• Traffic & plane noise is a silent killer (Atlantic) • Necropolis Railway station to be turned into flats (IanVisits) • Crashes cut by a third after 20mph limit introduced in Edinburgh (EdinburghNews) • France …
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Friday Reads – 12 February 2021
• 100 Years of Tube Trains video by LU’s Head of Train Engineering (LTMuseumFriends) • 5 more bridges join illuminated Thames, for world’s longest artwork (IanVisits) • Fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018: …
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• Tube inspired map of London’s green spaces & connections (PositiveNews) • Forth rail tunnel key to Net Zero Scotland (NewCivilEng) • Grand Paris Express lines demystified (RMTransit) • Can Vancouver learn from the destruction …
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• HS2 starts construction of Old Oak Common crossover box (IanVisits) • Hidden London Hangouts digs deeper at Piccadilly Circus station (LTM) • Sweden’s interactive Arctic bus shelter (Dezeen) • Public lifts & escalators for …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 January 2021
• My Routemaster Passion live YouTube show Monday 18 Jan 6.15pm (LTMFriends) • Nine Elms ped/cycling bridge paused for council rethink (NewCivilEng) • The Millennium Inclinator: London’s most obscure transport? (JagoHazzard) • Is Cambridge Autonomous …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 January 2021
• Plan to demolish 100s of unused rail bridges & tunnels must be stopped (NewCivilEng) • How London bus blinds are made video (LTMuseum) • It’s now official – integrating old Curzon Street Station into …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 January 2021
• We need more school streets banning cars for kids’ safety (CityLab) • History of Parisian tramways, beyond the horse (FabricOfParis) • Differences between subway maps & actual geography (MyModernMet) • Car access more than …
Continue readingNew Year’s Day Reads – 1 January 2021
A new year, a new hope. • Parts of Strand & Aldwych to be pedestrianised (IanVisits) • Battery trolleybuses & transit priority in Zurich (EcoPath) • Moynihan Train Hall Penn Station replacement opens (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingBoxing Day’s Friday Reads – 26 December 2020
• Xmas DLR preliminary funding present for Thamesmead (IanVisits) • And a second entrance present for Surrey Quays station (IanVisits) • When the Big 4 railways banded together to run an airline (AirportOfCroydon) • How …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 December 2020
• Road air pollution major factor in London girl’s death rules coroner (Guardian) • Illuminated River project to light up more Thames bridges (NewCivilEng) • Review of Christian Wolmar’s Cathedrals of Steam (OnLondon) • History …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 December 2020
• Go-ahead for London Bishopsgate Goodsyard & High Line (ConstructionEnq) • Southwarks’s deep level Tube shelter (HydeParkNow) • 2 Battersea stations, a disused platform, & a secret Overground stop (JagoHazzard) • The long history & …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 December 2020
• Deferring Crossrail 2 doesn’t only bode ill for London (OnLondon) • London’s ‘field of broken dreams’ overflows (NYTimes) • The history and future of Vivarail (RailEngineer) • Berlin finally opens U5 metro extension under …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020
• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 November 2020
• London hospital trust to pay £250k for a LTN for public health benefits (Guardian) • Do bike lanes have an accessibility problem? (CityLab) • Finding City Road, Islington’s abandoned Tube station video (JagoHazzard) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 November 2020
• Preston’s iconic bus station brought to life in illustration (TransportDesigned) • Managing railway earthworks in a changing climate (GarethDennis) • Study reveals the world’s most walkable cities (Guardian) • Europe is finally slowing down… …
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