A perennial and fairly meaningless question that is often asked is ‘what are the origins …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 7 September 2020
• 180th anniversary, and history, of Brunel’s Temple Meads station (BraziersGrotto) • Vivarail’s D stock decarbonisation journey (Tangent) • The 200th anniversary, and history, of Regent’s Canal (HydeParkNow) • Dummköpfe! Audi blasted for horrendously unsafe …
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• Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England (Guardian) • Great Northern Railway Journey – King’s Cross & the ECML (Great Northern) • The Four Poster rail station (AnonW) • 82% want the gov’t …
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• Cities’ offices depend on vertical transport COVID maths problem (Wired) • Wapping Tunnel reopening proposal for Liverpool (AnonW) • Runaway Tube trains of (recent) yore (HydeParkNow) • Blue Pullman HST charter to take to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 August 2020
• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …
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• Uber drivers launching legal bid to uncover app’s algorithm (Guardian) • Secret history of Thameslink’s core – video (AnotherStationMile) • New cycleways deliver $3bn annually in health benefits across Europe (Forbes) • Extending strategic …
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• Fenchurch Street station may need to be moved (IanVisits) • More London bridges could face restrictions due to TfL cash woes (NewCivilEng) • How it’s made video – Underground roundel signs (LondonTransportMuseum) • Rail …
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• Underground accessibility updates from the lockdown (StepFreeLondon) • Noise cameras coming to UK to silence thunderous exhausts (NewAtlas) • BAM Nuttall facing another claim over Cambridge Guided Busway flaws (ConstructEnq) • Travel the Parliamentary …
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• Let’s not let COVID ruin the joys of train travel (Guardian) • American SUVs not allowed in Britain (PriceTags) • Crossrail’s multiple signalling systems challenge (RailEngineer) • St Albans ends fight against rail freight …
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• London’s low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) keep cars at bay (CityLab) • Proposal to reopen Camberwell railway station, & Overground option (IanVisits) • Think of cycleways as priority lanes for ambulances (Forbes) • Best Parisian …
Continue readingCrossrail (finally) reaches Stage 2 of opening
You may wonder how you missed the news of Crossrail achieving its second milestone (out of five) in its opening strategy to fully open the Elizabeth line. The reason is simple. It hasn’t been publicised. …
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• 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 …
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• London’s non-TfL cycling lanes Tube map (CityMetric) • Season tickets now obsolete: we need flexible tickets now (Wired) • NR small & medium size station design & integration process (DesignCouncil) • The real parking …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 July 2020
• The plan for open topped, COVID-safe, London buses (CityLab) • Gov’t ending message to avoid public transport (TransportXtra) • England’s new, funded cycling and walking bold vision (NickSanderson) • Salzburg – Vienna flights cancelled …
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• Mayor plans to power TfL Tube with green energy (RailBusinessD) • TfL: Buses ‘deserve priority over everything’ on London roads (Standard) • Settle & Carlisle charter trials offer alternative rail service (RailMag) • Isle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 July 2020
• Bus, rail networks can no longer exist on separate planets (NewCivilEng) • City of London to convert parking bays into bike corrals (Forbes) • TfL introduce car-free zones & wider pavements in Square Mile …
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