• It’s the Beadles’ (& Burlington Arcade’s) 200th anniversary (HydeParkNow)
• Dublin public transport use up, car use down (IntelligentTransport)
• Toronto’s transit de-devolution battle (Spacing)
• Railways and literature (NYReviewOfBooks)
• Crowdfunding reduces bikelash (CityLab)
• Evolution of Melbourne’s laneway culture and livability (UrbanAus)
• Global shipping traffic density map (MoverDB)
Whilst you wait for the next installment, check out our most popular articles:
- How Uber operates in London and why it is being banned
- On Our Line Podcast #8: Talking Uber, Lyft and Mobility disruption
- You Hacked – Cyber-security and the railways
And some of our regular sections:
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, email us at [email protected].
Reconnections is funded largely by its community. Like what we do? Buy us a cup of coffee. There are six of us.
Dublin: Build it & they will come …
A sigh of regret for the Tram schemes killed off by BoJo ( again )
Words of wisdom from the article on Toronto: It’s common to imagine an innovative hack to solve our transit woes, like claims that autonomous vehicles, hyperloops, and waterfront monorails will replace high-priority mass transit. Simple geometry shows they cannot. Our transit challenges are simply about money: to build, maintain, and operate.
Anyone listening in government or the civil service, I wonder?
All very well for Dublin – pity the rest of the country is a public transport desert. Cork, for example has recently reduced the frequency of bus services, and notably failed to put in a tram or other fixed link when they expanded the airport.