Friday Reads – 7 August 2020

By John Bull 1 min read

• Underwhelming new TfL Go app still worth it for walking advice (SteveChambers)

• Bridge loving PM refuses to fund Hammersmith Bridge repair (NewCivilEng)

• Has Amtrak's ex-airline CEO declared war on its long distance trains? (RailwayAge)

• SFO transit needs simplifying: Too many agencies, not enough riders (CityLab)

• Highway projects consistently fail to account for induced traffic (Planetizen)

• James Sherwood, who revived the Orient Express, dies at 86 (NYTimes)

• The Kruger Shalati Train Hotel: permanently parked on the park bridge (CNN)

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