Engineering Matters

Five times winner of the Publisher Podcast Awards, including Best Technology Podcast, Engineering Matters celebrates the work of engineers who use ingenuity, practicality, science, theory and determination to build a better world. In the UK alone 5.7milli

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#187 Electrifying the Los Angeles Bus Fleet

Posted November 3, 2022 • 00:24:17

In Los Angeles only 3% of the population say they take public transit regularly, compared to 84% of residents who commute to work in their car every...

#186 Vampire: Resurrecting Britain’s Fastest Car

Posted October 27, 2022 • 00:24:00

On 20 September 2006 Richard Hammond raced down the Elvington airfield in Vampire, the jet-powered dragster that still holds the British land speed...

#185 Building Canada Line’s Digital Twin

Posted October 20, 2022 • 00:22:59

The Canada Line is North America’s most efficient commuter rail. Since it opened in 2009, they have operated with a system availability of 99.9% and...

#184 The Future of Old Cities

Posted October 13, 2022 • 00:34:02

Net Zero is our 2050 ambition for society, but to make this a reality city must be held to a far higher standard. Our urban environments will need to...

#183 Testing Times: Building a Megalab

Posted October 6, 2022 • 00:24:41

At the end of 2019 the Coronavirus pandemic began its global take-over, the world had to react fast to try and stop the spread. A project sprung up...