• 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)
• Removing drivers disrupts social civility (Vox)
• Why trains are making a comeback – the decade of rail (Forbes)
Read our most popular articles:
- Schrodinger’s Cab Firm: Uber’s Existential Crisis
- You Hacked – Cyber-security and the railways
- On Our Line Podcast #8: Talking Uber, Lyft and Mobility disruption
And some of our other sections:
Feel we should read something or include in a future list? Email us at goodreads@box5466.temp.domains.
Reconnections is funded largely by its community. Like what we do? Buy us a cup of coffee or visit our shop.
The tirade against self-driving vehicles is… very strange. I don’t quite understand what the author’s priors are such that the article makes sense.
Would the DLR be a better system if the staff onboard had to sit at the front of the train? Does their not-driving reduce their moral authority over the passengers? Are the people movers at airports substantially harmed by not having a driver? Are lifts harmed by not having an elevator operator?
Yes, there are potential problems with self-driving cars and their behaviour on roads (vis-a-vis parking, for instance). However… “what?” remains my overall reaction.
“We need to talk about Noise in Cities” … well.
Actually under-ground UndergrounD platforms … with all their various “noise” sources, yes?
[ I wonder how long it will be before serious hearing loss officially shows up in LUL platform staff? ]
On the basis of the arguments in the Vox article, it was clearly a serious social mistake to get rid of gas lamp lighters. They were well trained, did a useful job and were also an official presence on the streets. Our cities are obviously worse off without them.