LG is bringing transparent OLED displays to subways in Beijing and Shenzhen. The 55-inch, see-through displays show real-time info about subway schedules, locations and transfers on train windows. They also provide info on flights, weather …
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Friday Reads – 21 August 2020
• Fenchurch Street station may need to be moved (IanVisits) • More London bridges could face restrictions due to TfL cash woes (NewCivilEng) • How it’s made video – Underground roundel signs (LondonTransportMuseum) • Rail …
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• London’s non-TfL cycling lanes Tube map (CityMetric) • Season tickets now obsolete: we need flexible tickets now (Wired) • NR small & medium size station design & integration process (DesignCouncil) • The real parking …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 July 2020
• Banksy Tube graffiti removed but TfL ask him to use another space (ArtNewspaper) • Overground upgrading East London line, with government funding (IanVisits) • Portland TriMet reallocates $18m from transit police to public safety …
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Could protective barriers be the future of socially distant flying? While travel is currently at a standstill and scheduled flights are on pause, the plane industry is taking this time to question what the future of …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 June 2020
• Female Overground train driver on cover of British Vogue (TransportXtra) • UK Government to issue half million £50 bike repair vouchers (Road-CC) • New twist in mystery of Brunel’s Box Tunnel birthday sunrise (Guardian) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 May 2020
• Improving air quality at railway stations to fight Covid (RailwayTech) • London’s street parking takes the space of 10 Hyde Parks (CityMetric) • NR & Festival of Architecture reveal Sitting Pretty designs (RailBusinessDaily) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 April 2020
• Survey of city actions to support walking, cycling during COVID (PedBikeInfo) • Coronavirus reveals transit’s true mission (CityLab) • Free rail travel to those fleeing domestic abuse during lockdown (RailDeliveryGroup) • We need to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 September 2019
• London banned cars for a day – why not forever? (Wired) • Underground tests new design of information boards (IanVisits) • DB features doppelganger staycation rail destinations (Contagious) • Green roofed tram & metro …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 January 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • The forgotten West London Air Terminal (RB Kensington & Chelsea) • Legible London’s tenth anniversary (1LondonBlog) • Redesign of British train tickets (SadHedgehog) • Paris Métro …
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