• How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy (The Conversation) • Midlands abandoned railway island to be brought back into use: Video (Transport Matters) • British Transport Police trials live facial recognition …
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NYC Congestion Pricing: Faster traffic, fewer trucks, but no change in idling (Altitude)
New York City’s new congestion pricing has accelerated traffic and reduced large truck presence in Lower Manhattan, yet idling remains largely unchanged, posing ongoing questions regarding the resulting impact on air quality. New York City’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 September 2025
• Why Has Brussels’ RER Network Taken So Long?: Video (Railways Explained) • Warsaw opens metro station ‘express’ library to get commuters off their phones (The Guardian) • Protecting Workers on the Track: An encounter …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 July 2025
• HS2 TBM Anne Completes Final Stretch of Northolt Tunnel (Railway-News) • TfL 25 (Diamond Geezer) • Let’s Ride … The Settle and Carlisle Line: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Wheelchairs, Waitings and Ratings: The New …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 June 2025
• Welcome to Inspiration (Railway 200) • Evacuated London train passengers forced to walk along tracks on hottest day of year (The Guardian) • Network Rail working to fix mobile phone “no-spots” in railway tunnels …
Continue readingStudy of Impacts of Low Emission Zones on sick leave & mental well-being (JEconomicBehavior& Organization)
Abstract Air pollution poses a global concern due to its detrimental effects on climate, healthcare, and human capital accumulation. However, there is limited evidence on the health and human capital impacts of clean air transport …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 June 2025
• ‘Cleaner, greener, and absolute reliability’: trams make UK comeback (The Guardian) • Locos and Loops Part One: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • Uber’s new shuttles ie buses, are a deeper problem (Grist) • Finding …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 June 2025
• London Congestion Charge set to rise by 20% to £18 (BBC) • VW Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates (The Guardian) • The Great Canal Collapse: Video (Paul Whitewick) • Britain’s …
Continue readingElectric London – Securing a cleaner, fairer future through the EV transition (StonehavenGlobal)
London has always been a pioneer in transport innovation – from the first underground railway to the early rollout of ticketless travel. Now, it is leading the race to electrify road transport. EVs make up more …
Continue readingCongestion pricing works in small metro areas too (CityObservatory)
New York City is getting all the attention – much deserved – for the breath-taking success of congestion pricing. Speeds are up, congestion is down, there are fewer crashes, less noise, more people on the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 April 2025
• Second HS2 tunnel reaches Greenford, completing Western Northolt tunnel (Ian Visits) • Nancy replaces single-rail TVR gadget-bahn with modern battery trolleybuses (Streetsblog) • Manhattan Congestion Pricing Not Rerouting Traffic to Other Boroughs (Streetsblog) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 February 2025
• I was sent to cover the Moorgate train disaster. I had no idea it had killed my father (The Guardian) • A Million Cars Disappeared: NYC after a Month of Congestion Relief Pricing (Fast …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 January 2025
• New Jersey commuters report crowded trains with congestion pricing (PIX11) • US Rapid Transit Projects planned to open in 2025 (TransportPolitic) • The Interconnexion between Broad Street & Liverpool Street Stations, as were (LondonRail) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 December 2024
• No Tyne & Wear Metro service south of River Tyne due to highway flyover fault (BBC) • New Berlin-Paris high-speed rail service epitomises Europe’s thirst for train travel (RFI) • New York State Governor …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 November 2024
• The inside story of the Transport for London cyberattack (London Centric) • Green signal given for first UK co-operatively owned railway service (The Guardian) • Caltrain’s electrification project is paying off big-time (SFGate) • …
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