A perennial and fairly meaningless question that is often asked is ‘what are the origins …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 4 January 2021
• We need more school streets banning cars for kids’ safety (CityLab) • History of Parisian tramways, beyond the horse (FabricOfParis) • Differences between subway maps & actual geography (MyModernMet) • Car access more than …
Continue readingNew Year’s Day Reads – 1 January 2021
A new year, a new hope. • Parts of Strand & Aldwych to be pedestrianised (IanVisits) • Battery trolleybuses & transit priority in Zurich (EcoPath) • Moynihan Train Hall Penn Station replacement opens (NYTimes) • …
Continue reading2020 Christmas Quiz – The Answers
As we expected there were rather fewer answers send in this year. Most of these arrived on the last day so we haven’t had a chance to examine them in details and, maybe, permit alternative …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 December 2020
• Tube whiteboard poems ‘make people less alone’ (BBC) • People without bank accounts struggle to use London’s transport (IanVisits) • York Road ^& Maiden Lane abandoned stations video (JagoHazzard) • Second Hamburg S-Bahn Crossrail …
Continue readingBoxing Day’s Friday Reads – 26 December 2020
• Xmas DLR preliminary funding present for Thamesmead (IanVisits) • And a second entrance present for Surrey Quays station (IanVisits) • When the Big 4 railways banded together to run an airline (AirportOfCroydon) • How …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 December 2020
• Road air pollution major factor in London girl’s death rules coroner (Guardian) • Illuminated River project to light up more Thames bridges (NewCivilEng) • Review of Christian Wolmar’s Cathedrals of Steam (OnLondon) • History …
Continue readingMilan: Medieval City to Metropolitana City
As with many other modern cities, the history of Milan, the economic capital of Italy, is tightly tied with the development of its far-reaching and increasingly sophisticated rail networks. And as in many early rail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 December 2020
• It’s back! Thameslink on the Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Crossrail offers virtual tour inside Farringdon station (IanVisits) • Symmetry on the London Underground (TubeMapper) • Irish Rail bringing natural cheer to morning commuters (Lovin) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 14 December 2020
• Go-ahead for London Bishopsgate Goodsyard & High Line (ConstructionEnq) • Southwarks’s deep level Tube shelter (HydeParkNow) • 2 Battersea stations, a disused platform, & a secret Overground stop (JagoHazzard) • The long history & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 December 2020
• Govt approves safeguarding of Bakerloo Line Extension route (OnLondon) • Missing Doctor Who London Underground story to be released (IanVisits) • UK Rail to refuge scheme for free travel for women escaping violence (WomensAid) …
Continue readingThe Incredible Lightness of Being – Cable Cars, A Legitimate Urban Transport Mode
After the Emirates Air Line fiasco, most people in the UK had written off cable cars as a valid public transport mode. But reading about the official gondola proposal for Vancouver’s Burnaby Mountain university campus …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 December 2020
• Deferring Crossrail 2 doesn’t only bode ill for London (OnLondon) • London’s ‘field of broken dreams’ overflows (NYTimes) • The history and future of Vivarail (RailEngineer) • Berlin finally opens U5 metro extension under …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 December 2020
• A deeper dig into Aldwych (HiddenLondonHangout) • The rise and fall of Broad Street Station (ALondonInheritance) • Climate change hits Chicago cyclist (StreetsBlog) • Toronto Police embarrass themselves with cyclist speed traps – streets …
Continue readingThe 2020 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz
2020 has been a year like no other, when it comes to transport writing. But there is one thing that doesn’t change: It is time for the London Reconnections Christmas Quiz! The year 2020 has …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020
• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …
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