• Epic row brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’ (Wired) • Bakerloo line Oxford Circus platforms get Harrington Humps (HydeParkNow) • Longest public art commission in the world (Guardian) • History of East London Line …
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Why Mobility as a Service Needs a Proper Platform (Streetsblog)
Uber, Ola, Car Next Door, GoGet, Urbi and Shareabike have transformed the mobility experience for millions of people, but are just the tip of the looming iceberg of changes in transport. Globally, 93 million travellers use …
Continue readingNew Lithium-Ion standard is astonishing $60/kWh (Mobilist)
Just last summer, the much-watched lithium-ion industry finally reached sight of a long-sought super-stretch goal — a battery pack costing $100 per kWh, allowing the price of electric vehicles to drop to that of conventional …
Continue readingUK Value of Rail Freight report gives new appraisal of rail (RailFreight)
New research shows rail freight is levelling up Britain’s economy and cutting emissions across the country. The Value of Rail Freight report, from the Rail Delivery Group, says total economic and social benefits of rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 May 2021
• Over 25,000 Low Traffic schemes already existed before LTNs (Guardian) • Rail to Refuge program for women celebrated (RailBusinessD) • Increased hate crime against disabled rail users (RailTechMag) • Paris to ban through traffic …
Continue readingWhat happens without rail business travel? (Freewheeling)
A friend of mine used to be an ‘expert’ for a management consultancy. His job consisted of travelling to various towns and cities far from home, answering questions from a client for an hour, then …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 May 2021
• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …
Continue readingReconnections’ Transport Miscellany – May 2021
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Continue readingEarth needs light electric vehicles, not electric cars (SmartCitiesDive)
Recent months have seen many splashy electric vehicle (EV) headlines: Tesla continues to rise the ranks of the world’s highest-valued companies, General Motors announced its fleet will be fully electric by 2035, and President Biden committed to converting the federal government’s …
Continue readingWho’s in charge of transport app data? Not the authorities (Freewheeling)
Currently, the NHS Test & Trace app is entirely confidential. When it pings to tell you to self-isolate, no-one else will ever know – including the NHS. Do you think that you should be able …
Continue readingThe Zero Carbon Godfather speaks (DecarbTransport)
Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 May 2021
• Integrating Grimshaw’s iconic terminal back into Waterloo Station (Wallpaper) • Cycling 10 times more important than electric cars to reach Net Zero (TheConversation) • The importance of a transport vision, from LA of all …
Continue readingSpeeding up rail project delivery (RailEngineer)
“There can be no place, I believe, for deniers who are unable to acknowledge that the industry’s reputation, built over many years, was of rising costs, deadlines inevitably moving to the right and estimates wrong …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 May 2021
• East Midlands Railway launches 1st electric route after electrification (RailTech) • How the London General Omnibus Co icon was nearly a rabbit (IanVisits) • Swedes building all-electric hydrofoil ferry to serve Stockholm (Engineer) • …
Continue readingTrolleybus cities world atlas (TrolleyMotion)
Continue to see atlas and city trolleybus network listings
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