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Friday Reads – 2 June 2023

A train ride makes everything better, there are always people you can talk to: Video (GeoffMarshall)

Why the revolutionary Rotodyne failed in city centre transport: Video (Mustard)

The painful consequences of liking fake subway maps (LAReviewOfBooks)

Iron people: Ukraine’s railway network in time of war photo essay (Guardian)

You can’t have free transit without trade-offs (Slate)

More investment in solar energy than oil for the first time (OilPrice)

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2 comments

  1. Mustard’s historical transport documentaries are phenomenal; if you only have time for one thing from today’s list, make sure it’s that one!

  2. IIRC, one reason the Rotodyne failed was – even by the standards of the time … the rotor tip-jets were incredibly loud.

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