Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected].
- • The Art of Mapping London’s Transport Networks (IanVisits)
- • Why do people respond better some places? (CityMetric)
- • Bike vs Annual London Travelcard comparison (Cycles)
- • New Caledonian Sleeper carriages under test (Global Rail News)
- • Construction begins on $1.6B NYC Moynihan Train Hall (Construction Dive)
- • Amtrak’s special eclipse viewing train (Railway Gazette)
- • New Bay Area commuter line opens (NextCity)
- • America discovers capped transit fares (StreetsBlog)
- • Penguin specialist supports rail infrastructure erosion project (Railway Gazette)
- • Autonomous Wheelchairs debut in Hospitals (IEEE)
On the IanVisits article, I did like the Bakerloo extension map – extending to Dartford and Crystal Palace (high level) looks like a crayonistas delight! (no, this is not an invitation…) I do hope TfL can be persuaded to make these available online…
How interesting it would be to have a connection between CRL2 and the Northern Line at Battersea.
How ironic that the “Art of mapping London’s Transport networks” coincides with the withdrawal of the comprehensive bus maps from the website
Timbeau & others
See .. “Diamond Geezer” as of Last Thursday
HERE in fact