• Roundel replaced by PlayStation buttons at Oxford Circus (TheGamer) • Low traffic schemes (LTNs) don’t only benefit better-off: new study (Guardian) • Paris massively invests in Grand Paris Express Metro lines (UrbanTransportMag) • Now …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 November 2020
• Hidden London Hangouts explores the Kingsway Tram Tunnel (LTMuseum) • Details of Nicholas Grimshaw’s Waterloo Int’l station design (Dezeen) • Skip stop at Otterington Station (BeautyOfTransport) • Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths (BBC) • Stop …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 November 2020
• Margaret Calvert: Woman at Work Exhibition of her wayfinding designs (IanVisits) • History of Legible London (HydeParkNow) • Interesting way to maintain safe social distancing on a train (AnonWidower) • Childseats on bike increase …
Continue reading30 Min City: Small changes can yield major benefits (Transfers)
No one will be surprised to hear that cities seeking to increase access must make wise choices about long-term investments in major transport infrastructure, such as subways or highways. But cities must also make intelligent smaller decisions …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 November 2020
• TfL delays accessibility works at 9 stations due to Covid-19 revenue hit (Building) • Denmark Hill station getting new entrance, photovoltaics in major upgrade (IanVisits) • Northern announce on-train permit scheme for mobility scooter …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 October 2020
• London’s railway upgrades: A progress report (IanVisits) • Was this Highland tunnel built as part of the London Underground? (Scotsman) • Night trains planned for Amsterdam, Rome, and Barcelona (SwissInfo) • The ultimate niche …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 October 2020
• Network Rail’s Wayfinding Design Guidance & Pictogram Redesign (SpaceAgency) • The Croydon Tram (unofficial) music video (Eccentronic) • The Victorian explosion in funiculars (FunicularFan) • Paris Mayor: Forget crossing through the city by car …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 October 2020
• Warnings & fines for failing to wear face coverings on transport (RailBusinessD) • HS2 orders first two London tunnelling machines (IanVisits) • Woolwich ferry does donuts to support health care workers (TheCut) • Searching …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 October 2020
• New Central London Footways walking network & map (TfL) • Beeching reversal: reopening of the Northumberland Line (RailEngineer) • Bromley North station’s evolution – video (AnotherStation,Mile) • Why cities must make more of their …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 September 2020
• Franchising is Dead – Long Live Concessions! (Railway-News) • Outer London road congestion now worse than pre-lockdown (Guardian) • Network Rail acquires Brunel’s Bristol Old Station (RailUK) • France considers massive airline eco-tax (OneMileAtATime) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 September 2020
• Opening disused tunnel at King’s Cross for more train capacity (IanVisits) • How to travel safely on the bus, train, & Underground (BBCFuture) • White tile Greenwich and Woolwich foot tunnels (BeautyOfTransport) • A …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 September 2020
• 180th anniversary, and history, of Brunel’s Temple Meads station (BraziersGrotto) • Vivarail’s D stock decarbonisation journey (Tangent) • The 200th anniversary, and history, of Regent’s Canal (HydeParkNow) • Dummköpfe! Audi blasted for horrendously unsafe …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 August 2020
• Cities’ offices depend on vertical transport COVID maths problem (Wired) • Wapping Tunnel reopening proposal for Liverpool (AnonW) • Runaway Tube trains of (recent) yore (HydeParkNow) • Blue Pullman HST charter to take to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 August 2020
• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 August 2020
• Uber drivers launching legal bid to uncover app’s algorithm (Guardian) • Secret history of Thameslink’s core – video (AnotherStationMile) • New cycleways deliver $3bn annually in health benefits across Europe (Forbes) • Extending strategic …
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