Friday Reads – 18 April 2025

By John Bull 1 min read
Friday Reads – 18 April 2025

• Hard shoulder driving lanes on 'smart motorways' lead to needless deaths (BBC)

• Why are America’s trains so slow? (Benjamin Schneider)

• Italy's new high-speed rail line looks to reverse depopulation, lift southern economy (Reuters)

• The Crash Analysis Studio (Strong Towns)

• Collapse of Dresden's Carola Bridge tram lanes into the Elbe (Urban Transport)

• Rhein-Ruhr fares reform to cut through the ‘tariff jungle’ (Metro Report)

• Should your car warn you that you’re speeding? California says yes (NPR)

• JR West builds 3D printed rail station in 6 hours (First Post)