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Must be fun to drive this Mercedes

The best part is when the third driver bursts out laughing, who also seriously looks like Baló György. via VEKE.

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Distracted Driving: Evidence

One of the reasons why ensuring alternatives to driving is so important is that road fatalities are the number one cause of non-natural death in developed countries (see for example table here) and increasing in developing countries. The underlying causes … Continue reading

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Above Schiphol airport at night

Have a look at how Schiphol airport looks like from above in the night in the following short video about the air traffic control room in the control tower. By schipholtv.com

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Jonge Veranderaars in Switzerland

I have just spent four great days with fellow engineers/consultants working for the Dutch rail sector. We have been to the transport authority of Zürich, visited the commuter rail system of the canton of Zug, the main factory of Stadler: … Continue reading

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Vacuum cleaner for trams: the new tram depot in Rotterdam

Rotterdam has just opened a brand new tram depot in Beverwaard to replace an older workshop which was too expensive to maintain. The Beverwaard remise is along the East leg of the motorway ring, on line 23, which itself was … Continue reading

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Fixing a Boulevard

This small project in Budapest was already practically completed earlier this year, but some great new before vs after pictures have just been published. The street is called Károly körút (see in Google Maps), which is a ring road around … Continue reading

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The Swedish Doubling Project

The Swedish initiative to increase the share of public transport is called the Doubling Project, i.e. doubling the share. While this goal seems a bit suboptimal for me (more on that below in the notes), this umbrella covers quite some … Continue reading

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The Delft Superbus

I have already wrote once or twice about different “superbus” projects that claim to reach the capacity of trains and light rail on the public roads. In fact, Delft does have its own Superbus project, and the Batmobile was shown … Continue reading

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Take your bike on the bus in Gdańsk

Sometimes discussions about bikes on buses (and trams) can swift to high-level arguments about the priority of public transport vs bikes. If you are cycling, why don’t you cycle all the way, why do you need the bus vs. let’s … Continue reading

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London recommendations?

I am taking the Eurostar to London via Brussels (as there is no direct train yet) to meet good friends and look around again after 6 years. I was wondering if any of you have some recommendations of what’s great … Continue reading

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