• France bans domestic flights than can be made by train (Guardian) • Kramer did it: the renaissance of urban river swimming/ (PopUpCity) • Favourite LRT & streetcar lines (Spacing) • The history, and future, …
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London’s First Highway: Part 3 – Evolution of River Passenger Transport Policy
Its roads and trains clogged, London has made a strong effort to bring passengers back to the Thames over the last two decades, as a return to its future past. TfL’s 2013 River Action Plan …
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 – 2 October 2020
• TfL picks DLR & Northern line upgrades over CR2 & Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • Parcel forwarding via Thames launched (TidalThames) • High speed fish shipment (RailwayGazette) • Crustacean biologist obsessed with building a DC …
Continue readingCapitalist hydrofoils strike back! (Part 2)
This Liquid Highway video succinctly recaps the history of Thames ferries from 1900 on, with the Denny D2 starting at 1.43, and showing a number of the hydrofoils described in Part 1 of this series …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 May 2020
• Thunderbird 4 – on the Thames! (IanVisits) • Churchill War Rooms virtual tour (ImpWarMuseum) • Running a car costs much more than people think (Nature) • Cities transforming as electric bike sales skyrocket (TheVerge) …
Continue readingSoviet fleet on the Thames (Part 1)
What do Russian hydrofoils, the Thames, the CIA, a secret city in the Soviet Union, and the Caspian Sea Monster have in common? Two mavericks on either side of the Iron Curtain, who made it …
Continue readingParis pioneers river & cycling logistics delivery (En24)
“The boat will work a bit like a metro,” says Gilles Manuelle, founder of Fludis. Each morning, it will leave the port of Gennevilliers (Hauts-de-Seine) then enter the capital on the Seine before serving four …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Map of London’s 1947 tram & trolleybus routes (MappingLondon) • Will new larger Thames Clipper increase ridership? (BBC) • Thames Path opens between Woolwich & Charlton (FromTheMurkyDepths) • Pay …
Continue reading3D-printed autonomous boats could reduce congestion (E&T)
Autonomous boats that offer high manoeuvrability and precise control could help to reduce congestion in cities that rely heavily on their waterways, such as Amsterdam and Bangkok. MIT researchers have developed the boats which can …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 May 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Crossrail to generate electricity from wind its own trains (Wired) • What can London learn from Barcelona? (BanPrivateCarsinLondon) • Woolwich hybrid battery ferries in service late …
Continue readingThames Clippers to trial Gravesend – London commuter service (On the Thames)
Gravesend commuters will get the chance to try travelling to London and back by boat in a four day trial next month. Thames Clippers will be running the trial service from Gravesend town pier into …
Continue readingNew New York ferry service (UITP)
In line with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s policy goals of providing support to growing neighbourhoods and access to opportunities, a new ferry service was launched this week, NYC Ferry. The service currently …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 21, 2017
This is the next installment of our weekly Friday Reads post – listing the links and articles we’ve been reading at LR Towers. Be sure to also check out our Industry Links posts, updated every weekday, with the latest developments in technology, operations, frameworks, policy and best-practices.
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 14, 2017
This is the next installment of our weekly Friday Reads post – listing the links and articles we’ve been reading at LR Towers. Be sure to also check out our Industry Links posts, updated every …
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