When it comes to ‘no brainer’ public transit projects in Metro Vancouver, the long-proposed gondola cable car transit line between SkyTrain’s Production Way-University Station and Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) campus atop Burnaby Mountain fits the …
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Friday Reads – 20 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Diagrammatic transit maps before Beck (FunctionalArt) • Amsterdam’s surprising metro archeology (CBC) • Estonia’s free public transit (Vice) • US National links – Spite houses & more (TheOverheadWire) • …
Continue readingCable Car Opens
Following on from last week’s post confirming the opening details, the new Cable Car is now officially open. Staying true to our general intention to not write about things that have already been covered rather …
Continue readingTfL Confirm Cable Car Launch Details
TfL have confirmed the launch details for the new Cable Car linking Greenwich and the Royal Docks. We have written about the Cable Car throughout its slightly troubled gestation, and will be returning to the …
Continue readingWhere Lame Ducks Dare? Benchmarking the London Cable Car
Not A London Cable Car Mockup (courtesy the Ronald Grant Archive) Today has seen the announcement that the London Cable Car has finally found its sponsor – Emirates Airline. Emirates will contribute £36m to the …
Continue readingWhere Things Stand With the London Cable Car
Recent weeks have seen TfL’s plans for a cable car across the Thames return to the news. The London Cable Car has so far had an interesting gestation and one that has attracted its fair …
Continue readingThames Cable Car Plans Put on Hold
Adam Bienkov, writing at the Scoop, has confirmation from the Mayor’s Office that the Thames Cable Car project is now on hold. The Scoop quote a Mayoral spokesman as saying: The Mayor has received letters …
Continue readingTfL November Board Meeting: And Finally…
Motorcycles in Bus Lanes Safety Campaign A new radio advertising campaign was launched on 5 October, aimed at improving drivers’ awareness of motorcyclists in bus lanes. This is part of a package of measures that …
Continue readingTfL Submit Thames Cable Car Planning Permission Application
TfL have submitted an application for Planning Permission in relation to a cross-Thames Cable Car. The application, which can be found on the Newham Borough Council website, provides some provisional details of the scheme: Erection …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Thames Cable Car
Following on from Mwmbwls’ earlier piece, below is a better image of the currently anticipated route, and a very early concept image (which obviously may bear no relation to any actual design).
Continue readingBrioche et circenses? The Thames Cable Car
The Mayor, an erudite and eclectic author, is no doubt familiar with the context of remarks made by both Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Juvenal. “S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche” – Jean-Jacques …
Continue readingTfL Propose Cross-Thames Cable Car System
TfL have announced plans for a cross-Thames cable car system to run between the Greenwich Peninsular and the Royal Docks. The system would look to provide a new crossing option approximately 50m above the Thames …
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