SIGNAL+DRAHT | Ausgabe 04/2018
Predictive rolling stock maintenance used by Singapore metro operator SMRT
Over the past decades, the world has seen a continuous, steady increase in migration to urban areas. Metropolises are developing across the globe, especially in emerging markets of the Far East and South America. Cities have a great appeal for the rural population in other parts of the country. China alone has 15 megacities, each with over 10 million inhabitants. We also see growing concentrations of people in urban areas in the western world and traffic is exploding as a consequence. The transportation of goods and people is of the utmost importance for these large metropolitan areas and metros are essential in creating logistics solutions to maintain an inhabitable city....