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🚦 Enhancing Rail Safety and Mobility: A Must-Read from Mass Transit magazine! 🚦 A big thank you to Mass Transit for shedding light on a critical topic in rail and urban transportation—Innovative Pre-Preemption Strategies for Traffic Light-Controlled Intersections Adjacent to Railroad Crossings. This cutting-edge approach, as detailed in their recent article, is revolutionizing how we manage traffic flow and safety at some of the most challenging intersections. As we gear up for the #TTC24 Conference, we're thrilled that this topic will be a key part of our discussions. The TTC is at the forefront of testing and developing these innovative strategies, helping pave the way for safer, more efficient urban transportation systems. Why is this important? 🔴 Safety First: Pre-preemption reduces the risk of collisions at railroad crossings. 🔴 Improved Traffic Flow: Smoother traffic movement means fewer delays and less congestion. 🔴 Environmental Benefits: Reduced idling and stop-and-go driving lead to lower emissions. The work being done at the TTC, in collaboration with leading researchers, is critical to the future of transportation safety. Don't miss out on learning more about these advancements at the TTC Conference! 🔗 Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eHZ5RSXW #safety #mobility #transit #passengerrail #research #rail #railcrossings #innovation Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida ENSCO, Inc.

Aims: To identify public attitudes towards BRT and railway systems. To analyze how these perceptions affect ridership and policy decisions. To recommend strategies for improving public acceptance and adoption of transportation innovations.

Digital Rail: A Journey to Transform the Future of the Railway. In a world where digitalisation is reshaping industries and revolutionising the way we live and work, public transport, including the railway sector is no exception. The concept of a “Digital Rail” is rapidly gaining momentum, promising to transform the future of rail transportation. In this blog post, we’ll embark on a journey through the landscape of digital rail, exploring the Internet of Trains, railway digitalisation and the Digital Railway Strategy. Read more... https://lnkd.in/eXVpPkWN #RSP #DigitalRail

‼️🚆‼️ Trains are intelligent agents able to self-organise and determine the best traffic management strategy without the control of any central authority, through a decentralised consensus process. This the core idea of our paper “Towards self-organizing railway traffic management: concept and framework” now available at https://lnkd.in/d-MNTtpx Furthermore: 1. We designed the steps to make such decentralised system deployable on real infrastructures. 2. We provided a preliminary proof of concept by letting trains self-organise on the portion of the French line between Rosny sur Seine and St. Etienne de Rouveray. 3. Our paper has been selected as one of the TOP10 best papers of the RailBalgrade2023 conference. 4. This work is funded by the European project SORTEDMOBILITY (https://lnkd.in/dp3N3byG) #Railway #Traffic #Management #Optimization #SelfOrganization #Consensus

Evening Network, I wanted to share the Rail Forum brochure published today, which includes a number of case studies of how the supply chain continues to innovate and drive forward with quality solutions, critical to the operation of UK Rail. Reiterating Elaine Clark's opening statement and support and citing Robert Ampomah, B. Eng (Hons), 'I believe in the importance of building and fostering a strong collaborative partnership with our supply chain.' The brochure provides and demonstrates the collective leadership, experience and competence in a 21st century railway. Great work Rail Forum and the other contributors. Innovating for a Safer, More Efficient Railway: A Collaborative Milestone: Not trying to be too biased, I will highlight from the latest Rail Forum publication, featuring Belvoir Rail Ltd collaboration with Northern Trains, Modux, and Network Rail. Together, we're tackling the rail industry's most pressing challenges, these being safety and efficiency. The project highlights our innovation, integrating advanced technologies like radar, lidar, and intelligent cameras on passenger trains, enabling an unprecedented level of infrastructure monitoring. This collective effort not only elevates maintenance to real-time and predictive levels but also significantly enhances network reliability and safety. This initiative is more than a project; it's a pivotal shift towards a new era of railway infrastructure maintenance. By harnessing 2TB of daily data and sophisticated analytics, we're proactively identifying and addressing potential faults before they impact operations. Belvoir Rail and our partners are proud of this project, setting new standards for the industry and ensuring a safer, more efficient future for the UK railway network. #railwayinnovation #BelvoirRail

Digital (or Data) Transformation (I think) is mostly about behaviours, and re-thinking / investing in how we as Leaders connect all the 'Them's' into a single 'Us'. This requires a trusted Give before you Get approach and of course collaboration.  Creating and maintaining a TRU West Team AFC is my focus right now. What Teams are you creating, and how can we connect into Team Us? #weareArup #ArupDiversity #TRUpgrade

How can we use the power of data to transform rail? We've partnered with the Railway Gazette International to explore this question and discuss how digital transformation is an enabler for a better railway for all. Read more here: https://bit.ly/3TzlNR5 #WeAreArup #Transport

This paper develops a regional strategic travel model system to predict expected changes in traffic volumes and public transport patronage up to 2056!! 💥💥💥 #thoughtprovoking #travelmodel #transport

The Digital Railway is the industry's plan for driving digitalisation - essentially targeting digital systems to increase rail capacity and improve network performance. The demand on our railways continues to escalate, meaning that we are running out of capacity at key pinch-points, leading to congestion for passengers and freight services. We need to find innovative ways of squeezing more from the existing network by targeted deployment of relevant digital technologies. Therefore, the question is not whether to introduce these technologies, but how quickly we can adapt and deploy innovative solutions to solve critical capacity and performance challenges on the rail network. #railinnovation #digitalrail #railwaymodernisation #morson