• ScotRail peak fares to return as Scottish Government scraps pilot (STV News)
• Ministers approve London City Airport passenger expansion despite climate concerns (E+T)
• Union dispute shuts down Canadian freight rail amid fears for US trade (The Guardian)
• Governor Set on Watered-Down Manhattan Congestion Pricing (NY Magazine)
• New Sydney Metro Stations are Crossrailesque Architectural Icons (Architects’ Journal)
• California’s new electric train makes for a shockingly better trip (Fast Company)
• The 9th Ave Abandoned Lower Level Subway Station: Video (TheNYCTransitGuy)
• A cute, cheap death trap? Japanese Kei cars banned by yet another US state (Ars Technica)
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Late breaking story on the CBC: Ottawa has sent the rail dispute to arbitration.
Inflated Scottish rail fares are in sharp contrast to what is charged by Citilink, Megabus, Flixbus and Ember between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee and Aberdeen. And concession-card holders go free. And rail services are subject to cancellation because of staff shortage or strike action.
The real death trap on American roads are the comically large pickup trucks that has so bad visibility that drivers risk running over pedestrians without even noticing it. 🙁
@Long Branch Mike: Yes, I was a little behind the news cycle with that one! As of Monday August 26th it seems commuter services will run as usual on both CP and CN.