19 Sep 2024 by Jonathan Raper

When TransportAPI supported the Connected Places Catapult Intelligent Mobility Accelerator a couple of years ago we were introduced toPluvo a rapidly growing SME who develop pioneering clean air technologies. Pluvo have a brilliant proposition: install an air filtration column in polluted environments that double as a public display totem and monitor air quality. Among the best locations for a Pluvo column are railway stations served by diesel trains, as there is capacity to filter and return fresher air to the station environment.

We are therefore delighted to announce that Pluvo have subscribed to the TAPI Rail Performance managed service to provide input to their planning systems for stations like Birmingham New Street where their columns are installed. TransportAPI are providing records of historic arrivals and departures by platform for the stations where the Pluvo filtration columns are installed. By measuring dwell time at a station and platform and combining it with knowledge of the diesel emissions for the motive power that stops there, it is possible to model the expected emissions load that the Pluvo column might need to handle.

We are excited to welcome Pluvo to the TransportAPI family and to add another use case to the hundreds of propositions we power with our managed services. This is a reminder that TAPI Rail Performance can be linked to an enormous range of use cases since it is accessible via an API.

Get in touch if have a requirement you’d like to speak to us about, or want to know more about how TAPI Rail Performance could be integrated into your technology stack.