aka Happy! Senior Engineer at @atkinsrealis in the #Rail industry. @imperialcollege @StudentHubs Alumni. @STEMAmbassadors. All views are mine!
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Michael YK Chung retweeted
Thinking about South African Airways Flight 295. Probably not a good idea to fly United if they are doing this.
Flying United? Your checked bags may have an unwelcome neighbor in the cargo hold.
United has made thousands of shipments of war materiel to Israel, including parts for fighter jets and tanks — all onboard civilian passenger flights, according to a new report.
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Michael YK Chung retweeted
📣 WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT
@LordJohnBrowne: "Our 2024 Laureates continue to drive engineering advancement and push the boundaries of what is possible." #QEPrize2024
Michael YK Chung retweeted
The sound of people suddenly realizing HS2 was about capacity. It was about moving fast services to dedicated lines to free up more space for everything else, including freight, and local trains, which is good for everyone. Now we'll have 0.5 million more trucks.
Misery for motorists as Rishi Sunak’s HS2 cut set to add 500,000 lorries to traffic jams. The new line would have freed up capacity for more freight trains on the west coast mainline independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
By cancelling the Northern leg of HS2, the Prime Minister has taken much needed rail investment and ploughed it into yet more roads...
...Our response to the Prime Minister's speech 👇bettertransport.org.uk/media…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
This is not long-term transport planning; it's short-term expediency. Ripping up 25 yrs of transport policies - many enacted under previous Conservative Governments - in a desperate attempt to win votes is deeply retrograde and will damage communities, the country and the planet.
Today we’ve launched our Plan for Drivers – 30 new actions we are taking to help put motorists back in the driving seat.
Read the full plan 👉 gov.uk/government/news/gover…
#PlanForDrivers
ALT Plan for drivers: Smoother journeys, easier parking, stop unfair enforcement, tackle inconsiderate driving, help switch to zero emission cars
Michael YK Chung retweeted
NIMBY Britain in one infuriating sentence.
From @s8mb’s excellent piece on the fundamental problems Britain must fix if it is to become a serious country and return to growth
thetimes.co.uk/article/why-h…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
Soapbox time.
busandtrainuser.com/2023/01/…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
As Katharine Birbalsingh steps down as the government social mobility tsar, a thread on girls, physics & the devastating effect of stereotypes.
Girls are not put off physics because of "hard maths" (girls got more top grades than boys in A level maths in 2021 & 2022). Instead,
Michael YK Chung retweeted
How many engineers does it take to build a moving clock cake? 👀
Turns out the answer is three! Sustainable energy champion Dr Rahul Mandal @BakewithRahul talks about working with @GiuseppeCooks and @CakeSmyth on the #NationalEngineeringDay cake!
Michael YK Chung retweeted
UPDATE
Labour has announced £29bn to "freeze" the UK household energy price cap for 6mths from October
The money stacks up against my calculations…
…but extending the "freeze" for a year would take the cost to more like £73bn
carbonbrief.org/analysis-why…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
My latest:
Some genuinely terrifying analysis on UK energy bills…
💷bills >£5k, highest in >50y
🏡2/3 to be in fuel poverty
🏥home energy costs £193bn (>> education + defence)
…& political offerings not even close to meeting scale of the crisis
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carbonbrief.org/analysis-why…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
Briefing today from Anit Chyandarana Chief of Staff on GBR transition. Some key takeways:
1)Focus still on findings from Williams-Shapps – more customer focus, increase strategic direction & reduce fragmentation, take costs out (1/3)
Michael YK Chung retweeted
1/ Siri: show me a video of a snake oil salesman!
OK, let's unpack this misleading statement. Yes, classic compatible HS trains (not the HS2E line) will run to Nottm/Derby, beyond the end of the HS2E southern stub to East Mids Parkway. However, once they leave HS2E they will
Michael YK Chung retweeted
Latest transport use graph. Rail hit a provisional 50% of pre-pandemic use on May 24. Meanwhile roads are back to normal and Tube is nudging high-50s. Usual key: road weekly moving average is solid line, rail is heavy dashes, Tube is light dashes.
Michael YK Chung retweeted
Today was House of Lords debate on @railindustry "Why Rail Electrification?" report, raised by Lord Lord Faulkner. My top 5 questions. 1) Baroness Vere: Welcomes report & agrees for further electrification is needed for electrification (yes with batteries & hydrogen also) (1/6)
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Today, we're sharing our #MuseumPassion to highlight the brilliant stories in our collection. To kick off, have you explored our new Stories section? We're spotlighting the people behind the transport, engineering marvels & design classics, take a look! ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/s…
Michael YK Chung retweeted
Why I'm Likely Leaving Structural Engineering - A Thread:
@PJJefferis @jjsolly
I’ll start with the challenges that I think are universal across the industry, followed by my personal
experience…
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#OnThisDay 1831: Scientist Michael Faraday performed his first experimental demonstration of electromagnetic induction
ALT A painting of Faraday's laboratory