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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 …

2019 Christmas Quiz Answers

On 1 January 2020 By Pedantic of Purley In Christmas Quiz

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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 December 2019

On 30 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians

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 …

Friday Reads – 27 December 2019

On 27 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution

• Tales from the haunted Underground (MysteriousUniverse) • SUVs sabotage Net Zero 2050 goal (AirQualityNews) • Nearing the end for the sub-compact city car (AutoCar) • Drivers won’t put down phones & people keep dying …

An Incident At Queen’s Cross

On 24 December 2019 By John Bull In Christmas

Every Christmas at London Reconnections we like to bring you something a little bit different. This year, John Bull takes you to a London that never was. Merry Christmas to all of our readers, and …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 December 2019

On 23 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Friday Reads, Maps, Pollution

• The new sounds of London’s electric buses (TheVerge) • London Plan 1946 Railways for peace Report (ALondonInheritance) • A Prime Meridian station (BeautyOfTransport) • Kids who cycle or walk to school learn better (IrishTimes) …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2019

On 16 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Overground, Pedestrians, Podcast

• Is London’s Tube map still fit for purpose? (CityLab) • Another plea for unique Overground line names (CityMetric) • Give me back my footway (TransportXtra) • End of the Denmark – Germany train ferry …

Friday Reads – 13 December 2019

On 13 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• UK rail stations trial to help those with hidden disabilities (GlobalRailway) • Fighting Thatcher with poetry, & influencing NYC (UrbanOmnibus) • Air pollution Central London Tube map (MappingLondon) • Climate Connections: urban transport & …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 9 December 2019

On 9 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Podcast, Stations, Uber

• Uber US has 6,000 sexual assaults in just two years (E&T) • Cars, parking & motorways podcast (BBCRadio3) • The cathedral stations of Paris RER E (BeautyOfTransport) • DC Metro testing colour coded handrails …