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.

Innovative jet engine display gets royal welcome

The University of Manchester display is one of only a select handful to appear at a special Science Day in London as part of the Queen’s 80th birthday…

EUREKA project puts child safety first

Research shows a staggering 60% of current child safety seats are not used as intended, but the problem is not that parents are lazy or careless. Conventional…

For cyclists and pedestrians: bright clothing and lights lets you be seen better, but does it make you any safer?

There is, however, no evidence that this necessarily makes cyclists or pedestrians any safer. The problem is that no one has done the research needed to test…

Net-WMS – Virtual reality and optimisation techniques for Warehouse Management Systems

Warehouse Management System (WMS) mission is evolving from controlling goods movement and storage to light manufacturing, transportation and order management….

Maths provides answer to airport security puzzle

The two parties are joining forces for a £750,000 research project to provide fast, accurate 3D x-ray images of suitcases and baggage. The project is being…

Nation's air-transportation system must become more 'agile'

The simulation was created as part of research with NASA to develop “a robust, scalable transportation system concept” that would be more resilient and better…

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