product delivery and concludes with product disposal and recycling.

innovations-report provides informative reports and articles on such topics as traffic telematics, toll collection, traffic management systems, route planning, high-speed rail (Transrapid), traffic infrastructures, air safety, transport technologies, transport logistics, production logistics and mobility.

Heavy truckers out of control

Writing in the International Journal of Vehicle Safety, the researchers explain that negotiating a bend is the main cause of loss of control, closely followed…

Commercial culture in three ages of the train

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) has awarded £300,000 to the Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History, a joint initiative of the…

High speed train goes into service in China

Just a week before the start of the 2008 Olympics, the Velaro officially entered passenger service in China. The Chinese Railway Minister Liu Zhi Jun and the…

Tractive Effort Tests in Great Belt Tunnel Successful

A total of four tractive effort tests were performed with the multi-system locomotive. Although coupled to 36 freight cars and weighing a total of 2,011 metric…

ERTICO-ITS Europe welcomes Commission Decision on ITS radio frequency to boost smart vehicle communications systems

This will enable vehicles to communicate and interact with each other and with the road infrastructure via one single radio frequency. These so-called…

Revolutionary Green Technology Bus Has DOE Roots

This new green technology 40-foot bus features a high-strength stainless steel body and chassis and a hybrid power system that drives the bus primarily with…

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