Cricket fan travel data aids researchers in testing new transport decarbonisation tool

Cricket crowds travelling to Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham are part of new research to help cities identify how and where to cut transport emissions. Matchday travel to the sports ground was used as a real-world scenario to test a new five-step approach to using digital twins to decarbonise transport. The research, which is published in […]

Congestion pricing and transit are a necessary alliance, says Mineta report

A new report from the Mineta Transportation Institute, Using Toll Revenues for Transit: It Can and Should Be Done, reinforces a long-held view in transportation circles: congestion pricing programs only succeed when paired with strong public transit. The report, according to Windels Marx Transportation Practice Group makes a clear case that toll revenue should be reinvested […]

Cranfield joins 46 million research hub to decarbonise UK transport

Cranfield University is part of a new national hub focused on rapidly decarbonising transport in the UK using digital twinning. The TransiT research hub is a collaboration of six universities and 67 industry partners, jointly led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow. TransiT will identify the lowest cost, least risky and […]

Consultation launched to decarbonise future of UK transport

An ambitious new project to decarbonise the UK’s transport infrastructure is beginning a consultation to help the nation achieve its net-zero commitments. The Twinning for Decarbonising Project, or TransiT, has received the backing of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to begin scoping the potential of digital capabilities and strategies to manage the reduction of carbon […]