Since this year’s “Busworld” fair in Brussels, a new trend has now picked up speed in the bus industry. Several companies have specialized in the conversion of diesel buses to electric drive. The conversion is …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2020
• 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 – 31 January 2020
• London’s canal waterbus (Londonist) • Manchester Ship Canal line map from 1923 (TransitMap) • We need to talk about noise in cities (Curbed) • NYC subway exhibit of subway station graphic design (UntappedCities) • …
Continue readingULEZ van scrappage payment doubled (AirQuality)
Payments for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) van scrappage scheme will double to £7,000, after a poor take up of the initial offer. According to the London Evening Standard, just £2.3m of the £28m …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2020
• Toxic brake dust could be causing ‘London throat’ (BBC) • Euston Taxi Rank Part 2 – conversion to HS2 space (HydeParkNow) • The second King’s Cross Station that never was (Londonist) • Amsterdam tests …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 January 2020
• New diesel cars even dirtier due to loophole (AirQuality) • Alternative approaches to cooling the Tube (RailMag) • The sad fate of Brunel’s innovative Canal Bridge (HydeParkNow) • The fashion of Bristol Temple Meads …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 January 2020
• 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 …
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 …
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• The new sounds of London’s electric buses (TheVerge) • London Plan 1946 Railways for peace Report (ALondonInheritance) • A Prime Meridian station (BeautyOfTransport) • Kids who cycle or walk to school learn better (IrishTimes) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 November 2019
• Map of tunnel boring machines under the Thames (IanVisits) • Is surge pricing a fair way to manage demand? (BBC) • Rising Paris Métro ridership is driving new solutions (CityLab) • NYC is spending …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 November 2019
• Massive gaps in UK Gov’t air pollution monitoring (AirQualityNews) • Rotterdam Metro extension opens (RailRech) • Queen Margrethe II opens Copenhagen’s Cityringen Metro (UrbanTransport) • Parking garage residential conversion (Governing) • The war on …
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