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) • …
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Friday Reads – 1 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL bans junk food ads (RailwayTechnology) • New life for the red phone boxes (E&T) • Conversion of Swedish bridge to flats & park (TheSpaces) • Toronto to pioneer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Hyde and seek – the road in Hyde Park (RoadsUK) • Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone comes into force (AirQualityNews) • Historical review of the Reconnections site (HydeParkNow) • Manchester’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Drivers resist London’s first low-emission zone (Guardian) • London 2018 Traffic Composition Survey (CityOfLondon) • Danish paper cuts most flying to cut carbon footprint (NYTimes) • Online shopping was …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL ‘Turdis’ removed after complaints (Beeb) • Concerns over poor Underground air quality report (Guardian) • Turning derelict Leeds viaduct into green space (EnvironmentJ) • Amsterdam’s canal boats going …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • London bike share use jumps on Xmas day (Forbes) • Tube applied psychology experiments (Wired) • Schwebebahn Centenary, and accident (HydeParkNow) • The importance of connectivity (PedObservations) • Ways …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Sub-surface line disruption averted by Thames Water (ThamesWater) • 6 graphs show how London’s changed since 2000 (CfL) • Oslo banning parking in city centre (NYTimes) • Boston considering …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Understanding London’s underground railway infrastructure (NathanDarroch) • Phone data saves London’s transport from chaos (Wired) • Walking high on other side of tracks (Times £) • The case for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Tube map finally shows walkable interchanges (IanVisits) • Farewell to a London ghost train (HiddenEurope) • All Swiss intercity trains have playground area (WEForum) • Talent wants transit – …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • What was Europe’s largest tram network (JayForemanVideo) • Who’s behind bid to get London’s best bike lane ripped up? (Guardian) • London has been putting on weight (Forbes) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Walking & cycling could help save high streets (TfL) • Wayfinding Barbican’s hidden high walks (CityWayfinding) • Colour intersections for safety & fun (Guardian) • Pitfalls of technical utopias …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Victorian railway viaduct transformed into home (TreeHugger) • Unofficial Paris Metro map improvement process (SmashingMag) • NYC subway mosaics tell visual stories (99%Invisible) • Chicago L card game (MassTransit) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Map of London’s 1947 tram & trolleybus routes (MappingLondon) • Will new larger Thames Clipper increase ridership? (BBC) • Thames Path opens between Woolwich & Charlton (FromTheMurkyDepths) • Pay …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • How London became centre of the world (NatGeo) • War pigeons & their double decker buses (MessyNessy) • Ocean liner style exhibit (scroll down page) (V&ADundee) • France’s optical …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Station sponsorships and TfL (Reconnections thread) • King’s Cross Coal Drops Yard history & photos (HydeParkNow) • Vacant underpass now useful public space (PopUpCity) • The Millennials improving Boston’s …
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