Public places are essential to the prosperity of sustainable cities. According to the UN they are “the banner of urban civility and our urban commons”. They promote income, investment and wealth creation, enhancing environmental sustainability, …
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Friday 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 October 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Tube Lines connections tabletop dice game – rules (PracticeTheoryPlay) • Tube Lines game – printable map (PracticeTheoryPlay) • London’s other massive tunnel construction operation (E&T) • Her Majesty’s nuclear …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 October 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • UK rail companies’ message: We’re very sorry (NYTimes) • Tube Map of Summer Olympics host cities 1896-2020 (BrilliantTrains) • Civilising the City of London (UrbanTransportGroup) • London City Airport’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 October 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • St Pancras at 150 (HydeParkNow) • Women built “The Ladies’ Bridge” – Waterloo (AtlasObscura) • Why Liverpool MerseyRail needs its Circle Line (CityMetric) • How Boston designed its T …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 September 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • When poetry, light & warmth advertised the Tube (EthicalGirl) • The wonderful world of off-peak London (MappingLondon) • Chat with Mark Ovenden, World Metro Maps author (GeoffMarshall) • Five …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 September 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Choo Choo Chat on Crossrail with John Bull (GeoffMarshall) • Green number plates to boost electric cars sales (Guardian) • France’s TGV expansion takes new direction (CityLab) • UPS …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 September 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Making the most of the commute (BBC) • Birmingham New Street’s mirror finish (TheBeautyOfTransport) • Does New York really need BQX? (NYCurbed) • Elegant NY City track schematics with …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL’s secret internal Tube map (DiamondGeezer) • The museification of London (FailedArchitecture) • Britain’s lost tram network and its future (Guardian) • Televised 1959 preview of Lisbon’s Metro (CityLab) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • London’s commuter towns mapped & rated (MappingLondon) • The strange world of British Rail mathematics (CityMetric) • Buried Brunel structure halts road scheme (BBC) • DC Metro station design …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • The Tube’s spiral escalator (LTMuseum) • The London walker’s Tube map (Londonist) • Manchester considering High Line on rail viaduct (Confidentials) • Story of classic three-wheel Reliant Regal Supervan …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Bethnal Green tube heraldry (ALondonInheritance) • Milan’s 1980s new Metro promo film (CityLab) • Bus map that looks like an IBM mainframe diagram (TransitMaps) • US National links – …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Diagrammatic transit maps before Beck (FunctionalArt) • Amsterdam’s surprising metro archeology (CBC) • Estonia’s free public transit (Vice) • US National links – Spite houses & more (TheOverheadWire) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Private hire vehicles may soon pay Congestion Charge (IntelligentTransport) • South Bank London’s Low Line – Part 2 (1LondonBlog) • Slip coaches – when British trains detached cars in …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Cost comparison of London’s cycle commuting options (Urban/Rural) • Did the Blitz enhance London’s economy? (SpatialEconomics) • Network visualisations of a different kind (Aeon) • Impact of the World …
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