Ride-hailing companies are cagey on all-important trip data. So researchers are finding clever workarounds. They’d cut back on traffic, ease air pollution, and complement public transit. Or so they said. But the effects of Uber, …
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Friday Reads – 19 January 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • The forgotten West London Air Terminal (RB Kensington & Chelsea) • Legible London’s tenth anniversary (1LondonBlog) • Redesign of British train tickets (SadHedgehog) • Paris Métro …
Continue readingLate Washington DC Metro trains to refund fares (NextCity)
Metro ridership in Washington, D.C., has plummeted over the last decade, and a large portion of defecting riders cite reliably as their primary concern. Now, the embattled agency wants to try something new: refunds. Going …
Continue readingSan Francisco rolls out dynamic parking meter rates (GovTech)
San Francisco sets parking rates on its 28,000 meters based on the demand throughout the day — rising during peak times and falling during lulls. Cost-conscious drivers in San Francisco may want to think twice …
Continue readingSan Francisco transit commits to renewable energy (BART)
BART commits to a future powered by wind and solar power – BART took bold action today to improve the climate footprint of the Bay Area’s transportation sector. Following BART’s adoption of an aggressive and …
Continue readingNew Tottenham bridge restoring lost line (Rail Professional)
As part of Network Rail’s £170m Lee Valley Rail programme, disused land is being used to reinstate a third track between Stratford and Angel Road stations which was lost during the Beeching cuts of the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 January 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Kew Gardens’ private underground railway (IanVisits) • Is Britain’s rail franchising system fit for purpose? [paywall] (Financial Times) • Global underground/metro typography [many images] (Prototypr) • …
Continue readingDon’t run bi-levels (Pedestrian Observations)
For years, the RER A’s pride was that it was running 30 trains per hour through its central segment in the peak direction (and 24 in the reverse-peak direction). With two branches to the east …
Continue readingNagging questions about Mobility As A Service (CityMetric)
Discussed at length in specialist magazines… and increasingly in the popular press, it is transport’s latest buzzphrase. And with promises of a seamless choice of mobility across all modes of transport, in just one place, …
Continue readingUnderstanding London’s underground railway infrastructure – Talk (IHR)
How the past explains the present in London’s crowded underground environment Nathan Darroch, University of Aberdeen Here is one of Nathan’s earlier papers on the same subject. 11 Jan 2018 17:30 to 19:30 Institute of …
Continue readingBarcelona to test vertical platform doors (Metro Report)
Barcelona public transport operator TMB is to undertake what it says will be the first test of vertical platform screen doors on a metro network, with doors supplied by STraffic of South Korea to be …
Continue readingBus passengers less averse to transfers than thought (Transportation Research)
A recent scientific study shows that the structure of bus networks can drastically shape demand. Conventional wisdom states that transit riders are averse to transfers and that consequently bus networks should be designed to limit …
Continue readingFriday Reads – January 5, 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • London Transport Museum charts the growth of the modern city (Blooloop) • Trains playlist (NME) • Metro maps schematic-geography morphing animations (Arch Daily) • Advert tiles …
Continue readingNYC to test platform screen doors (Untapped Cities)
In an ongoing effort to improve the New York City subway system, the L Train has been subjected to a series of tests by the MTA. New fold-up seats have recently made their debut and …
Continue readingWashington Metro expanding tunnel waterproofing (Global Rail News)
A project to reduce water infiltration in deep segments of the Washington Metro’s Red line has been expanded. An initial pilot began in July, 2017, with contractors installing a new waterproof membrane on sections of …
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