• HS2 starts construction of Old Oak Common crossover box (IanVisits) • Hidden London Hangouts digs deeper at Piccadilly Circus station (LTM) • Sweden’s interactive Arctic bus shelter (Dezeen) • Public lifts & escalators for …
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Friday Reads – 22 January 2021
• London buses converted to Covid ambulances (Guardian) • The archaeology of HS2 (RailStaff) • Welcome to the time capsule Art Deco Railway Hotel (MessyNessy) • The chic garments made from WWII escape maps (AtlasObscura) …
Continue readingCity car park to be turned into cycle delivery hub (IanVisits)
Part of an underground car park in the City of London is to be turned into a space for delivery services by bicycle around the City of London. The underground car park at London Wall …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 January 2021
• My Routemaster Passion live YouTube show Monday 18 Jan 6.15pm (LTMFriends) • Nine Elms ped/cycling bridge paused for council rethink (NewCivilEng) • The Millennium Inclinator: London’s most obscure transport? (JagoHazzard) • Is Cambridge Autonomous …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 January 2021
• TfL revises & botches Thameslink addition to Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Transported music: Delightful links between transport and opera (LTMuseum) • Netherlands is transforming old ashtrays into bike charging stations (FastCompany) • Lund Sweden …
Continue readingBoxing Day’s Friday Reads – 26 December 2020
• Xmas DLR preliminary funding present for Thamesmead (IanVisits) • And a second entrance present for Surrey Quays station (IanVisits) • When the Big 4 railways banded together to run an airline (AirportOfCroydon) • How …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 December 2020
• A deeper dig into Aldwych (HiddenLondonHangout) • The rise and fall of Broad Street Station (ALondonInheritance) • Climate change hits Chicago cyclist (StreetsBlog) • Toronto Police embarrass themselves with cyclist speed traps – streets …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020
• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 November 2020
• London hospital trust to pay £250k for a LTN for public health benefits (Guardian) • Do bike lanes have an accessibility problem? (CityLab) • Finding City Road, Islington’s abandoned Tube station video (JagoHazzard) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 November 2020
• Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work Exhibition of her wayfinding designs (IanVisits) • History of Legible London (HydeParkNow) • Interesting way to maintain safe social distancing on a train (AnonWidower) • Childseats on bike increase …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 October 2020
• Barking wants to bury a road & add an Overground station (IanVisits) • The ‘fantastically durable’ railway network: Sir Peter Hendy (RIBAJ) • Wherefore the colours of the Network Rail station symbols? (ProjectMapping) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 September 2020
• Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England (Guardian) • Great Northern Railway Journey – King’s Cross & the ECML (Great Northern) • The Four Poster rail station (AnonW) • 82% want the gov’t …
Continue readingCycle parking standard: call for interest (TransportXtra)
Although there are some excellent cycle parking products being supplied to the UK market, there are also other products which fall well below the standard required for safe and comfortable usage and/or bike security’. This …
Continue readingLogistics giant to link 100+ UK trains to cargo bikes (CyclingIndustry)
InterCity RailFreight has announced a significant expansion of its same day logistics services, which in tandem with its high use of EVs and electric cargo bikes, brings forward an 100% electric supply chain to a …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 August 2020
• Uber drivers launching legal bid to uncover app’s algorithm (Guardian) • Secret history of Thameslink’s core – video (AnotherStationMile) • New cycleways deliver $3bn annually in health benefits across Europe (Forbes) • Extending strategic …
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