London buses could be powered by discarded coffee granules in the future under a new project which converts them into fuel. Londoners typically drink over 20 million cups of coffee a day collectively, leading to …
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Friday Reads – November 17, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Is London’s hopper fare encouraging Londoners onto buses? (CityMetric) • Harry Beck’s Imperial Airways map (Tube Map Central) • Millenium Falcon found on Earth, next to …
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Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • TfL is pedestrianising Oxford Street & rerouting the buses (CityMetric) • New TfL consultation on new walking/cycling river crossing between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingSeattle prioritises buses, riders prioritise the bus (CityLab)
How Seattle Bucked a National Trend and Got More People to Ride the Bus Almost every major U.S. city has seen years of decline in bus ridership, but Seattle has been the exception in recent …
Continue readingAll-Door Boarding Pilot success on Boston’s Silver Line (MTBA)
The MBTA partnered with BostonBRT to pilot all-door boarding on Silver Line routes 4 and 5 (Washington Street) from May 24th to June 6th, 2017. The goal was to measure how service improved when passengers could …
Continue readingParis studying trolleybuses (Ville Rail Transports – in English)
The Fédération Nationale des Associations d’Usagers des Transports (FNAUT) Île-de-France, the greater Paris Association of Transport Users, has written a letter to Valérie Pécresse, President of the Regional Council of Île-de-France, requesting a study into …
Continue readingElectric bus drove world record 1,100 miles on single charge (Quartz)
An electric bus just snagged a world record by driving 1,100 miles on a single charge. The Tesla Model S [car] can cruise for about 550 miles without recharging when pushed to the limit. Proterra …
Continue readingAutomatic braking, audible warnings trial for London buses (IET)
London’s red buses are to be equipped with new safety technology including automatic braking, audible warning systems and new mirrors as part of a trial aimed at improving safety. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan set …
Continue readingSelf-driving buses ahead of self-driving cars (New York Times)
Excerpts: “The coming age of driverless cars has typically centered on Silicon Valley highfliers like Tesla, Uber and Google, which have showcased their autonomous driving technology in luxury sedans and sport utility vehicles costing $100,000 …
Continue readingLondon Mayor announces 10 Low Emission Bus Zones (TfL)
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the first ever Low Emission Bus Zone in one of the most polluted areas of London, Putney High Street. The clean bus zone, which runs a total of 145 buses …
Continue readingFriday Reads – May 5, 2017
If you have something you feel we should read or include in a future list, please email us at [email protected]. TfL launches Please offer me a seat Badge – Railway Technology Deutsche Bank study finds …
Continue readingOn Our Line #9: On The (New York) Buses
London Reconnections continues its New York podcast series with an episode exploring New York’s buses: the challenges, stepping stone successes and further ideas for improvement. London and New York are both facing declining bus travel …
Continue readingStreamlined Modernity: Frank Pick’s Forgotten Bus Garages
Popular appreciation of London Underground’s 1930s Modernist Tube station buildings has kept them well in the public eye. There was an equivalent programme, however, during the same decade at remote outposts of London Transport’s empire in the counties surrounding London. Thanks to an estate of run-down bus garages, London Transport’s Country Bus department enjoyed a renewal and replacement programme which left it with some Modernist and Streamline Moderne buildings that reflect their common patron – Frank Pick. This is the story of the best London Transport buildings you’ve never heard of – London’s Country Bus garages.
Continue readingFriday Reading List – 10 March 2017
As anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …
Continue readingThe Boxing Day Reading List: 26 December 2016
As anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …
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