• Experience London transport in a wheelchair, without working hands (CityMetric) • CR Mackintosh’s Gothic railway terminus design (MackintoshArch) • How safe is the air in five major cities? (FT) • How developers are remaking …
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How city fleets lead on green vehicles (GreenBiz)
Public fleets — often managed by cities, counties or ports — are the invisible transportation infrastructure that keeps society running, from picking up our garbage to helping workers fix power outages. There are over 38,000 …
Continue readingToronto LR Meetup – 21st September 2019
In a first, a number of transport commentators and writers will be meeting in Toronto later this month for a social evening. Like the London LR meetups, these are informal affairs where the beer flows. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 September 2019
• Depressing lesson of west London’s lost cycle route (Guardian) • Gare du Nord addition ‘une grave offense’ to passengers (CityLab) • Senate moves temporarily to old rail station (OttawaMag) • ‘Smart’ Cities – not …
Continue readingFreight adaptable carriage concept (RailwayTech)
Railway companies today have a myriad of challenges – from ensuring punctuality and giving a good service for passengers to managing stock and creating enough space for freight. 42 Technology aims to solve some of …
Continue readingReflections on overheating metros (TunnelTalk)
As summer temperatures rise, concern rises also over the rising temperatures in the underground environment of overcrowded metro systems that include above and below ground sections and have no sub-surface cooling systems. Following on from …
Continue readingEurope’s dream for a single railway (RailwayTech)
Since the early 1990s, Europe’s political leaders have sought to standardise and integrate the transport network – including air, road and rail. A decade later, regulations had been drafted, amended and implemented with member states …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 September 2019
• Croydon tram crash safety report watered down (BuzzFeed) • Tube map of Roman London (Londonist) • Accessible UK Travel Policy Guidance published (RailwayNews) • Art Deco, Poirot & the Orient Express (ArtDecoSociety) • Boston …
Continue readingCurrent & future London rail overbuilds (NetworkWSP)
Building over rail infrastructure and terminus stations is helping to relieve the pressure of increasing city density in London. The idea of overbuilding has gained momentum in recent years. In London, where land values are …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 September 2019
• NYC new farecard decades behind London’s Oyster (NYPost) • E-scooters pulled from Miami streets to avoid ‘Scooternado’ (Gizmodo) • Toronto Green Line parkway proposal (UrbanToronto) • Freight trains could help predict earthquakes/ (PhysicsWorld) • …
Continue readingKolkata TBM failure causes extensive damage (TunnelTalk)
Tailseal failure on the EPBM [earth pressure balance machine] operating on a running tunnel drive for the Kolkata Metro is reported to be the cause of an uncontrollable inrush of water and material that led …
Continue readingParis testing ‘noise radar’ to auto-ticket loud cars (EnGadget)
Parisians with powerful cars might want to think carefully before showing off their rides. Parts of the city (most recently the suburb of Villeneuve-le-Roi) are testing a ‘noise radar’ system from Bruitparif that can pinpoint …
Continue readingNYC rail tunnel to cut cost by $1.4Bn (MassTransit)
The Hudson Tunnel Projects trims $1.4 billion with new financial plan. The project cost for the construction of a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River and the comprehensive rehabilitation of the existing 108-year-old tunnel …
Continue readingBig data culture evolving for rail (IntlRailJ)
The use of data and analytics across the railway process has moved on from its infancy and become a fully-fledged facet of everyday operations. Armed with a better idea of how their systems work and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 September 2019
• World’s most famous crosswalk (HydeParkNow) • Box in a box to avoid Crossrail vibrations (IanVisits) • UK’s first autism friendly rail line (RailTechMag) • Photo essays of North American rail systems (SubwayNut) • Flying …
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