Major new report shows that harmful pollution emissions have reduced by 26 per cent within the expanded ULEZ area – compared with what they would have been without the ULEZ coming into force. The report …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 28 November 2022
• ULEZ charge to drive polluting cars expanded to London’s M25 (IanVisits) • TPE uses loophole so services cancelled a day ahead do not appear in stats (Guardian) • Paris targeting converting parking garages, other …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 February 2022
• TfL funding crisis will leave the disabled stranded (BylineTimes) • What comes after London’s Congestion Charge? (CityLab) • Sense of place: White Hart Lane station updated (BeautyOfTransport) • Paris starts test runs of new …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 October 2020
• Vision Zero best practices from London’s Congestion Charge (StreetsBlog) • London Greenground park & nature spot tube style map (TimeOut) • Europe’s endangered exchange-only platforms (HiddenEurope) • MTA’s fare evasion math was way off …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 June 2020
• Public transport with masks is not a COVID super-spreader (TorontoStar) • A window of opportunity for road user charging (CentreForLondon) • 4 storey London underground car park to shopping conversion (IanVisits) • What links …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 May 2020
• London ULEZ, LEZs, and Congestion Charge now reinstated (AirQualityNews) • 10 proposals for new or reopened railway lines in gov’t Ideas Fund (RailInsider) • Newcastle city centre making car-free paths (TransportXtra) • Cities have …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 November 2019
• Moleman of Hackney dug his own London tunnels (Londonist)• Montréal Métro station architecture showcase (MTLBlog)• Naples tram network reopening imminent (UrbanTransport)• Portland’s MAX LRT downtown tunnel study (OregonMetro)• Quito Ecuador’s new Metro opening next …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 November 2019
• How London’s ULEZ is changing travel behaviours (TheDeveloper) • Your driving is scaring me – TfL’s Vision Zero (TfL) • Paris plan to pummel its Périphérique (CityMetric) • Cars are death machines (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 August 2019
• We need to talk about the Tube’s noise problem (Wired) • How walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier (Guardian) • Dutch build world’s largest multi-storey bike garage (TheVerge) • Europe edging towards post-car …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 July 2019
• The experimental TfL Braille Tube relief map (MappingLondon) • Why it’s good London has so many rail terminals (CityMetric) • Gas tax immune electric vehicles are a revenue problem (CityLab) • Hook of Holland …
Continue readingTech could transform congestion pricing (CityLab)
As cities like New York move ahead with plans to charge motorists to enter certain urban areas, we need to think about the best ways to manage road tolling. Now that New York City has …
Continue readingULEZ: Why The (Slightly) Lower Emission Zone Matters
00:01 hours on Monday 8th April 2019 saw the introduction of the so-called Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). We look at the past, present and future of low emission zones in London, what is trying …
Continue readingNew York congestion pricing approved (Quartz)
New York City will be the first city in the US to charge motorists extra to enter the busiest areas, after the state agreed to a congestion pricing plan as part of its fiscal year …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • London Underground line chyrons (Baggma) • Abandoned Tube station conversion to co-working space proposal (Dezeen) • Euston Green Link (HydeParkNow) • How Black train porters transformed Canada (TheStar) • …
Continue readingFrance plans congestion charges for its cities (CityLab)
A new bill would let cities charge drivers for using the road. Will local governments jump at the chance? If the French government gets its way, drivers will soon to have to pay to drive …
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