Monday’s Friday Reads – 26 February 2024

By John Bull

• UK Rail passenger numbers could almost double by 2050 (Infrastructure Intel)

• Profits of UK’s private train-leasing firms treble in a year (Guardian)

• New £2bn Edinburgh tram line to be put to public consultation (New Civil Engineer)

• Dublin Takes Aim at Traffic Congestion With a Car Ban on Through Trips (CityLab)

• The Logic Missing from LA's Rapid Transit System (Reece Martin)

• Canadian Govt will stop investing in 'large' road projects (CBC)

• Cars are rewiring our brains to ignore all the bad stuff about driving (Verge)

• Don’t rule out elevated rail in cities (City Block)