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Friday Reads – 14 February 2020

On 14 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2020

On 10 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Eurostar, Friday Reads, Maps, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• New Amsterdam to London Eurostar direct service saves 30 minutes (CityLab) • Unblocking Reading station’s passenger bottleneck (BeautyOfTransport) • Cologne’s Carnival & Tram Parade (UrbanTransport) • Vancouver’s stunted streetcar drama (CBC) • Baltimore Penn …

Friday Reads – 7 February 2020

On 7 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Freight, Friday Reads, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• London & LA partner for transport solutions (SmartCitiesDive) • Mind the Gender Gap on public transport (Planning) • North American openings & construction starts planned for 2020 (TransportPolitic) • Transit validated event tickets can …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2020

On 3 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution, Sleeper Trains, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Two major UK rail stations fail air quality standards (Railway-Tech) • Playing patriarchy chicken with male commuters (NewStatesman) • Integration of all transit key to public transport success (Globe&Mail) • Philadelphia bucks trend & …

Friday Reads – 31 January 2020

On 31 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pollution, Waterways

• London’s canal waterbus (Londonist) • Manchester Ship Canal line map from 1923 (TransitMap) • We need to talk about noise in cities (Curbed) • NYC subway exhibit of subway station graphic design (UntappedCities) • …

On The Buses: Fares, Fumes and Finances

On 29 January 2020 By The Walthamstow Writer In Buses

It’s been a while since we looked in detail at London’s bus network and its related issues on LR, so it’s time for an update. We begin by looking at what has happened in recent …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2020

On 27 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Eurostar, Friday Reads, Pollution, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Toxic brake dust could be causing ‘London throat’ (BBC) • Euston Taxi Rank Part 2 – conversion to HS2 space (HydeParkNow) • The second King’s Cross Station that never was (Londonist) • Amsterdam tests …

Friday Reads – 24 January 2020

On 24 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Waterloo & City

• Part time step-free access on Waterloo & City line (StepFreeLondon) • 1947 Map of London trolleybus and tram-routes (MappingLondon) • Making public transit fairer to women requires data (Wired) • Parisian transport developments planned …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2020

On 20 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Freight, Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL & Santander reach 87m bike hires since 2010 launch (IntelTransport) • We need a new Treaty of Ghent to remove cars from cities (TreeHugger) • Swedish car separating device documentary trailer (TheLocal) • …

Friday Reads – 17 January 2020

On 17 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Pollution, Waterways

• New diesel cars even dirtier due to loophole (AirQuality) • Alternative approaches to cooling the Tube (RailMag) • The sad fate of Brunel’s innovative Canal Bridge (HydeParkNow) • The fashion of Bristol Temple Meads …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 January 2020

On 13 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Why were trolleybuses ever scrapped? (BBC) • Five crowdfunding rail projects from around the world (FutureRail) • Electric vehicles aren’t as green as presumed (CBC) • The car economy costs Massachusetts billions (BostonGlobe) • …

Friday Reads – 10 January 2020

On 10 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, Micromobility, Pedestrians

• End of Euston station’s underground taxi rank (HydeParkNow) • How railways can better deal with heatwaves (BBC) • MaaS consolidation on the horizon? (SupraGeography) • Why don’t all cities use Leading Pedestrian Intervals? (PriceTags) …

Guards in Name Only? Dwell Times And The SWR Guards Dispute

On 6 January 2020 By Pedantic of Purley In Long reads, South West Trains

In December 2019 the RMT union called a strike by guards on South Western Railway (SWR). It is entirely possible that it escaped your notice. The reasons for that, and for its calling, are worth …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2020

On 6 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Waterways

• Oslo reaches Vision Zero pedestrian deaths (StreetsBlog) • Grosvenor Canal, London’s last commercial canal (LondonCanals) • Level boarding fairness: Letting everyone on (PermanentRail) • Switzerland and France now linked by S-Bahn (RailTech) • Inside …

Friday Reads – 3 January 2020

On 3 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Pollution

• York to ban private cars from city centre within 3 years (guardian) • A Spitfire parts factory in Marylebone (LondonCanals) • Electric car owners can be paid to charge (AirQualityNews) • The 2010s in …