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Friday Reads – 24 May 2024
• Turbulence on flights is getting worse because of climate change (New Scientist) • What happens when councils take control of buses? (BBC) • P&O Ferries Decarbonisation of its Fleet on Dover-Calais (Afloat) • Sydney …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 May 2024
• Midlands Rail Hub for Birmingham & Beyond, Explained: Video (Rail Focus) • More than 10,000 London black-cab drivers launch £250m Uber lawsuit (The Guardian) • City of London’s Radical Changes Encourage More Cyclists & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 May 2024
• The Great Train Robbery – What Went Wrong?: Video (Paul Whitewick) • Okehampton Interchange (The Dartmoor Line) • What If Non-Drivers Helped Plan Our Transportation Systems? (Next City) • The Incredible Stockwell Bus Garage: …
Continue readingMuch ado, or not to do, about Level Boarding on Network Rails: Part 2
We just looked at TfL’s efforts to expand step-free access on its network. Level access is definitively patchy on TfL’s network, and the same goes for the Network Rail. Whilst the London Underground is famous …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 May 2024
• Government set to approve £1 billion tunnels for HS2-Euston link (IanVisits) • TfL extends Woolwich ferry operating hours to every 15 minutes (Standard) • Surrey Quays International Station: Video (Jago Hazzard) • More People …
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• Rail strikes restart as Aslef train drivers embark on new action (The Guardian) • As Thames Barrier reaches 40, it will need adaptations for rising sea levels (E+T) • Gatwick Express 40th anniversary – …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 May 2024
• Touring the Rebuilding Old Street Station: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • The Streets with no Game – they bore & stress pedestrians (Aeon) • Incorporating Art, Wayfinding, & Culture in Urban Rail Stations: Video …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 May 2024
• ‘Nervous of its own boldness’: the (almost) radical rebirth of King’s Cross lands (The Guardian) • This TfL AI experiment reveals how Tube station capacity could be increased – without building anything new (James …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 April 2024
• Sound Transit launches Bellevue-Redmond Line 2 light rail service (Trains) • Why Norway is rethinking its reliance on electric cars (Vox) • Can car-loving LA sell riders a future on rails? (Bloomberg) • “Hell …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 April 2024
• TfL running shorter DLR trains to keep the fleet running (IanVisits) • Calls for answers after train on fire rolls through downtown London, Ont. (CBC) • History of British Rail Symbols: Video (Jago Hazzard) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 April 2024
• ‘Uncomfortable, unpleasant, unsafe’: How London’s Euston Station became hell on earth (The Independent) • New findings show trains are up to 80% cheaper than planes for domestic travel (Rail UK) • The Unlikely New …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 April 2024
• Mexico City’s metro system is sinking fast, as are others: What to do? (Grist) • Long Island Rail Road’s over 100 year Track Record (Urban Omnibus) • Building Transit on a real, non-Political, Plan …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 April 2024
• ‘Russia trying to sabotage European railways,’ says Czech transport minister (Brussels Signal) • Hammersmith Bridge to get a long-term cycle lane (Ian Visits) • TPE launches initiative to help neurodiverse passengers build travel confidence …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 April 2024
• £100m plan to electrify London’s buses announced (E+T) • New commuter-style map features all of London’s epic walking & cycling routes (Timeout) • Echoes of the Blitz: Underground shelters in Ukraine & London (London …
Continue readingWherefore art thou Nightstar? Thou hast been a Ghost Train – The Nightstar Renaissance
What may this mean.That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel,Revisit’st thus the glimpses of the moon. Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4 To Sleeper Train, Perchance to Dream of Europe In the late 1980s a …
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