This report is one of the visible results of the activities of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) in monitoring safety levels and performance. It is also part of the Agency's effort to provide its stakeholders with a comprehensive overview of the development of railway safety and...

Railways are frequently promoted as one of the most sustainable modes of transport. However, their impact will in practice be significantly affected by the ways in which they are designed, constructed, and used. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the issues involved in planning,...

Während über die Autoindustrie viel Literatur erschienen ist, gibt es wenig über die Hersteller von Bahntechnik. Die Erinnerungen des 1938 geborenen Elektroingenieurs und Managers Milz füllen deshalb eine Lücke. Er begann bei der AEG Bahntechnik, die nach dem Konkurs von Daimler-Chrysler...

The European Union Agency for Railways publishes, starting 2018, an integrated report on the progress with railway safety and interoperability. This places, in a single structure, a set of relevant indicators around railway safety and interoperability topics, while ensuring the view of outputs,...

The European Union Agency for Railways publishes, starting 2018, an integrated report on the progress with railway safety and interoperability. This places, in a single structure, a set of relevant indicators around railway safety and interoperability topics, while ensuring the view of outputs,...

The locomotive industry was one of the relatively sophisticated “high-tech” sectors in which Italy, a latecomer country, was successful before 1913. Using technical data on the performance of different vintages of locomotives, we construct a new industry-level index of technical change. We...

In this paper we examine the dynamics of technical change in the Italian locomotive industry in the period 1850-1913. From an historical point of view, the case of the Italian locomotive industry presents a major point of interest: it was one of the few relatively sophisticated “high-tech”...

This paper examines the dynamics of technical change in the Italian locomotive industry in the period 1850-1913. From an historical point of view, this industry presents a major point of interest: it was one of the few relatively sophisticated "high-tech" sectors in which Italy, a latecomer...