A perennial and fairly meaningless question that is often asked is ‘what are the origins …
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Friday Reads – 10 July 2020
• DfT to demolish historic rail bridge between Ally Pally & Muswell Hill (Ham&High) • Reclaiming London’s kerbs (CentreForLondon) • A narrow gauge railway under South London (RailwayMag) • Tram-trains are making new connections (Trams&UrbanTransit) …
Continue readingLR Answers: The Pre-War ‘Second Works’ Programme
In LR Answers, we take an occasional look at topics that have come up in comments on other articles and are worthy of a bit more attention on their own. Here we look at some …
Continue readingNo Pub Night for the foreseeable future
In case anyone was wondering, we are not planning to have a Reconnections Pub Night for the foreseeable future. In reality we do not think we will be meeting again this year but, obviously, we …
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• DfT to tone down warnings not to travel by train or bus (RailFuture) • Landmark devolution of transport powers & funding to South Yorkshire (RailBusinessDaily) • Impact on Cycle Hire in London due to …
Continue readingA Tale of Two Systems – London and New York City
Letters from America – Part 1 A potted history of transport in London and New York City (NYLON) Having been born and raised just outside of New York City, but spending most of my professional …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 July 2020
• Combined HS2 / NPR Manchester underground station proposed (NewCivilEng) • Tyres a significant source of marine microplastic pollution (AirQualityNews) • Plan for 100km pop-up cycle lane network in Manchester (WalkRideGM) • Best Parisian bridges …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 June 2020
• The 1967 GLC scheme for London monorail people movers (C20Society) • And the corresponding unbuilt monorails map (NotQuiteTangible) • Pandemic lack of public restrooms reduces mobility, esp for women (StreetsBlog) • Include poor, minority …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 June 2020
• TfL closer to takeover of Northern City Line (IanVisits) • Silvertown Tunnel not compatible with GLA’s Net Zero goal (ArchJ) • Thameslink Brent Cross West station approved (IanVisits) • Belgium govt offering citizens 12 …
Continue readingA Study in Sussex (part 15): East Croydon revisited – again!
It was not our intention to write another full article on the long-term developments planned at East Croydon. As far as we could see the overall plan was almost finalised and little new was expected …
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• CILT Bus & Coach Policy Group’s Net Zero bus proposal (TransportXtra) • Give the Curb your Enthusiasm (Slate) • The surprisingly quick obsolescence of airport terminals (CityLab) • Photography at the end of the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 June 2020
• Public transport with masks is not a COVID super-spreader (TorontoStar) • A window of opportunity for road user charging (CentreForLondon) • 4 storey London underground car park to shopping conversion (IanVisits) • What links …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 June 2020
• Masks now mandatory on England transport: Else blocked, £100 police fine (RailBusiness) • Railway station Covid announcements by key workers & children (RailTechMag) • Autonowashing: The Greenwashing of Vehicle Automation (TransportResearchPersp) • To park …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 June 2020
• Riding transit hasn’t caused Covid infection in Japan or France (CityLab) • Infographics on the economic benefits of walking & cycling (TfL) • Hidden London’s Down Street station Vlogcast (LondonTransportMuseum) • Walking Tube maps …
Continue readingCapitalist hydrofoils strike back! (Part 2)
This Liquid Highway video succinctly recaps the history of Thames ferries from 1900 on, with the Denny D2 starting at 1.43, and showing a number of the hydrofoils described in Part 1 of this series …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 June 2020
• Face masks to become mandatory on UK public transport (IanVisits) • Street View used to discover UK’s lost Dutch-inspired cycle ways (BBC) • Cities & their streetcars – top 10 favourite spots (Spacing) • …
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