• London sustainable Xmas shopping Tube Map (MappingLondon) • Night Overground services return for weekends (RailInsider) • Two great books for transit map lovers & creators (HumanTransit) • Duck Lanes added to UK urban canal …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 December 2021
• Expanded Ultra Low Emission Zone ULEZ 1st month success (OnLondon) • How a London suburb reduced its morning traffic by 53% (FastCompany) • The history & construction of the Greenwich Foot Tunnel (LondonInheritance) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 December 2021
• Treasury blocked £30bn rail electrification (NewCivilEng) • TfL funding crunch could cost London 12bn+ over 10 yrs (IanVisits) • Historical accurate moquettes in new Last Train to Xmas film (Guardian) • Karlsruhe city centre …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 December 2021
• Inside the Elizabeth Line’s Tottenham Court Road station (HiddenLondonHangouts) • How serifs lost the road war but won the streets (BeautyOfTransport) • Netherlands’ trains work well for the visually impaired (ReasonsCheerful) • Old Danish …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 December 2021
• Reconnections’ 2021 Christmas Quiz (LR) • Best Tube lines on which to put on make-up (EveningStandard) • HS2 restoring one of world’s oldest railway stations (HS2) • Study finds a third of EU’s busiest …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 November 2021
• How the first railway timetables were created (Numberphile) • D Trains for East Lancs Railway line – study funded (MEN) • Take a trip on a Wes Anderson designed UK steam train (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 October 2021
• Crossrail 2 critical to prevent train overloading into Waterloo (IanVisits) • UK’s last aerial ropeway uses gravity to move 300mt a day (TomScottYouTube) • Amsterdam expands smart bike parking tags for better station access …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 September 2021
• TfL needs to reassess flood risk after stations left underwater (NewCivilEng) • Boat tours of illuminated Thames bridges (IanVisits) • The last flying boat on the Thames (DavidHodgson) • A video tour inside a …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 September 2021
• London’s clean air rules for trucks could benefit all of UK (SmartCitiesDive) • Bristol’s abandoned funicular tunnel used by BBC in WW2 (IanVisits) • The History of Britain’s canal system (HistoryOfLondon) • When cars …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 August 2021
• Enjoy the TfL accessibility boom whilst it lasts (StepFreeLondon) • Stand out too much on the Tube? Moquette-ware (IanVisits) • Cargo bikes deliver faster & cleaner than vans: study (Guardian) • New York MTA …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 August 2021
• Railway industry to tackle sexual harassment on trains (RailInsider) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s Wayfinding Design Manual – Pt 2 (BeautyOfTransport) • The lost history of the electric car (Guardian) • Toronto’s Crosstown LRT …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 August 2021
• The challenges of building Crossrail’s Liverpool Street Station (NewCivilEng) • Tram wires don’t ruin Vienna, they won’t ruin your city (HumanTransit) • The future of the 2nd Avenue Subway (Vanshnookenraggen) • Unreported & undetected …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 July 2021
• Bus privatisation destroyed British systems – but there is hope (Guardian) • TfL property company plans to build up to 46,000 homes (ArchitectsJ) • Leeds ponders transforming iconic Holbeck Viaduct to ped High Line …
Continue readingNYC’s LIRR adds train capacity to Google Maps (Railway-Tech)
The new feature will enable customers to see the number of seats available in each rail car using Google Maps. New York-based commuter rail system Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has added a car capacity …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 July 2021
• Proposal to reopen Oxfordshire rail line (NewCivilEng) • Mind the Gap: Keeping trains & platforms level is a complex issue (IMechE) • A40 buslanes almost perfect, but stop short (Freewheeling) • Berlin’s severe new …
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