In The Lost Art of Passenger Comfort & Good Design – Railway Interiors Part 1, …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 June 2019
• Hydra London High Line at Greenwich O2 (HydeParkNow) • Newcastle reopening Northumberland Line (RailEngineer) • Mulhouse beat High Street blues with transport, pedestrians (PriceTags) • Living close to public amenities could improve your life …
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• Thames Barrier pedestrian/cycling bridge proposal (IanVisits) • Tyne & Wear Metro modernisation video (RailBusinessDaily) • Bus use increasing in only one part of Britain (UrbanTransportGroup) • Living on top of a railway viaduct (PopUpCity) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 June 2019
• Cutaways of London landmark buildings, incl. KXSP station (Standard) • Air France cutting short haul capacity 15% (SimpleFlying) • Austrian rail stations now green powered (RailTech) • New York subway costs 3 times more …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 May 2019
• Updated Legible London mono- & mini-liths for the City (CityWayfinding) • Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Crossrail (BeautyOfTransport) • New ideas for old Paris infrastructure (CityLab) • Cyclists break far fewer road rules than …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2019
• London mobility in the global league table (UrbanMobilityIndex) • It’s high time airlines paid fuel tax (AirQualityNews) • Rail delays prompt German identity crisis (Politico) • What city parents do to live car-free (CityLab) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 May 2019
• Can a Crossrail City Airport station be built? (HydeParkNow) • TfL extends Walking Tube Map to Zone 3 (MappingLondon) • Clean air is a national responsibility (TransportXtra) • Grand Paris Express tunneling progress video …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Overground Class 710s Enter Service
After what can only be described as a painful gestation, the first of London Overground’s new Class 710s have now entered service.
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 May 2019
• 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) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 May 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 May 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 May 2019
• 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) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 May 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 May 2019
• 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) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 April 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 April 2019
• 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 …
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