• Legal bid launched to stop government’s £27bn road building plans (Forbes) • Missing taking a train? Take a KX-Leeds ride from the cab (LNER) • Norway’s A-ha moment that made it an electric car …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 April 2020
• Vauxhall bus station set for demolition (IanVisits) • Underground tubes used for WWII bunker (Xenophon) • Photos to vector diagrams of public spaces (UrbanNext) • Manchester rethinking zebra crossings (CityMetric) • World cities turn …
Continue readingHydrogen bus BRT line rolls out in France (SmartCitiesWorld)
A hydrogen bus fleet rolls out in France. The new service will see eight 18-metre long Van Hool buses operate on a 6km dedicated line in the centre of Pau. The world’s first hydrogen-powered bus …
Continue readingAutomatic Bus Lane Enforcement solution (Siemans)
Siemens Mobility has successfully launched an Automatic Bus Lane Enforcement (ABLE) solution in New York City, representing the first-ever application of this technology to be mounted on buses. The ABLE systems are installed on M15 …
Continue readingConverting diesel buses to electric (UrbanTransport)
Since this year’s “Busworld” fair in Brussels, a new trend has now picked up speed in the bus industry. Several companies have specialized in the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive. The conversion is …
Continue readingOn The Buses: Fares, Fumes and Finances
It’s been a while since we looked in detail at London’s bus network and its related issues on LR, so it’s time for an update. We begin by looking at what has happened in recent …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 January 2020
• Why were trolleybuses ever scrapped? (BBC) • Five crowdfunding rail projects from around the world (FutureRail) • Electric vehicles aren’t as green as presumed (CBC) • The car economy costs Massachusetts billions (BostonGlobe) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 December 2019
• The new sounds of London’s electric buses (TheVerge) • London Plan 1946 Railways for peace Report (ALondonInheritance) • A Prime Meridian station (BeautyOfTransport) • Kids who cycle or walk to school learn better (IrishTimes) …
Continue readingMind the Gender Gap: The Hidden Data Gap in Transport
Transport data and decision-making don’t just under-represent women. In many cases they trivialise or ignore their needs completely.
Continue readingSafety innovations to trial on London buses (TrafficTechToday)
Transport for London (TfL) has announced that five new safety innovations are due to be trialed on buses in the UK capital this year as part of the agency’s Bus Safety Innovation Challenge program. Over …
Continue readingThe Rise and Fall of a Vision: Wrightbus Enters Administration
Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus, most commonly identified in London with the manufacture of the New Bus for London (NBfL), has entered Administration. Questions first began to surface about the firm’s long-term viability in July, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 June 2019
• Manchester to begin its own bus franchise (LGC) • 1876: Building a Channel Tunnel (TheEngineer) • Pedestrians pushing back in car-choked Brussels (CityLab) • Bus driver learns Punjabi from passengers (CBC) • Portland congestion …
Continue readingHammersmith Bridge: The signs are not good.
On 10th April 2019 the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham suddenly and without notice announced that Hammersmith Bridge was closed to all traffic due to urgent concerns about its structural integrity. To anyone familiar …
Continue readingAre batteries or hydrogen best for electric buses? (Governing)
As transit agencies move away from fossil fuels, they are figuring out which environmentally friendly option is right for them. Public transit agencies are often among the first customers for vehicles that run on new …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 June 2019
• London tops most pricey public transport league table (Forbes) • Four new London Low Emission Neighbourhoods to be created (AirQualityNews) • New interactive map provides UK railway station accessibility info (SignDesignSoc) • The Magic …
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