After – finally – discovering what the Williams Shapps Plan for Rail actually said, I got together with Sir Michael Holden to discuss it. After all, who better to pick it apart than someone who’s …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 May 2021
• Crossrail’s West End station status review (DiamondGeezer) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s sequel wayfinding signage – Pt 1 (BeautyOfTransport) • The 5 irrational motivations in transport (Freewheeling) • Aboard the new Paris T9 tram …
Continue readingEurostar secures financial support package (RailBusiness)
Eurostar has announced that it has reached a refinancing agreement with its shareholders and banks. The refinancing package of £250m1 mainly consists of additional equity and loans from a syndicate of banks2 guaranteed by the shareholders: SNCF, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 May 2021
• Epic row brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’ (Wired) • Bakerloo line Oxford Circus platforms get Harrington Humps (HydeParkNow) • Longest public art commission in the world (Guardian) • History of East London Line …
Continue readingWhy Mobility as a Service Needs a Proper Platform (Streetsblog)
Uber, Ola, Car Next Door, GoGet, Urbi and Shareabike have transformed the mobility experience for millions of people, but are just the tip of the looming iceberg of changes in transport. Globally, 93 million travellers use …
Continue readingNew Lithium-Ion standard is astonishing $60/kWh (Mobilist)
Just last summer, the much-watched lithium-ion industry finally reached sight of a long-sought super-stretch goal — a battery pack costing $100 per kWh, allowing the price of electric vehicles to drop to that of conventional …
Continue readingUK Value of Rail Freight report gives new appraisal of rail (RailFreight)
New research shows rail freight is levelling up Britain’s economy and cutting emissions across the country. The Value of Rail Freight report, from the Rail Delivery Group, says total economic and social benefits of rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 May 2021
• Over 25,000 Low Traffic schemes already existed before LTNs (Guardian) • Rail to Refuge program for women celebrated (RailBusinessD) • Increased hate crime against disabled rail users (RailTechMag) • Paris to ban through traffic …
Continue readingWhat happens without rail business travel? (Freewheeling)
A friend of mine used to be an ‘expert’ for a management consultancy. His job consisted of travelling to various towns and cities far from home, answering questions from a client for an hour, then …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 May 2021
• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …
Continue readingReconnections’ Transport Miscellany – May 2021
Tube Map Footnote Symbol Hierarchy Where footnotes are required, the hierarchy is in descending order as follows: † – dagger ‡ – double dagger § – section mark || – parallels # – number or …
Continue readingEarth needs light electric vehicles, not electric cars (SmartCitiesDive)
Recent months have seen many splashy electric vehicle (EV) headlines: Tesla continues to rise the ranks of the world’s highest-valued companies, General Motors announced its fleet will be fully electric by 2035, and President Biden committed to converting the federal government’s …
Continue readingWho’s in charge of transport app data? Not the authorities (Freewheeling)
Currently, the NHS Test & Trace app is entirely confidential. When it pings to tell you to self-isolate, no-one else will ever know – including the NHS. Do you think that you should be able …
Continue readingThe Zero Carbon Godfather speaks (DecarbTransport)
Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 May 2021
• Integrating Grimshaw’s iconic terminal back into Waterloo Station (Wallpaper) • Cycling 10 times more important than electric cars to reach Net Zero (TheConversation) • The importance of a transport vision, from LA of all …
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