• UK urged to decarbonise railways with electrification plan (E&T) • Reprieve for 46 old railway bridges but dozens more face infill (Times) • Air grievances: NYC pollution maps by source (UrbanOmnibus) • Connect the …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 28 June 2021
• Mobile phone coverage coming to Underground tunnels (IanVisits) • Euston Station goes live with British Sign Language screens (Railway-Tech) • Barcelona accelerating link to connect tram networks (Tramways&UrbanTransit) • Grand by design: History of …
Continue readingNYC MTA appalled by track inspectors’ malfeasance (RT&S)
MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny announced the findings of an 11-month investigative report which found seven New York City Transit (NYC Transit) Track Inspectors were skipping inspections in addition to falsifying inspection reports and have …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 June 2021
• Transreport app greatly improves rail accessibility for disabled passengers (Railway-Tech) • Germany’s other historic suspension railway (UrbanTransport) • NYC MTA breached by hackers as cyberattacks surge (NYTimes) • Regional rail makes most sense on …
Continue readingNYC worker-owned rideshare co-op to compete with Uber, Lyft (NYTimes)
About 2,500 drivers in New York are organizing to create what they say is a better deal for drivers than what the ride-hailing giants offer. For years, Uber and other ride-hailing companies offered the promise of …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 May 2021
• Uber’s GMB union deal doesn’t mean its battles are over (Wired) • Finally a new rail tunnel under Hudson River is to be built (NYTimes) • The planning that goes into Amtrak livery designs …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 May 2021
• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 April 2021
• London Overground could finally get individual line names (IanVisits) • The partly-abandoned Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway (JagoHazzard) • Cars are no longer welcome in Heidelberg (NYTimes) • A short history of the ‘upstairs …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 April 2021
• A short, squat history of Underground tiles (Caroline’sMisc) • Urban waterways & the dynamics of canal architecture (ArchDaily) • KLM to offer train connections up to 700km (NLTimes) • Metro Works: The art and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 April 2021
• NUMTOT transit nerds now have their own dating app! (Atlantic) • TfL bus services innovation has slowed considerably (Freewheeling) • Pedestrianisation plans for Bank junction in the City (IanVisits) • Uber’s own public transit …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 March 2021
• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: who will win the battle for city streets? (Guardian) • Hungary plans to increase transit ridership 80% by 2040, Budapest role (IntlRailJ) • Only in Montréal: REM elevated rail so ugly …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 March 2021
• The man who sacked Harry Beck: Rethinking Harold Hutchison (Bryars&Bryars) • Scotland’s railways to be nationalised next year (Guardian) • What’s next for NYC Penn Station? Penn South (RegionalPlanAssoc) • How car-centric street networks …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 March 2021
• History of British railway freight control from telegraphs to TOPS (NewcomenSoc) • Why some bike shares work & others don’t (BBC) • Graham F’s video pick: Zürich snowplow tram cab ride (ZürichTramVideos) • Locomotive …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 February 2021
• Video: Development of TfL’s Overground (LTMuseumFriends) • Public transport moves the invisible workers of society (Atlantic) • Air rights above tracks in midtown Manhattan (OldStructures) • Chicago Metra fights switch icing with fire (RT&S) …
Continue readingCities using Value Capture to fund transit (StreetsBlog)
When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values skyrocket. Why shouldn’t the public benefit more from that phenomenon? Generally speaking, there are few (if any) public investments that can …
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