London Reconnections

Friday Reads – 3 July 2020

On 3 July 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Cycles, Friday Reads, HS2, Pollution, Stations

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 June 2020

On 29 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians, Pollution

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 26 June 2020

On 26 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Overground, TfL, Thameslink, Uber

• 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 …

A Study in Sussex (part 15): East Croydon revisited – again!

On 25 June 2020 By Pedantic of Purley In Construction projects, Long reads, Network Rail, Southern, Thameslink

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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 June 2020

On 22 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, New York

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 19 June 2020

On 19 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Congestion Charge, COVID, Data, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 June 2020

On 15 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, COVID, Friday Reads, Micromobility

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 12 June 2020

On 12 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Cycles, Friday Reads, History, Maps, Pedestrians, Stations

• 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 …

Capitalist hydrofoils strike back! (Part 2)

On 9 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In History, Long reads, River

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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 June 2020

On 8 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In COVID, Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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) • …

Friday Reads – 5 June 2020

On 5 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In COVID, Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, HS2, Micromobility, Stations

• Female Overground train driver on cover of British Vogue (TransportXtra) • UK Government to issue half million £50 bike repair vouchers (Road-CC) • New twist in mystery of Brunel’s Box Tunnel birthday sunrise (Guardian) …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 June 2020

On 1 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In COVID, Friday Reads, History, River crossings

• Secret Moorgate Station (CarolinesMiscellany) • The original Waterloo Bridge was destroyed by its creator (OnLondon) • How Classes 158 & 159 saved Regional Railways (RuairidhMacVeigh) • Scotland’s earliest railway was fought over by Jacobites …

Friday Reads – 29 May 2020

On 29 May 2020 By Long Branch Mike In COVID, Friday Reads, HS2, New York, Old Oak Common, Pedestrians, TfL

• Should TfL build blocks of flats to save itself? (Wired) • HS2’s Old Oak Common station receives planning approval (RailEngineer) • London: a walkable city – video (LSEPlanning) • Why open streets are good …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 May 2020

On 25 May 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Congestion Charge, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution

• London ULEZ, LEZs, and Congestion Charge now reinstated (AirQualityNews) • 10 proposals for new or reopened railway lines in gov’t Ideas Fund (RailInsider) • Newcastle city centre making car-free paths (TransportXtra) • Cities have …

Friday Reads – 22 May 2020

On 22 May 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Aerial, Cycles, Friday Reads, Micromobility, River

• Thunderbird 4 – on the Thames! (IanVisits) • Churchill War Rooms virtual tour (ImpWarMuseum) • Running a car costs much more than people think (Nature) • Cities transforming as electric bike sales skyrocket (TheVerge) …