• This Cyclist has Gotten 1000s of Motorists Fined for Dangerous Driving: Video (Streetsblog) • The Future of the NYC Second Ave Subway: Video (TransitTalk) • Full size Brick Train sculpture in Darlington (Colossal) • …
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Friday Reads – 24 January 2025
• Lime bike brake failures keep breaking Londoners’ legs (London Centric) • Famously quirky Osterley Bookshop in old Tube station is closing down (Ian Visits) • Hungerford Bridge Refurbishment Set to Begin (Railway-News) • Bank …
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• TfL aims to use more AI to improve platform safety (BBC) • UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ (The Guardian) • Underfunded and Overwhelmed: The Struggle for Public Transit Funding in …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2024
• How Madrid built its metro cheaply (Works In Progress) • New York City’s Subways: Moving Millions – A Data Story (Vital City) • Another American streetcar line, another disappointment (Sean Marshall) • One of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 November 2024
• The Class 799 Hydrogen Train: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Converting NYC Commuter Rail to Regional Rail; Plus Eliminating Crosstown Traffic on 14th St (Zach F Howe) • New extension finally connects Barcelona’s tramway lines …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 November 2024
• End of “Euston Rush” as train companies improve boarding announce times (Ian Visits) • TfL seizes 1,400 vehicles from drivers who ignore Ulez fines (Guardian) • Local businesses want all of Soho to be …
Continue readingAmtrak Doubles Down on False Claims to Attack Penn Station Through-Running (PedestrianObvs)
Amtrak just released its report a week and a half ago, saying that Penn Expansion, the project to condemn the Manhattan block south of Penn Station to add new tracks, is necessary for new capacity. …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 October 2024
• More problems this week for the Southend pier train (East Anglia Bylines) • How to Salvage the HS2 Embarrassment (New Statesman) • The Complete History of London’s Airport Express Services: Video (The TfL Three) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 September 2024
• Old Paddington tube – final weekend! (London Rail) • London tube map creator’s archive goes up for sale (The Guardian) • Cannon Street Station 1866-1966 (The Railway Hub) • Rail expert rubbishes Andy Burnham’s …
Continue readingNew York City’s Bus Lane Evolution (UrbanOmnibus)
New York City’s public transportation is in the midst of a slow-moving crisis. Years of deferred maintenance, staff shortages, and insufficient funding have left subway commuters navigating regular delays and bus passengers riding the slowest buses …
Continue readingStation Dwell Times, Anglosphere Incuriosity, & NYC’s Penn Station’s Expansion Proposal (PedestrianObservations)
This is the second part of my series about the Regional Plan Association event about expanding capacity at Penn Station. Much of the presentation, at least in its first half, betrays wanton ignorance, with which area power …
Continue readingHudson Tunnel moves ‘full steam ahead’ with US$6.88Bn funding approval (GroundEngineering)
The US government has approved a US$6.88bn (£5.4bn) federal grant for New York’s Hudson River Tunnel, meaning the project is moving “full steam ahead”, New Jersey’s governor has said. The New York Times reported that on Tuesday …
Continue readingAll Aboard the Bureaucracy Train to High Transit Costs (Asterisk)
The United States has the most expensive transportation infrastructure in the world. That’s because we refuse to learn from experts, other countries, and our own history. Asterisk: The overarching question in your transit policy career has …
Continue readingReports on High-Speed Rail & the Northeast Corridor (PedObservations)
Two reports that I’ve collaborated on are out now, one about high-speed rail planning for Marron and one about Northeast Corridor maintenance for ETA. A third piece is out, not by me but by Nolan Hicks, about constant-tension catenary …
Continue readingUS Government invests record €12 billion in New York rail infrastructure (RailTechnology)
The Gateway Development Commission (GDC) has secured €16 billion dollars in funding to complete the Hudson Tunnel Project (HTP) in New York and New Jersey. This includes €12 billion in funding from the Federal Government, marking the largest-ever federal …
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