In November 2024 the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) published its annual count of …
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Friday Reads – 7 February 2020
• 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 …
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• 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 & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 January 2020
• 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) • …
Continue readingOn The Buses: Fares, Fumes and Finances
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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2020
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 January 2020
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2020
• 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) • …
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• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 January 2020
• 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) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 January 2020
• 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) …
Continue readingGuards in Name Only? Dwell Times And The SWR Guards Dispute
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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2020
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 January 2020
• 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 …
Continue reading2019 Christmas Quiz Answers
We haven’t examined the answers sent in yet. We will do so shortly. Meanwhile, here are the answers as we currently believe them to be. Of course, it is always possible with some questions that …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 December 2019
This edition has been compiled by Friday Reads contributor Daniel Demby: • Abandoned Tube tour photos (Guardian) • Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds (ArsTechnica) • America’s alleyways capital & its first curvy …
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