• Adrian Shooter obituary, by Christian Wolmar (Guardian) • Edinburgh’s Newhaven tram extension almost complete (RailEngineer) • Public transport openings & construction starts planned for 2023 (TransportPolitic) • Here & There: Art of public transport …
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Friday Reads – 13 January 2023
• The world’s most congested cities: London is #1 (CityLab) • New European Sleeper train will start between London & Berlin from May (Seat61) • New York’s plan to pedestrianise Fifth Avenue, w/ bus & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 December 2022
• More rail strikes announced for just after Christmas (IanVisits) • London’s fix for air pollution: making drivers pay (CityLab) • Where it’s at! A two track turntable and a railway station (EuroGunzel) • NYC …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 October 2022
• Underground staff problems cause large rise in step-free suspensions (DisabilityNews) • The unbuilt Tube station at Mount Pleasant: video (JagoHazzard) • Inside the ghost pod metro of Paris: video (TimTraveller) • The NYC Subway …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 October 2022
• London’s success in lowering air pollution (CityLab) • Paddington Elizabeth Line station architecture, featuring cross-sections (ArchDaily) • History & inside look at Britain’s Royal Train: video (MarkFelton) • Is Cambridgeshire’s new metro all it’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 October 2022
• Caledonian Sleeper contract ended after financial disagreement with Serco (Scotsman) • Borough Road: Southwark’s ghost station: video (JagoHazzard) • 260+ German cities demand 30km/h speed zones (TheMayorEU) • Spanish airline orders 10 Airlander airships …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 September 2022
• TfL cleaners, caterers, & security to get free London transport (Guardian) • London noise map (NoisyCities) • Lamplight design of the Thames Embankment (TheTidalThames) • Norway wants people to park their EVs & ride …
Continue readingCould New York’s transport funding system resolve TfL’s financial woes? (CentreForCities)
This final blog of the TfL series focuses on New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The MTA may sound like a strange candidate: pre-pandemic ridership was already declining the system suffers frequent delays and difficulties improving its infrastructure. In 2017, the New …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 August 2022
• Edinburgh Festival visitors choosing to travel by rail (RailAdvent) • Ten great films set railway stations (BFI) • Vancouver, Stockholm, & the suburban metro model (PedestrianObvs) • NYC’s most forgotten train terminal (LiamO’Connell) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 August 2022
• Great British Railways: where passengers come last (FT) • GLA takes over moribund Royal Albert Dock ‘3rd Financial Centre’ (Guardian) • Berlin’s Tegel Airport transforming into climate-neutral, car-free district (FastCompany) • NYC Ferry will …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 August 2022
• New poll: Soaring petrol prices, cost-of-living boost rail travel (RailUK) • Finance hub that hoped to rival Canary Wharf ends in liquidation (CityLab) • Network Rail proposes discontinuous electrification for Boston MA commuter rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 July 2022
• West Midlands Metro tram extension opens Sunday 17 July (RailPro) • Northumberland passenger line reopening campaign well fought (ChristianWolmar) • Eversholt & Vivarail examining feasibility of Class 321 battery multiple unit (ModernRailways) • Spain introducing …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 June 2022
• Elizabeth Line to Ebbsfleet extension could cost £3.2bn (IanVisits) • German rail traffic surge exposes high speed gaps (PedestrianObvs) • NYC Subway vows to be 95% accessible by 2055 (MassTransit) • The overgrown tracks …
Continue readingElectric truck meets London’s ‘Direct Vision Standards’ for US market (AlexPareene)
53-foot semi-trailers are prohibited on the vast majority of the streets of New York City. The city’s rules for trucks can get fairly complex, but this one is simple and unambiguous. The state Department of Transportation …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 June 2022
• Barking Riverside new Overground station to open early (RailAdvent) • Cardiff-Northwest Corridor tram-train report published (MetroReport) • Traintrackr LED circuit board display now available for some Tube lines (MappingLondon) • 7 potential New York …
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