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Category: Cycles

Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 May 2021

On 17 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution

• 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 …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 May 2021

On 10 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, COVID, Cycles, Design, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Stations, Sustainability

• 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 …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2021

On 3 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Croxley Rail Link, Cycles, Friday Reads, HS2, Maps, Overground

• Three train companies to increase services to 1,000 a week (RailTechMag) • History of the Watford DC Line (AshleyRabot) • Redefining & redesigning the Nantes tramway (Trams&UrbanTransit) • Tube style bike maps simplify cycling …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 26 April 2021

On 26 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, DLR, Friday Reads, HS2, Overground, Podcast, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels, Waterways

• Hopes for West London Orbital Overground consultation later this year (IanVisits) • England’s old canals help with HS2 construction (BoatingBusiness) • The Island Gardens DLR accident: what really happened (JagoHazzard) • This is how …

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Friday Reads – 19 March 2021

On 19 March 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cable Car, Cycles, Friday Reads, Kings Cross, London Underground, Pedestrians, Piccadilly line, Pollution

• Design launch of the new London Underground Piccadilly line trains (RailEngineer) • Now is the time for road pricing (FreeWheeling) • 100 year old cart & rails found sticking out of Cornish cliff (CornwallLive) …

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Friday Reads – 12 March 2021

On 12 March 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Cycles, Friday Reads, Funiculars, Tunnels

• Let’s look within Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review (FreeWheeling) • The case for Manchester bus re-regulation (CityMonitor) • The cycling prescription for better health (Guardian) • Norway’s ship tunnel approved: the world’s first …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 March 2021

On 8 March 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, Micromobility, Pedestrians, Pollution

• Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law (AirQualityNews) • London Cycle Routes YouTube channel shows safe routes (Road.CC) • Strap hanger advertising, & some unused concepts (LTMuseum) • Berlin gets Germany’s first …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 March 2021

On 1 March 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Data, Friday Reads, History, Micromobility, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• History of British railway freight control from telegraphs to TOPS (NewcomenSoc) • Why some bike shares work & others don’t (BBC) • Graham F’s video pick: Zürich snowplow tram cab ride (ZürichTramVideos) • Locomotive …

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Friday Reads – 19 February 2021

On 19 February 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, History, HS1, Kings Cross, Pollution, Stations, Tunnels

• Air pollution in US subway systems stuns researchers (Guardian) • Reopening disused King’s Cross Gasworks tunnel for ECML boost (RailEngineer) • Fancy driving an HS1 train? Javelin train simulator launched (IanVisits) • Uncovering history …

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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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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 February 2021

On 1 February 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Cycles, Design, Friday Reads, Funiculars, New York, Pedestrians, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Vertical transport

• HS2 starts construction of Old Oak Common crossover box (IanVisits) • Hidden London Hangouts digs deeper at Piccadilly Circus station (LTM) • Sweden’s interactive Arctic bus shelter (Dezeen) • Public lifts & escalators for …

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Friday Reads – 22 January 2021

On 22 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, COVID, Cycles, Friday Reads, HS2, Maps

• London buses converted to Covid ambulances (Guardian) • The archaeology of HS2 (RailStaff) • Welcome to the time capsule Art Deco Railway Hotel (MessyNessy) • The chic garments made from WWII escape maps (AtlasObscura) …

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City car park to be turned into cycle delivery hub (IanVisits)

On 20 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Industry News

Part of an underground car park in the City of London is to be turned into a space for delivery services by bicycle around the City of London. The underground car park at London Wall …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 18 January 2021

On 18 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Cycles, Friday Reads, Funiculars, Pedestrians, River crossings, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• My Routemaster Passion live YouTube show Monday 18 Jan 6.15pm (LTMFriends) • Nine Elms ped/cycling bridge paused for council rethink (NewCivilEng) • The Millennium Inclinator: London’s most obscure transport? (JagoHazzard) • Is Cambridge Autonomous …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 11 January 2021

On 11 January 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Thameslink, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL revises & botches Thameslink addition to Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Transported music: Delightful links between transport and opera (LTMuseum) • Netherlands is transforming old ashtrays into bike charging stations (FastCompany) • Lund Sweden …

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