Wind energy for Chilean trains | High-speed rail in Morocco | Taiwan earthquake | Urban News 10

Welcome to UrbanNews #10. In this episode -
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Taiwan earthquake
01:53 - Pedestrian bridge in Warsaw, Poland
02:39 - Public transport reformation in Glasgow, UK
03:58 - Wind energy for trains in Valparaiso, Chile
05:02 - BRT line in Coimbra, Portugal
06:15 - New tram line in Brest, France
06:50 - New trams for Sacramento, USA
07:28 - High-speed rail in Morocco
08:28 - Safety bricks in Vancouver, Canada
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[@cityforall]

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[@lucaspublictransport995]

5:05 It seems that Coimbra has managed to do, start to finish, exactly ALL the things that should not be done. Well done!

[@golyj000]

2:58 I'm impressed with that level of planning. Route numbers are PAINTED directly on vehicles. Not only on electronic screens

[@cityforall]

Oh, really! I haven't noticed that!

[@newfelo]

I'm surprised to see a regional piece of news here, but we're very proud of the renaissance that trains have had in Chile EFE Trenes de Chile has invested heavily in new trains, services, stations and in their carbon footprint. For example, new trains that make the trip from Santiago (our capital) to the South of Chile travel at 160kph but they can go up to 200kph once the lines are renewed. EFE has planned everything on phases, to restore connectivity, increase it, renew what need to be redone and to rebuild what may make the train competitive with other means of travel

[@cityforall]

No wonder, because this is the best urban news on KZbin :)) I even wrote a letter to EFE Valparaiso for a comment, and if they respond, I will make a more detailed video about it. By the way, I also talked about your high-speed train in one of news episodes.

[@junglist_ikon]

Thanks for this news compilation, always interesting to see what's going on worldwide. One suggestion: The "glitch" transitions are really annoying to me, if others agree I would suggest to change to a less interruptive template.

[@nyxw]

Portuguese citizen here. From everyone I spoke to, the Coimbra BRT project has always been regarded as bad. Not only did they close a Rail Line for it, but the central Railway Station (Coimbra has 2, "Coimbra" in the city center and "Coimbra-B" station farther away from the city, serves the North Line and a branch that connects it to Coimbra station) will be closed and DEMOLISHED, along with the branch line to connect the BRT to Coimbra-B (which thankfully will be recieving a makeover in the coming years). It's not the first time this has happened in Portugal. There was a Metric Gauge line in Porto that was closed to make way for the Porto Metro, a light rail system which at least uses it somewhat decently.

[@cityforall]

So the railroad was closed specifically for the sake of the electric bus? I thought that the railroad was closed first, and then they decided to use its route to save space. If it's the other way around, it's a very strange approach. As for Porto, it is rather a good example, at least I liked their system. By the way, did the old tram have a meter gauge? I thought it had the same gauge as the historic trams that run along the riverfront.

[@nyxw]

@@cityforall Porto Metro runs 1435mm gauge with 1500VDC electrification. The trams, a separate thing, operated by a different company, use Metric Gauge. The line that was converted to be used by the Porto Metro was a Heavy-Rail Metric Gauge railway line. The station of Trindade that is part of the Porto Metro sits on the site of "Porto - Trindade" station, which was the terminus of that converted line. It's quite a messy thing

[@cityforall]

@@nyxw I'm sorry, but you're wrong about the gauge. The old trams in Porto also use a 1435 mm gauge. The Portuguese Wikipedia even has a photo from 2001 where the new and old cars are literally standing side by side on the same track pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_do_Porto#/media/Ficheiro:MP_001_e_STCP_205_20010702.jpg

[@nyxw]

@@cityforall Huh, interesting. Sorry then, I thought those trams used metric, my bad.

[@cityforall]

@@nyxw no problem :)

[@mewosh_]

wait a second, how did Glasgow buses operate before introducing a fixed timetable??

[@cityforall]

Just like it's working in lots other countries - you cross fingers and wait.

[@qjtvaddict]

@@cityforalldamn

[@mountainous_port]

0:54 thats a giant rock at high speed!!!

[@stickynorth]

Morocco really does want to be the most developed nation in Africa and they are on their way, especially now that they have a platform to show their modernity to the world via the FIFA 2030 World Cup! Ditto for The Kingdom in 2034... Meanwhile North American cities including Toronto and Vancouver are bickering over the bill to host 2026 to this very hour...

[@eannamcnamara9338]

Combra not having the line be a trolley is definitely a choice

[@wteff8586]

A video on Morocco woulkd surely be interesting! Maybe a video on the chinese influx into the transportation market even in very rich countries like austria could be interesting as well?

[@cityforall]

As for Morocco - definitely! As for China, do you mean supplying trains and trams?

[@wteff8586]

@@cityforall Yes, as well as the buses in Portugal that you mentioned and the building of whole infrastructure projects like in morocco... No idea if there really is an interesting video in this, I'm definitely not one of the "evil china is trying to control the world" crowd, it just occurred to me that China seems to supply a lot of public transportation infrastructure and their industry seems to really be on par with the much older european manufacturers we might be more accustomed to here in central europe (and as for the austria example I mentioned there seems to be an unproportional lot of skepticism whether CRRC trains are genuinely up for the task)

[@viktordahl5626]

Love these videos, thanks for your hardwork ! 👍

[@cityforall]

Thanks!

[@golyj000]

2:10 not sure if that bridge is wide enough for tanks and howitzers to move during future WW3

[@o_s-24]

0:17 ouch

[@golyj000]

Words can't hurt. Words:

[@cityforall]

I know that feel

[@actualdog2265]

the pedestrain bridge in warsaw makes no sense, it leads from nowhere to nowhere and using bikes there is impossible

[@YasserMaghribi]

8:25 that's for sure, this is a very interesting country and I'm eager to watch a future video about it if you decide to make one

[@cityforall]

There is definitely something to tell there :) It seems to be the most advanced country in Africa in terms of transportation.

[@liamtahaney713]

Wtf that coimbra project looks horrible

[@nose10620]

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