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Category: Bridges

Friday Reads – 12 February 2021

On 12 February 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Bridges, Cycles, Data, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Podcast, Pollution, Uber

• 100 Years of Tube Trains video by LU’s Head of Train Engineering (LTMuseumFriends) • 5 more bridges join illuminated Thames, for world’s longest artwork (IanVisits) • Fossil fuels caused 8.7m deaths globally in 2018: …

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Friday Reads – 8 January 2021

On 8 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Friday Reads, HS2, Pedestrians, Stations, Tunnels, Vertical transport

• Plan to demolish 100s of unused rail bridges & tunnels must be stopped (NewCivilEng) • How London bus blinds are made video (LTMuseum) • It’s now official – integrating old Curzon Street Station into …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 4 January 2021

On 4 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, COVID, Design, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• We need more school streets banning cars for kids’ safety (CityLab) • History of Parisian tramways, beyond the horse (FabricOfParis) • Differences between subway maps & actual geography (MyModernMet) • Car access more than …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 21 December 2020

On 21 December 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Book reviews, Bridges, Friday Reads, History, Pedestrians, Pollution, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels

• Road air pollution major factor in London girl’s death rules coroner (Guardian) • Illuminated River project to light up more Thames bridges (NewCivilEng) • Review of Christian Wolmar’s Cathedrals of Steam (OnLondon) • History …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020

On 30 November 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, COVID, Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, History, Micromobility, Pedestrians, Stations

• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …

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LRT bridges delivered by ocean barge (TheStar)

On 12 November 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Industry News, Waterways

DARTMOUTH, NS—The Cherry Street North bridge is a long way from home. Right now, it’s sitting, sleek and streamlined, brilliant white and red against a clear blue sky in the backyard of the manufacturing facility …

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Friday Reads – 10 September 2020

On 11 September 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Data, Friday Reads

• London’s bridges are falling down (NYTimes) • Brandalism artists take over 100 UK billboards to show car danger (StreetArtNews) • Royal Station at Nine Elms (IanVisits) • The surprising physics of jamiton waves in …

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Friday Reads – 28 August 2020

On 28 August 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Eurostar, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Pollution, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …

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Friday Reads – 21 August 2020

On 21 August 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, COVID, Design, Friday Reads

• Fenchurch Street station may need to be moved (IanVisits) • More London bridges could face restrictions due to TfL cash woes (NewCivilEng) • How it’s made video – Underground roundel signs (LondonTransportMuseum) • Rail …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 August 2020

On 10 August 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Cycles, Friday Reads, Overground, Pedestrians, Thameslink

• London’s low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) keep cars at bay (CityLab) • Proposal to reopen Camberwell railway station, & Overground option (IanVisits) • Think of cycleways as priority lanes for ambulances (Forbes) • Best Parisian …

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Friday Reads – 7 August 2020

On 7 August 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Data, Friday Reads, Sleeper Trains

• Underwhelming new TfL Go app still worth it for walking advice (SteveChambers) • Bridge loving PM refuses to fund Hammersmith Bridge repair (NewCivilEng) • Has Amtrak’s ex-airline CEO declared war on its long distance …

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Friday Reads – 17 July 2020

On 17 July 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Data, Friday Reads, New York, Stations

• Network Rail seeking contractor for Forth Bridge walk (RailTechMag) • Traffic clogged Brussels is building its own RER network (Forbes) • Comeback could reopen 4,000km of closed rail lines – in Germany (RailGazetteIntl) • …

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Friday Reads – 3 July 2020

On 3 July 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Cycles, Friday Reads, HS2, Pollution, Stations

• Combined HS2 / NPR Manchester underground station proposed (NewCivilEng) • Tyres a significant source of marine microplastic pollution (AirQualityNews) • Plan for 100km pop-up cycle lane network in Manchester (WalkRideGM) • Best Parisian bridges …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 June 2020

On 15 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, COVID, Friday Reads, Micromobility

• Masks now mandatory on England transport: Else blocked, £100 police fine (RailBusiness) • Railway station Covid announcements by key workers & children (RailTechMag) • Autonowashing: The Greenwashing of Vehicle Automation (TransportResearchPersp) • To park …

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Friday Reads – 12 June 2020

On 12 June 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Cycles, Friday Reads, History, Maps, Pedestrians, Stations

• Riding transit hasn’t caused Covid infection in Japan or France (CityLab) • Infographics on the economic benefits of walking & cycling (TfL) • Hidden London’s Down Street station Vlogcast (LondonTransportMuseum) • Walking Tube maps …

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