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The Evolution, then Devolution, of Pittsburgh’s Streetcar Network

On 29 April 2025 By Daria Phoebe Brashear

Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was …

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Art Deco LR Towers w Airship Overhead

LR Update March 2025 – Interested in Joining Us?

On 26 March 2025 By Long Branch Mike
English Settlement Swindon Horse XTC album cover

English Settlement: Devolving Powers to Enable Intermodal Fare Integration: Part 2

On 13 March 2025 By Long Branch Mike

Crossrail: 4tph to Terminal 5?

On 25 February 2025 By Pedantic of Purley
Amtrak Next Gen Long Distance Fleet cocoon seating render

Railway Interiors – Next Generation Fleets Part 2

On 13 February 2025 By Long Branch Mike

Crossrail Designs: Tottenham Court Road

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design Team: Arup Atkins / Hawkins Brown Some of these we’ve seen before. The Western Ticket Hall (on Dean Street) is apparently intended to represent an obvious focal point when coming out of Soho, through …

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Crossrail Designs: Farringdon

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design Team: Scott Wilson / Aedas / Burns & Nice According to the design team: The design approach has sought to celebrate the industries and crafts that have defined Farringdon over the years, from the …

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Crossrail Designs: Liverpool Street

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design team: Mott Macdonald / Wilkinson Eyre / Urban Initiatives The diagram below, taken from our post last year, gives an idea of the spread of the new Liverpool Street Crossrail Station. The images below …

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Crossrail Designs: Custom House

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design Team: Arup Atkins, Allies & Morrison Interestingly, Custom House is the only Crossrail Station on the central section that’ll have surface-level platforms.

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Crossrail Designs: Canary Wharf

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design Team: Canary Wharf Group / Arup / Foster & Partners / Adamsons Associates / Gillespies As the first image (which is one of my favourite of this round of Crossrail images) clearly shows, the …

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Crossrail Designs: Whitechapel

On 18 November 2010 By John Bull In Crossrail

Design Team: Hyder, BDP One of the major features of the Whitechapel design is the “station bridge” this was visible in our earlier Whitechapel post as well, the images from which I have also included …

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TfL November Board Meeting: And Finally…

On 17 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In And finally, Board meetings, Cable Car, TfL

Motorcycles in Bus Lanes Safety Campaign A new radio advertising campaign was launched on 5 October, aimed at improving drivers’ awareness of motorcyclists in bus lanes. This is part of a package of measures that …

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TfL November Board Meeting: Walking, Cycling, the River and the Urban Environment

On 17 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In Board meetings, Cycles, River, TfL

Championing electric vehicles, car clubs and moving to hybrid buses Electric Vehicles Negotiations are nearing completion with Siemens for it to deliver the Pan-London Scheme back-office functions in early 2011. Evaluation of bids for the …

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TfL November Board Meeting: Roads and Buses

On 17 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In Board meetings, Buses, Roads, TfL

Traffic Signal Timing Reviews 333 signal timing reviews have been completed so far this financial year, delivering just over a seven per cent reduction in stop-start delays for traffic. This has been achieved alongside an …

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TfL November Board Meeting: Overground and Crossrail

On 17 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In Board meetings, Crossrail, Overground, TfL

The Overground Customer satisfaction The second quarter Customer Satisfaction Survey was completed at the end of August, and showed an overall satisfaction score of 81. This is an increase of three points from the previous …

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TfL November Board Meeting: Overview and the Underground

On 16 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In Board meetings, Jubilee line, London Underground, TfL, Victoria line

Apologies to all our readers for any delay to our service and the inconvenience this may have caused. I have recently had to take a break from writing which meant that I was not able …

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Something in the air tonight – Road-spraying trial aims to improve London air quality

On 15 November 2010 By Mwmbwls In Roads, TfL

Our thanks to Flickrist Steve White 2008 for this picture of a street cleaner/sprayer in Paris. An earlier variant of the plans announced below based on water. George Barrow

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SWT To Sell Oyster From May 2011

On 12 November 2010 By John Bull In National Rail, Oyster, South West Trains

The DfT have announced that they have concluded a deal with SWT that will see the operator sell Oyster services from May 2011. The money to furnish the necessary changes will come from the funds …

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"New Bus For London" Mockup delivered to Acton Depot

On 11 November 2010 By John Bull In Boris Johnson, Borismaster, Buses

Wrightbus’ “New Bus for London” mockup has been delivered to the Tranport Museum’s Acton depot. The model is intended to allow stakeholder feedback to be captured and the design tweaked, with the first working prototype …

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In Pictures: East London Line Extension Work

On 11 November 2010 By John Bull In Construction projects, ELL, Overground

Public attention and debate has largely shifted south these days with regards to construction on the ELL. There, all tenders have now been received for the ELLX2 work, with a decision on who the work …

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