Friday Reads – 19 January 2024

In this Friday's reads: Glasgow and BART's new train fleets, the fate of E-scooter companies and a tribute to the shipping forecast.

By John Bull 1 min read
Friday Reads – 19 January 2024

• A ride on Glasgow’s new Subway trains (BusAndTrainUser)

• Car sales: we’ve hit a grim milestone not seen since 1981 (Slate)

• How Montreal’s New Rapid Transit Line Saved Millions Per Mile (Bloomberg)

• Japan to postpone plan to extend Hokkaido Shinkansen Line by 2031 (The Japan Times)

• The five-minute city is a new bottom-up model taking over Paris (Domus)

• BART’s new train fleet is saving hundreds of millions w/ in-house engineering (Trains)

• E-scooter companies are going bankrupt. That should alarm you even if you hate them (Fast Company)

• The Shipping Forecast - 100 years on air: Podcast (BBC)