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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Transport digital twins that work together reliably, safely and at scale will play a vital role in #decarbonising the UK’s transport system, an industry event for UK research hub TransiT heard last week. More here: tinyurl.com/ycymfzb2 #FederatedDigitalTwins #DataSharing #NetZeroTransport

Dr Michele Sevegnani (left) and Dr Theo Lim.

The event panel left to right: Michele Sevegnani, Aditya Sivanand, Ali Nicholl, Katrina Thompson and Adam Sobey.

Ali Nicholl, Data & Digital Strategic Engagement Director at Connected Places Catapult, presenting at the event.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Connectivity isn't a side detail – it’s critical to driverless vehicles, digital twins and other ‘intelligent’ transport systems of the future Read about our latest TransiT event with @cpcatapult.bsky.social here: tinyurl.com/ykrx6xdb #Transport #Decarbonisation #CyberPhysicalSystems

TransiT’s cyber-physical systems event with Connected Places Catapult.

TransiT researchers Mohammad Al-Quraan (left) and Runze Cheng.

On the panel from left to right: Muhammad Imran and John Easton from TransiT, Erik Nordell from Ericsson and Rebecca Advani from Connected Places Catapult.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Funding of £1.2 million for #transport #decarbonisation research is being offered by UK research hub, TransiT. Those applying for funding must be eligible to receive funding from @ukri.org More here: transit.ac.uk/1-2m-funding... #UKRI #Research #Funding #DigitalTwin #NetZeroTransport

TransiT research students Yakubu Isah (left) and Mustafeez Khanzada in the research hub’s Transport Intelligence Lab.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A new digital twin blueprint could accelerate the UK’s journey to net zero transport. #Transit researchers at Cranfield University led the research. More here: tinyurl.com/552u9mzp #Transport #Decarbonisation #DigitalTwin #ISO #SustainableAviation #ZeroEmission #RoadFreight #Cranfield

DHL cargo planes at East Midlands Airport. Photo by East Midlands Airport.

TransiT co-investigator Dr Maryam Farsi at Cranfield University.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Congratulations to our transport and logistics researcher Dr Siti Fariya for being shortlisted as a finalist in the Women in Tech Awards, which celebrate the achievements of women in the tech sector 👏 More here: tinyurl.com/2s3vv7db #WITA26 #WomenInTech #Transport #DigitalTwin

Dr Siti Fariya is a transport and logistics researcher based at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh with the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight and UK research hub TransiT.

The Women in Tech Awards celebrate the achievements of women in the tech sector.

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UofGNews @uofgnews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Don't miss this piece on Dr Paul Harvey from @uofgcompsci.bsky.social, whose research explores the art of getting systems to speak to each other.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

“If I say ‘car’ and you say ‘car,’ do we mean the same thing?” Read #TransiT’s latest blog with Paul Harvey, an autonomous systems and ontologies expert at University of Glasgow More here: tinyurl.com/3d8m87cy #TransportOntologies #Transport #Decarbonisation #DigitalTwin @glasgow.ac.uk

City scene with multiple transport modes. Visualisation by Daniel Mitchell.

Transit co-investigator and autonomous systems expert Paul Harvey.

Paul Harvey at the University of Glasgow with some of his students.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Why #governance and #policymaking matter in #transport #decarbonisation – read our latest #TransiT blog with Professor Kate Pangbourne from the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social More here: tinyurl.com/43epzxa3 #TransportPolicy #TransportGovernance #DigitalTwin

Commuters on a Leeds railway platform. Photo by Mike Norris on Pexels.

TransiT co-investigator Professor Kate Pangbourne, a transport governance expert based in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds.

The Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds. Photo for Farrell and Clark by Greylock Photography.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

#Transport data professionals and decision-makers are being invited to join a high-level event in London to explore the critical role of #ontologies in digitally twinning and decarbonising the UK’s transport system. More here: tinyurl.com/2n5k6n65 #TransportData #Ontologies #DataSharing

Ontologies are critical for transport systems to interoperate and speak to each other.

TransiT co-investigator Paul Harvey presenting at an event.

Cars, buses and trams on Leith Walk in Edinburgh. Photo: Ben Glasgow Photography

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

#Cybersecurity research on digital twins lacks ‘real-world’ organisational insight, warns new #TransiT research from University of Glasgow More here: tinyurl.com/25v8v3bv #DigitalTwin #Governance #SecurityCulture #Transport #Decarbonisation @glasgow.ac.uk @uofgengineering.bsky.social

Cybersecurity is critical to transport digital twinning. Graphic by TransiT.

Dr Stefanos Evripidou, a TransiT cybersecurity researcher at University of Glasgow.

How cybersecurity governance links organisations, people and technology. Graphic by Stefanos Evripidou.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In our latest blog, TransiT Co-Investigator Dr Maryam Farsi discusses her work at Cranfield University on the digital twinning of air and road freight More here: tinyurl.com/4tykuxhe #AirFreight #RoadFreight #DigitalTwin #DHL #EastMidlandsAirport @emaairport.bsky.social

Dr Maryam Farsi is a TransiT co-investigator at Cranfield University specialising in systems engineering, cost engineering and engineering net zero.

Aerial view of East Midlands Airport. Photo courtesy of Easy Midlands Airport.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

How to #decarbonise our roads, railways and other #transport #infrastructure, while also ensuring it can withstand and adapt to climate change, is a key focus of our researcher Emine Zehra Akgün. Read more: tinyurl.com/y2cf4kvu #NetZero #SustainableTransport #Resilience #Adaptation

Flooding. Photo by Chris Gallagher, Unsplash.

A city delivery courier. Photo by Thom Gonzalez on Pexels.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Getting humans into ‘digital twins’ is vital to #decarbonise #transport, a TransiT industry event with Connected Places Catapult heard this week More here: tinyurl.com/32e7ss4t #HumanFactors #DigitalTwin #NetZero @cpcatapult.bsky.social

Professor Guy Walker presenting at the event.

Dr Shujaat Mubarik at the TransiT human factors event.

Professor Kate Sang answering guest questions at the event.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#Cybersecurity in #decarbonised #transport was in focus last week at an industry event hosted by Connected Places Catapult and UK research hub TransiT More here: tinyurl.com/mvnzj2k2 #DigitalTwin #CyberDefence #CyberResilience #NetZero @cpcatapult.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk

Connected Places Catapult Director Chris Jones opening the event.

TransiT Researcher Dr Stefanos Evripidou presenting at the event.

TransiT Co-Investigators Professor Dimitrios Pezaros and Professor John Easton at the cybersecurity event.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

#Decarbonising #transport with digital twins will be in focus this June and September in a new series of industry events co-hosted by Connected Places Catapult and TransiT More here: tinyurl.com/28vnexvn #TransportResearch #DigitalTwinning #ZeroEmission #Freight @cpcatapult.bsky.social

Traffic on Westminster Bridge passing Big Ben in London.

David Flynn, joint programme director of TransiT and Professor of Cyber Physical Systems at the University of Glasgow, presenting at a TransiT event.

Justin Anderson, director of data and digital at Connected Places Catapult.

Delegates at a Connected Places Catapult event in 2025.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

In our latest blog, #TransiT #railway systems expert Krishnan Venkateswaran explains why testing, validation and systems engineering are critical in #transport digital twinning More here: tinyurl.com/2hvdm6x6 #RailSystems #Engineering #DigitalTwin #ZeroEmission @unibirmingham.bsky.social

TransiT Co-Investigator Krishnan Venkateswaran.

A West Midlands Trains service. Photo by West Midlands Combined Authority.

The Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) is based in the UKRRIN (UK Rail Research and Innovation Network) Building at University of Birmingham.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Computer scientists at University of Glasgow say their digital twinning tool could transform network testing More here: tinyurl.com/56fj2py2 #AutoML #MachineLearning #DigitalTwin #ComputerNetworking #Telecoms #ZeroEmission #Transport @glasgow.ac.uk

The University of Glasgow team in their lab.

University of Glasgow research student Shenjia Ding.

Paul Harvey, Senior Lecturer in Glasgow University’s School of Computing Science and Co-Investigator for TransiT.

University of Glasgow. Photo by Paulina B on Unsplash.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

#Cricket crowds travelling to Edgbaston Stadium in #Birmingham are part of new #TransiT research by Durham University to help cities identify how and where to cut #transport #emissions. More here: tinyurl.com/bdn2594v #WestMidlands #PassengerTransport #DigitalTwin #NetZero @durham.ac.uk

Edgbaston Cricket Ground. Photo by West Midlands Combined Authority.

Heather Steele, a TransiT researcher and railway systems expert at Durham University.

Cricket fans entering Edgbaston Stadium. Photo courtesy of Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

#Driverless cars and digital twins need more than roadside #5G to function, #TransiT researchers at University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University have found More here: tinyurl.com/2zax4szz #AutonomousVehicles #DigitalTwins #NetZero #Transport @glasgow.ac.uk @heriotwattuni.bsky.social

A graphic from the research showing how traffic can disrupt 5G signals to driverless cars.

TransiT researcher Mohammad Al-Quraan, a Research Associate in Autonomous Systems & Connectivity at the University of Glasgow.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Read our new case study on global engineering consultancy #WSP and how its experts support our team at #TransiT with their digital twinning and #transport #decarbonisation research More here: tinyurl.com/2nr4wj56 #PassengerTransport #DigitalTwin #WestMidlands

Jon Elphick (left) and Paul Byron from WSP.

WSP is one of the world’s biggest professional services, engineering and science and technology consultancies.

A tram on the West Midlands Metro. Photo by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

WSP advises clients in areas including property and buildings, transport and energy.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

#Transport data is complex - our computer scientist Joe Preece discusses how to link it all together in a network of connected digital twins More here: tinyurl.com/msjrtbhu #TransiT #NetZero #DigitalTwin #Ontologies @unibirmingham.bsky.social

TransiT researcher and computer scientist Joe Preece.

A train service in the West Midlands. Photo by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

A bus crossing a bridge in Birmingham. Photo by Christian Mackie on Unsplash.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Helping humans get ready for digital twins. Our supply chain expert Dr Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik discusses his work and the importance of ‘human capital readiness’ Read more: tinyurl.com/564mccu5 #DigitalTwins #HumanResources #Upskilling #HumanCapital #Transport #TransiT

Workers in a warehouse. Photo by Tiger Lily on Pexels.

Dr Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, a researcher with TransiT and an Associate Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Business School.

TransiT’s digital twinning research is focused on decarbonising transport in the UK. Photo by Mike Birdy on Pexels.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

A human resources tool to help #employers get ready for wider use of digital twins is being developed by TransiT researcher and Heriot-Watt University supply chain expert Dr Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik More here: tinyurl.com/55whhz5b #DigitalTwins #HumanResources #Upskilling #HumanCapital

Daniel Mitchell, a TransiT researcher at University of Glasgow, using visualisation software as part of his digital twinning research at the Port of Dover.

Andrew Goodsell, a TransiT researcher at University of Glasgow, working on his virtual reality research for digital twinning.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

What are #cyber-physical systems – and why do they matter in #transport #decarbonisation? Three of our TransiT experts at University of Glasgow explain more in our latest blog: tinyurl.com/3zme9tj6 #DigitalTwins #NetZero #SmartTransport #CyberPhysical #TransiT @glasgow.ac.uk

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Zero carbon #freight is moving closer with digital modelling. Read our TransiT director Phil Greening in The Green Miles pages from Logistics UK Article here tinyurl.com/54jvzxaf #NetZero #HGV #DigitalTwin #Transport #Decarbonisation @logisticsuk.bsky.social #LogisticsUK #TransiT

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

What is technology-forward culture? In our latest blog, Dr Luciana Blaha explains why it’s vital to help organisations and their people adapt to new technologies like digital twinning. More here: tinyurl.com/4cdddw2t #TechForward #TechCulture #DigitalTwin #NetZero #Transport #AI #HumanFactors

Dr Luciana Blaha, a Co-Investigator at TransiT and a specialist in how people interact with technology.

Passengers disembarking a train. Photo by Ben Glasgow Photography.

A woman using her phone. Photo by Kazuo ota on Unsplash.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

#Logistics experts from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social and #TransiT will address next week’s 12th International Workshop on Sustainable Road Freight, hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight More here: tinyurl.com/4aeacuvj #NetZero #RoadFreight #Transport #DigitalTwin

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Digitally twinning #road and #air #freight is the focus of our #modelling and #optimisation expert Christina Latsou and her team at Cranfield University Read more in our interview tinyurl.com/mrsswcnw #AirFreight #RoadFreight #DigitalTwin #NetZero #Logistics #DHL @emaairport.bsky.social

Dr Christina Latsou is a TransiT Co-Investigator and an expert in the simulation and optimisation of complex systems at Cranfield University.

A flight leaving East Midlands Airport. Image courtesy of East Midlands Airport.

Electric Ford E-Transit vans at a DHL depot. Image courtesy of DHL.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Scotland’s #Transport Cabinet Secretary, @fionahyslop.bsky.social, met road #freight operators & #logistics researchers at Heriot-Watt’s Panmure House as part of our Transport Scotland research More here: tinyurl.com/mvhvxvre #ZeroEmission #HGVs @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @ebs-hwu.bsky.social

Fiona Hyslop MSP, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity, addressing the event.

Professor Phil Greening meeting the Cabinet Secretary.

The event at Panmure House was hosted by the Zero Emission HGV team at Transport Scotland.

The Heriot-Watt research team. From left to right: Guy Walker, Alan Logan, Siti Fariya, Adam Gripton, Tushara Kodikara, Dhanan Utomo and Phil Greening.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Two of our TransiT experts are taking part in next week’s UK Digital Twin 2025 event in Nottingham. More here: tinyurl.com/2aap397u #UKDigitalTwin2025 #NetZero #Transport #DigitalTwin #TransitTwin #UrbanTech @cpcatapult.bsky.social

The UK Digital Twin 2025 event takes place in Nottingham on 11 and 12 November.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

#Transport systems will become “increasingly reliant” on digital twins to operate and to advance #decarbonisation, suggests a #TransiT report by CENSIS, Scotland’s Innovation Centre for sensing, imaging & #IoT tech More here: tinyurl.com/54zkumf8 #DigitalTwin #NetZero @uofgengineering.bsky.social

A digital truck. Transport systems will become “increasingly reliant” on digital twins to operate and to advance decarbonisation, researchers suggest.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

#Human decisions and actions are a key factor in #transport systems. #TransiT’s human factors lead Guy Walker explains why this matters for transport planning and modelling More here: tinyurl.com/38d5a6db #HumanFactors #Psychology #Transport #DigitalTwin

Bus passengers. Photo by Nik on Unsplash.

TransiT human factors expert, Guy Walker.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

What is agent-based modelling and how does it help us understand #transport systems? Read our interview with #TransiT researcher Wenhua Jiang: tinyurl.com/3e2wt72p #TransportModelling #Decarbonisation #DigitalTwin #TransiTtwin #AgentBasedModelling

Wenhua Jiang, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at TransiT, the UK’s largest research hub dedicated to rapidly decarbonising transport using digital twins.

A West Midlands tram and bus. Photo by Transport for West Midlands / West Midlands Combined Authority.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

TransiT, the UK’s national Digital Twinning Hub for #Decarbonising #Transport, has appointed a new Head of Data to help its research teams manage growing volumes of transport data More here: tinyurl.com/2eb3tk8u #TransportData #BigData #NetZero

Barbara Alvarez Solanilla, Head of Data at TransiT.

Cars, buses and trams in Edinburgh. Photo by Ben Glasgow Photography.

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TransiT - Digital Twinning for Transport Decarbonisation @transittwin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

What will #decarbonised #transport of the future look like? #TransiT’s Dr Daniel Mitchell is exploring this, using #visualisation tools including computer #gaming engines and construction modelling software 🌍 More here: tinyurl.com/2asafxek #NetZero #DigitalTwin @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Daniel Mitchell with Boston Dynamics robot, Spot.

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