• Oxford Circus to be part pedestrianised (IanVisits) • Manchester Victoria’s Telpher (RogerFarnworth) • The last Zeppelin flight: the 1939 spy mission (MarkFelton) • Ememem’s (not that one) street mosaics (MyModernMet) • Vancouver’s Broadway SkyTrain …
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Friday Reads – 4 June 2021
• Could pantographs make a return to London’s buses? (IanVisits) • Get on your e-bike: ‘have a go’ scheme proposed for England (Guardian) • Sweden converting street parking to community space (WorldEconForum) • Can Lebanon’s …
Continue readingLondon installs tech to prioritise pedestrians over cars (TrafficTechToday)
Transport for London (TfL) has announced it is to introduce pedestrian priority technology at more crossings in the city as part of a drive to become the world’s most walkable city. A total of 18 …
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 readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 May 2021
• Over 25,000 Low Traffic schemes already existed before LTNs (Guardian) • Rail to Refuge program for women celebrated (RailBusinessD) • Increased hate crime against disabled rail users (RailTechMag) • Paris to ban through traffic …
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 – 30 April 2021
• Disused rail tunnel reopens at King’s Cross Station (IanVisits) • How did London’s main line stations get their names? (OnLondon) • Planting this shrubbery along roads reduces air pollution by 20% (PriceTags) • Montréal’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 April 2021
• Eurostar reaches refinancing deal with lenders (YahooFinance) • Traffic calming & LTNs do not delay emergency vehicles (PriceTags) • France moves to offer €2 500 e-bike credit for old gas cars (Electrek) • Tube …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 April 2021
• Highways England plans to infill, demolish 130 disused railway structures (RailEngineer) • Breathing new life into underused & derelict rail arches (LowLineLondon) • Love letter to lost world of the Parisian pneumatic post (MessyNessyChic) …
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 readingFriday Reads – 19 March 2021
• Design launch of the new London Underground Piccadilly line trains (RailEngineer) • Now is the time for road pricing (FreeWheeling) • 100 year old cart & rails found sticking out of Cornish cliff (CornwallLive) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 March 2021
• Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law (AirQualityNews) • London Cycle Routes YouTube channel shows safe routes (Road.CC) • Strap hanger advertising, & some unused concepts (LTMuseum) • Berlin gets Germany’s first …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 March 2021
• More spent on failed Garden Bridge than on TfL crossings in 10 years (NewCivilEng) • Safeguarding the Bakerloo Line Extension (IanVisits) • Hammersmith High Line competition ideas (HydeParkNow) • Trans Europe Express 2017 video …
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 …
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