• Plans progress to expand Greater Manchester’s tram & train network (Rail UK) • Huge HS2 bridge rotation & move completed in Birmingham ahead of schedule: Video (HS2) • 3D map shows how the Underground …
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Friday Reads – 18 April 2025
• Hard shoulder driving lanes on ‘smart motorways’ lead to needless deaths (BBC) • Why are America’s trains so slow? (Benjamin Schneider) • Italy’s new high-speed rail line looks to reverse depopulation, lift southern economy …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 February 2025
• Pathfinder 1, The airship that could usher in a new age (BBC) • The Long Modernization of the Italian Railways (Marco Chitti) • MTA looking to dig tunnel underneath Queens cemetery for IBX light …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 January 2023
• London Tube strikes called off as more pay talks planned (BBC News) • Weight limit for Albert Bridge to stop it suffering same fate as Hammersmith Bridge (Standard) • More details about plans to …
Continue readingRepurposing of wind turbine blades as footbridge structure elements (NewCivilEng)
A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges. As the government scales up wind farm development, the challenge of disposing of turbine blades when they reach the end …
Continue readingWatch the future of bio-based bridges: Video (NewCivilEng)
Witteveen Bos senior design lead Wouter Claasen discusses the adoption of alternative materials, including bio-based composites, for bridges. For over 10 years, research has been conducted on the feasibility of using flax fibers for bridges. This …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 September 2023
• End ‘spiral of decline’ of bus services by handing control to councils (LocalGovt) • Nottingham’s multi-pronged approach to effective public transport (MobilityMatters) • Prague’s new minimalist pedestrian bridge (Domus) • How the US created …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 September 2023
• If the bus networks are poor, then so are we (TheTimes) • Death of the front garden: Brits spending £27Bn turning front gardens into parking (DirectLine) • Holloways, England’s mysterious sunken roads, extend longer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 May 2023
• Progress at HS2 Old Oak Common station site as 1st base slab poured (RailUK) • Plans submitted for snaking Silvertown ped & cycle bridge (ConstructionEnq) • France developing next generation, double decker TGVs (CNNTravel) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 April 2023
• Blackfriars (road) Bridge repairs & history (BBC) • Southern Region Kent Electrification scheme 1958 film: Video (BennetBrookRy) • A spiral of motorway road signs at Somerset House (IanVisits) • New Yorkers are fed up …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 April 2023
• HS2 faces Euston tunnel dilemma after Euston station mothballed (NewCivilEng) • With EVs decreasing fuel duty, congestion & road user charges are the future (OnLondon) • Ingenious & life-enhancing tale of two new London …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 March 2023
• Parts of HS2, & the Lower Thames Crossing delayed two years due to soaring costs (Guardian) • Le Métro in Île de France: a new year retrospective (FabricOfParis) • Using a railway carriage as …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 January 2023
• Govt blocks release of CO2 road transport emission figures (Guardian) • TransPennine Express launches British Sign Language departure boards (RailUK) • ‘Lift & shift’ bridge installed at Shropshire rail crossing (BBC) • Berlin tries …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 December 2022
• A look at London’s recent railway upgrades (IanVisits) • The strategic case for the West London Orbital (TfL) • Progress & delay for East West Rail (RailEngineer) • Mumbai metro project plans for depot …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 November 2022
• London bus cuts are themselves cut back as funding found (IanVisits) • London councils unite efforts to finally deliver Diamond Jubilee ped & cycle bridge (ArchitectsJ) • Bakerloo north segment, Watford DC Overground to …
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