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 …
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Friday 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 – 17 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • London’s other massive tunnel under construction (E&T) • London’s lost canal network (Londonist) • How Roman roads predict modern day prosperity (WashingtonPost) • Vancouver’s multi-modal success story (StreetFilm) • …
Continue readingPolitics turned NY Gateway tunnel into $30B grudge (Politico)
President Donald Trump was in an unusually bipartisan mood on September 7 [2017], when he convened a White House meeting about a massive project to build a rail tunnel under the Hudson River. He was …
Continue readingInto the depths of New York’s East Side Access project (FoggiestIdea)
Gazing at the vast expanse of marble and stainless steel spanning the new concourse over one hundred feet below Grand Central Terminal, you could almost feel the rumble of the Long Island Rail Road trains …
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 – 27 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Why has non-London bus funding been halved? (TheConversation) • London’s goal to become world’s most walkable city (ThisIsPlace) • No toilets, no seats, no way to leave – no …
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 – 22 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • So what’s this franchising for? (PassengerTransport) • Wireless augmented reality audio Tube navigation standard (ITUNews) • Underground lines vertical profile maps (DanSilva) • TfL to cut road speeds to …
Continue readingWhy London’s Slow Zones save lives & New York’s don’t (StreetsBlog)
In New York’s slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively. New York’s quick and cheap approach to creating “neighborhood …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL bidding to run Buenos Aires Metro (Guardian) • London black cabs to take on Uber (Wired) • Montréal’s iconic old Métro cars becoming creative spaces (NextCity) • How …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Wayfinding underground inspires graphic innovation (CityWayfinding) • Former Aldgate East Tube station cleared for development (IanVisits) • Better direct vision for heavy trucks (Passion4Transport) • Thames Clippers & Port …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 May 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Why fewer Londoners are taking the Tube (TheConversation) • South Bank London’s Low Line (1LondonBlog) • Brunel atmospheric railway structure halts road scheme (BBC) • A …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 May 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Crossrail to generate electricity from wind its own trains (Wired) • What can London learn from Barcelona? (BanPrivateCarsinLondon) • Woolwich hybrid battery ferries in service late …
Continue readingNew Hudson Tunnels canceled. Again. (Pedestrian Observations)
Amtrak’s Gateway project, spending $30 billion on new tunnels from New Jersey to Penn Station, just got its federal funding yanked. Previously the agreement was to split funding as 25% New York, 25% New Jersey, …
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