The rail sector has decided train seat design requires scientific research to be able to provide a more informed approach to making seats both comfortable and safe for passengers… The UK rail industry body RSSB …
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Friday Reads – 2 March 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Thameslink’s Canal Tunnels open (A London Blog) • Sir Peter Hendy’s 2018 George Bradshaw Address (Rail Delivery Group) • Tube fashion (WaveyGarms) • London Tramways document …
Continue readingBuild transit where most effective, not least expensive (Vanshnookenraggen)
Transit planners often look for the path of least resistance but this more often than not reduces the effectiveness of transit. Transit should be built where it will be most effective not where it’s cheapest …
Continue readingEven French public transport is now being perfumed (Mobilités Magazine)
After a first conclusive test carried out in Vélizy (part of the 78th arrondissement of Paris, which includes Versailles), the public transport networks of Lyon and Lille will next succumb to the perfumed fragrances of …
Continue readingThe perilous economics of parking (Economist)
The average car moves just 5% of the time. To improve cities, focus on the other 95% In Ireland people ask St Anthony to help them find parking spaces. In Chicago, if you shovel the …
Continue readingGermany mulling fare-free public transport (Deutsche Welle, in English)
Can free public transport really reduce pollution? But to reduce pollution, it might be better off investing in improved services and penalizing car use, expert Oded Cats explains. Under pressure from the European Union to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 February 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Fourth London bus route goes fully electric (Intelligent Transport) • Court rules Paris car ban illegal (CityLab) • Trams may run again through Rome’s historic city …
Continue readingIndia trials satellite-enabled ERTMS warning system (SmartRailWorld)
India has joined a growing number of countries looking to the skies to improve their safety, after the country’s train operator used satellite technology to alert road users of trains approaching trains at crossings. Indian …
Continue readingNYC Enhanced Station Initiative: 53 St (MTA)
YouTube video of the first of thirty-three ESI station renovations in New York City. They feature improved passenger flow, signage, maps, and a system service dashboard.
Continue readingSpinetta wields Beeching axe in France (Pedestrian Observations)
What the Spinetta Axe Reveals About Cost Control The Macron administration commissioned a report about the future of SNCF by former Air France chief Jean-Cyril Spinetta. Spinetta released his report four days ago, making it …
Continue readingIs the dockless bike-share revolution a mirage? (StreetsBlog)
After dockless bike-share companies blanketed cities in China with millions of bicycles, firms like ofo and LimeBike set their sights on American markets, backed by heaps of venture capital. They’ve put thousands of bikes on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 February 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Poster Girls: London Transport’s support of female creatives (The Drum) • East meets west under London (Beauty of Transport) • Tube map of Tube maps (CartoGeek) …
Continue readingSingapore creating a Subterranean Master Plan (NextCity)
Planners, policymakers and urban practitioners from across the world are gathering in Kuala Lumpur for World Urban Forum 9. Yingxin Zhou works as a mining engineer in a country with no mines. He’s from Singapore, …
Continue readingElectric ferries are coming (Crosscut, Passenger Ship)
Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry – Washington state is poised to embark on an experiment in electric car ferries that could eventually transform the largest ferry fleet in the nation. And little Skagit County is leading …
Continue readingHow long a train journey will compete with air travel? (CityLab)
Can Eurostar compete with airlines? As flying grows even less attractive, a new London-to-Amsterdam rail route could steal passengers from the skies. This is a question surfacing in Europe this month, as the first-ever direct …
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