#transportation
#FlyingFriday Airships! Why not? I don't know much about them, but a quick Google search suggests that modern airships are safe and environmentally friendly and get the job done. And they look cool. #Airships are go! 🎈 👍 😁 #Travel #Transportation #Commerce https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/canadian-north-signs-deal-to-launch-airships-in-the-north-1.6899363
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CC BY documentaries focusing on disasters, scientific discoveries and transport!
https://www.youtube.com/@PlainlyDifficult
#youtube #education #disaster #documentary #history #true_stories #science #transportation
#Unmanned KAMAZ #trucks started regular #cargo #transportation in the #Arctic 👏
It's not just testing anymore. The trucks transport Gazprom Neft's cargo daily along a 140-kilometer winter road in hard-to-reach areas of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.
Each drone is equipped with an array of sensors that scan the environment, recognize obstacles within a 200 meter radius, and create a #digital #road map. The #software is entirely Russian.
On busy #roads, traffic is also possible - they are currently being tested in different cities of Tatarstan.
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#Architecture #Photography #Myphoto #Mywork #Trams #Transportation
Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again? | LOW←TECH MAGAZINE
#environment #transportation #cycling
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/02/can-we-make-bicycles-sustainable-again.html
I haven't seen this in the news much, but automakers are increasingly controlling almost every function of your car, even after your car is paid in full. #Cars #Transportation #Automobile https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/ford/2023/03/01/ford-vehicle-repossession-technology-patent-late-payments/69956443007/
The #defense-industry is rather like the auto industry, which must turn out new models regularly with new features, for the most part not necessary for a vehicle’s essential functions.
“Planned obsolescence” was sooooooooo 20th Century. In the 21st Century it is “added value”. Certainly, for cars, each new one, a #wunderauto.
Back in the “old days”, a lot of people fixed their cars #DIY. They could do that because the technology was pretty simple and hadn’t basically changed much over many years.
Now, it aint that easy. You need specialized dealer maintenance and a really good warranty – all of which are factored into the cost.
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Want basic #transportation: ride a #bicycle!
We need affordable reliable trolley buses or trolley/hybrid buses in every city.
♲ The War on Cars - 2023-01-24 14:47:50 GMT
"If Americans continue to depend on cars at the current rate, by 2050 the US alone would need triple the amount of lithium currently produced for the entire global market, which would have dire consequences for water and food supplies, biodiversity, and Indigenous rights."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/us-electric-vehicles-lithium-consequences-research
German roads will see the first of 5K hydrogen trucks this year
GP Joule from Germany’s northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein has announced its intentions to roll out 5,000 hydrogen trucks across Germany, with the first ones to hit the roads by mid-2023.
http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-trucks-gp-joule/8556764/
#vehicle, #hydrogen, #fuel, #cell, #international, #transportation, #electric, #news
First hydrogen freight train to be used by Nestlé Waters France
Nestlé Waters France is about to become the first European company to enjoy the advantages of a hydrogen freight train solution for its substantial rail transportation requirements.
http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/hydrogen-freight-train-france/8556162/
#international, #hydrogen, #transportation, #engie, #fuel, #alstom, #news, #cell
Wealthy people making decision to maximize profits is bad enough but wealthy people making decisions without any intention of them being profitable is arguably worse.
♲ Brent Toderian - 2022-11-06 18:28:54 GMT
“Elon Musk admitted to his biographer that the reason the Hyperloop was announced—even tho he had no intention of pursuing it—was to try to disrupt the California high-speed rail project to get in the way of that actually succeeding.” — #ParisMarx #Gizmodo
https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valleys-transportation-failures-tesla-waymo-bir-1849382788 #ElonMusk #Hyperloop #California #HighSpeedRail #cities #transportation #Tesla #CityPlanning #UrbanPlanning
A ticket that let people use local public transport across #Germany for only 9 euros ($9) a month prevented some 1.8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions over the three months it was available. That's according to a survey conducted by German transport companies association VDV.
About 1 billion trips per month were made while the measure was in place from June through August, VDV said on Monday. Of those trips, about 10% would otherwise be usually made by car, said VDV.
The cheaper fare measure was put in place to make transport more affordable for people feeling the pinch of increasing inflation and higher energy prices since the war in Ukraine began in February.
A successor to the wildly popular ticket has been the subject of disagreement among Germany's ruling coalition parties.
Picture: Angela Warmuth / dpa
#Politics #Economy #Transportation #CarbonEmission
British PM wannabe Liz Truss is a disgrace!
Liz Truss has promised a further crackdown on trade unions, widening restrictions to a significant new number of industries, but her proposals were immediately criticised as the “biggest attack on civil rights” since the 19th century.
Truss said she would legislate for minimum service levels on critical national infrastructure in the first 30 days of government under her leadership. The pledge would go further than the Tories’ 2019 policy, which promised a minimum service should operate during transport strikes.
The new law proposed by Truss would potentially restrict teachers, postal workers and the energy sector. Tailored minimum thresholds, including staffing levels, would be determined with each industry.
Mick Lynch, general secretary of the RMT said unions would organise mass resistance if the plans went ahead, calling it “the biggest attack on trade union and civil rights since labour unions were legalised in 1871.”
“Truss is proposing to make effective trade unionism illegal in Britain and to rob working people of a key democratic right,” he said. “If these proposals become law, there will be the biggest resistance mounted by the entire trade union movement, rivalling the General Strike of 1926, the Suffragettes and Chartism.”
#British #transportation #workers #union #strike
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (commonly known as the RMT)
H2FLY is preparing to fly a fuel cell aircraft
H2FLY, a German fuel cell aircraft developer, has announced the start of its final preparations for integrating liquid hydrogen tanks into the HY4 test plane.
http://www.hydrogenfuelnews.com/fuel-cell-aircraft-h2fly-test/8553715/
#hydrogen, #fuel, #cell, #germany, #international, #news, #transportation, #aerospace
Canadian Pacific on track with hydrogen locomotives
Canadian Pacific has been developing North America’s first line-haul hydrogen locomotive as a solution for freight rail decarbonisation
https://www.worldfinance.com/strategy/canadian-pacific-on-track-with-hydrogen-locomotives
#fuel, #transportation, #cell, #canada, #industry, #news, #hydrogen, #international
Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱 auf Twitter: „This is what the plan for Amsterdam looked like last time Americans tried to "help" other countries with their transportation infrastructure. https://t.co/BeDCv4hygg“ / Twitter