London Reconnections

Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 May 2019

On 20 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• Hammersmith Bridge closes to cars & traffic evaporates (TwitterThread) • Birmingham Snow Hill Tunnel sidings (RailBusinessDaily) • Finland constructing its first intercity tram line (RailTech) • New Belgrade Centre station as city building (NYTimes) …

Friday Reads – 17 May 2019

On 17 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Uber

• Network to monitor Thames cruise ship air pollution (AirQualityNews) • Grand Paris Express tunnelling video (FranceTVInfo) • Lyft fights to avoid Disabilities Act (Politico) • Why free public transport doesn’t work (Atlantic) • 80 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 May 2019

On 13 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• More possible options for a Euston-Canary Wharf express tube (CityMetric) • French rural railways await possible M. Beeching (RailwayTechnology) • Bus stations don’t have to be second rate (TreeHugger) • Two abandoned Milan rail …

Friday Reads – 10 May 2019

On 10 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Mind the Gafs at Kentish Town (HydeParkNow) • 8th European TramDriver Championship in Bruxelles (RailwayNews) • Glasgow calls for new urban rail network (IRailJournal) • A day in the life of a NUMTOT (Curbed) …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 May 2019

On 6 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Uber

• Re-regulate Manchester buses to improve the air (AirQuality) • Seven new electric ferries for Copenhagen (Cruise&Ferry) • Small town’s UberBus imperfect solution (CityLab) • NYC bus lanes sped up service with minimal driver impact …

Friday Reads – 3 May 2019

On 3 May 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Birmingham Moor Street expansion part of One Station strategy (RailEngineer) • More deaths in Leeds from transport-related air pollution than Shanghai (AirQualityNews) • Brussels celebrates its Tramiversary (Indie) • Sweden’s flight shaming movement (PRI) …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 April 2019

On 29 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps

• Building over Moorgate station (Building) • London electric car charge map (MappingLondon) • Tottenham Court Rd cuts both ways again (HydeParkNow) • Musk’s DC-Baltimore car tunnel idea worse than pointless (Jalopnik) • New trains …

Friday Reads – 26 April 2019

On 26 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• It’s the Beadles’ (& Burlington Arcade’s) 200th anniversary (HydeParkNow) • Dublin public transport use up, car use down (IntelligentTransport) • Toronto’s transit de-devolution battle (Spacing) • Railways and literature (NYReviewOfBooks) • Crowdfunding reduces bikelash …

SSR: Towards the Proposed March 2020 Timetable

On 23 April 2019 By Pedantic of Purley In Circle line, District line, Hammersmith & City, London Underground, Metropolitan line

At London Reconnections we don’t want to appear to always be bringing bad or disappointing news but events over the past year meant that we rarely have good things to write about. It makes a …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 April 2019

On 22 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps

• Tube map of London roads (DiamondGeezer) • Homes England to winch homes onto London rooftops (EnvJ) • Trolley canal boats and canal railways (LowTechMag) • Cycling tunnels under the Tyne dug by hand (Guardian) …

Friday Reads – 19 April 2019

On 19 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Uber

• Analog Tube map prototyping (EsriArcGISBlog) • Paris to trial all night Metro & Tram lines (MetroReport) • Uber admits directly competing with transit (Jalopnik) • Story of Toronto streetcars’ bullseyes (SeanMarshall) • Old NYC …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 April 2019

On 15 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York

• The Shipping Forecast podcast (BBC) • Noah’s climate train travels across Europe (RailwayTechnology) • The 6 types of urban tribes (CityMetric) • Inside 45 year old 2nd Ave Subway tunnel (NY1) • Vancouver Greenways …

Friday Reads – 12 April 2019

On 12 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Why are fewer people riding the Tube? (TheDeveloper) • £2 Tube coin design evolution and details (HydeParkNow) • Nottingham Park commuter tunnel mis-spec (AtlasObscura) • Salford students built Great War tank tram (USalford) • …

ULEZ: Why The (Slightly) Lower Emission Zone Matters

On 8 April 2019 By Pedantic of Purley In Congestion Charge, Mayor's Transport Strategy

00:01 hours on Monday 8th April 2019 saw the introduction of the so-called Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ). We look at the past, present and future of low emission zones in London, what is trying …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 April 2019

On 8 April 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York

• 1858: Designing London’s sewers (TheEngineer) • Hovertrain, the British hyperloop of the 1970s (Wired) • Bilbao unofficial circular metro map (TransitMap) • Transit boards should represent the people they serve (MobilityLab) • NYC’s Lowline …