It's hard to find a city in America that isn't planning, proposing, studying or actually building a light rail system. Cities as diverse as Dallas, Seattle and Washington, D.C., all see light rail as ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of rail transport, automation has emerged as a pivotal force driving efficiency, safety, and reliability. Rail automation, encompassing rail yard automation and ...

Second generation Parallel Systems autonomous-electric rail vehicle. Vehicle is designed to carry cargo containers that might otherwise by transported by trucks or traditional freight trains. No ...

The UST uses steel or concrete rails, reinforced by hundreds of high-tension wires running through the middle of the rail, suspended above the ground on towers approximately 30 m apart. Unlike roads ...

But the NEC is antiquated. Much of its infrastructure dates to the early twentieth—or even late nineteenth—century, slowing train schedules and causing frequent delays. Unfortunately, there is no ...

Electric rail traction systems were initially deployed in the 19 th century and are growing in importance in our modern times. This mode of transportation is the best on a power-per-weight basis as ...

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on March 19 published Safety Alert No. SA-105, “Electric Propulsion Power Systems – Finding Risks in Aging Rail Infrastructure,” for transit and ...

Five U.S. metros (Buffalo, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Jose) opened light rail systems in the 1980s to great fanfare. The mode offered many of the benefits of subway systems for far less ...