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Neuron Mobility launches e-scooters in Perth, Australia

Following the launch of Neuron’s e-scooters in the cities of Stirling and Busselton in 2022, this latest trial marks the micro-mobility operator’s third launch in Western Australia. Neuron Mobility has announced that it has been selected to provide e-scooters in the City of Perth, Australia, as part of a two-year trial. The trial had been launched with 250 of Neuron’s safety-first e-scooters on 18 March 2023, with e-scooter riders now able to travel across Perth

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efrainma 25th May 2023 No Comments
High Speed 2

HS2 gets green light for ‘exciting’ Birmingham viaduct

Birmingham City Council has approved plans for a 150-metre section of viaduct to carry HS2 high-speed trains into the city’s Curzon Street Station. Client HS2 Ltd obtained Schedule 17 consent for the Curzon No. 2 Viaduct – also called the Bellingham Bridge after Birmingham-born footballer Jude Bellingham – which will be the tallest of a sequence of structures taking high-speed trains into the city. “This is an exciting construction method, which we believe will be

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efrainma 25th May 2023 No Comments
High Speed 2

HS2 welcomes planning approval for the bridge set to light up the Birmingham skyline

[24 May 2023] HS2 Ltd has received Schedule 17 approval for a 150-metre section of viaduct carrying trains into Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25-metre-high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline. Birmingham City Council have approved the design of the Curzon No.2 viaduct, which is the tallest structure in the sequence of viaducts and structures that make up the Curzon Street Approaches taking HS2 trains into Birmingham. The

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efrainma 25th May 2023 No Comments
Public Transport

Tonnage in April Drops 3.4% Year-Over-Year

Truck tonnage in April fell on both an annual and month-to-month basis as freight activity remains slow, American Trucking Associations said May 23. Tonnage slumped 3.4% last month to 112.7 when measured against the same period a year ago, and dipped 1.7% compared with March results, according to ATA’s seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index. The index was 115.8 in April 2022. ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello said the year-over-year decline is the largest decrease

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efrainma 25th May 2023 No Comments
Environment

Running a hydrogen plane could be cheaper than traditional aircraft by 2035

Hydrogen jets could be cheaper to run than fossil fuel planes from 2035 provided kerosene is taxed adequately, a new study shows[1],[2]. In 2035, running planes on hydrogen could be 8% more expensive than using kerosene. But with a tax on fossil jet fuel and a price on carbon, hydrogen planes could become 2% cheaper to operate than their kerosene counterparts. These pricing measures are key to the deployment of green technologies like hydrogen planes,

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efrainma 23rd May 2023 No Comments