• Curzon Street Station’s 1st roundhouse found in HS2 dig (Nodrog) • Whence went the flying boat – the Saunders-Roe Princess Story (Mustard) • Germany’s intercity cycle superhighway (InterestingEngineering) • Meet Montréal’s REM – Sydney …
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Friday Reads – 13 March 2020
• Plans for Hackney Central station 2nd entrance move ahead (HackneyCitizen) • The Parisian ‘taxi robot’ people mover experiment, Aramis (FabricOfParis) • The LA sports team named after a transit mode (CityLab) • Public transport …
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• Restoration of Crystal Palace subway moves forward (IanVisits) • Exposure to ultra fine particles linked to heart attacks (AirQualityNews) • The disappearing sound in airports: Solari boards (BBC) • Animated map of US Growth …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 February 2020
• Heathrow e-taxi charge prices forcing cabbies to run petrol engines (TaxiPoint) • Art Deco by the Sea Exhibit (ArtDecoSociety) • The rise and fall of the Aérotrain (FabricOfParis) • Asphalt art creates safer streets …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 February 2020
• My Fair Lady – London Bridge station (BeautyOfTransport) • Surprising reason for the Underground’s new heritage signs (IanVisits) • Norwegian dream road tunnels (BldgBlog) • Natural selection of urban public transport (CityLab) • San …
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• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …
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• Two major UK rail stations fail air quality standards (Railway-Tech) • Playing patriarchy chicken with male commuters (NewStatesman) • Integration of all transit key to public transport success (Globe&Mail) • Philadelphia bucks trend & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 January 2020
• End of Euston station’s underground taxi rank (HydeParkNow) • How railways can better deal with heatwaves (BBC) • MaaS consolidation on the horizon? (SupraGeography) • Why don’t all cities use Leading Pedestrian Intervals? (PriceTags) …
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• Oslo reaches Vision Zero pedestrian deaths (StreetsBlog) • Grosvenor Canal, London’s last commercial canal (LondonCanals) • Level boarding fairness: Letting everyone on (PermanentRail) • Switzerland and France now linked by S-Bahn (RailTech) • Inside …
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• York to ban private cars from city centre within 3 years (guardian) • A Spitfire parts factory in Marylebone (LondonCanals) • Electric car owners can be paid to charge (AirQualityNews) • The 2010s in …
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This edition has been compiled by Friday Reads contributor Daniel Demby: • Abandoned Tube tour photos (Guardian) • Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds (ArsTechnica) • America’s alleyways capital & its first curvy …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 December 2019
• Tales from the haunted Underground (MysteriousUniverse) • SUVs sabotage Net Zero 2050 goal (AirQualityNews) • Nearing the end for the sub-compact city car (AutoCar) • Drivers won’t put down phones & people keep dying …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2019
• Is London’s Tube map still fit for purpose? (CityLab) • Another plea for unique Overground line names (CityMetric) • Give me back my footway (TransportXtra) • End of the Denmark – Germany train ferry …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 December 2019
• UK rail stations trial to help those with hidden disabilities (GlobalRailway) • Fighting Thatcher with poetry, & influencing NYC (UrbanOmnibus) • Air pollution Central London Tube map (MappingLondon) • Climate Connections: urban transport & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 December 2019
• History of Holborn Viaduct (HydeParkNow) • London 1933 Underground, Power and Substations Diagram (TransitMaps) • Repurposed Parisien transport infrastructure (FabricOfParis) • New Berlin airport & rail link to open, finally, October 2020 (IntlRailJ) • …
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