• Lambeth strategy to make its kerbsides fairer, more accessible, & more climate resilient (LambethCouncil) • The 1930s, the decade that schematic map diagrams matured (MaxwellRoberts) • Amsterdam’s new underwater bike garage is next-level cycling …
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Friday Reads – 27 January 2023
• Inside HS2’s new Old Oak Common railway station (IanVisits) • Stanley Heaps: The other London Underground Chief Architect (ModernismInMetroland) • A public transport system of epic proportions – the Paris RER: video (RMTransit) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 January 2023
• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – LTNs – do not push traffic onto boundary roads: study (Guardian) • Plans to open a disused railway as the Camden Highline are approved (IanVisits) • Macron announces RER commuter …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 January 2023
• New transport campaign encourages culture of active bystanders to deter harassment (RailUK) • Improving wellbeing at stations with living walls (RailStaff) • Getting bus priority right: Lessons from Bologna (ItalianUrbanLetters) • Warszawa offers 60 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 January 2023
• Adrian Shooter obituary, by Christian Wolmar (Guardian) • Edinburgh’s Newhaven tram extension almost complete (RailEngineer) • Public transport openings & construction starts planned for 2023 (TransportPolitic) • Here & There: Art of public transport …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 January 2023
• The world’s most congested cities: London is #1 (CityLab) • New European Sleeper train will start between London & Berlin from May (Seat61) • New York’s plan to pedestrianise Fifth Avenue, w/ bus & …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 January 2023
• The smells of London: The aromatic Tube Map (Londonist) • In search of perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow – Rail Symbol 2 (BeautyOfTransport) • A new UK wine train to Bordeaux by 2026 is in …
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 – 2 January 2023
• Secrets of Clapham South deep-level shelter: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • The Shakespeare Tube Map by TfL (Mapway) • Cool contemporary Thameside sculpture (TidalThames) • Andy Burnham calls for London-style public transport for Manchester (Standard) • …
Continue readingNew Year’s Eve’s Eve Reads – 30 December 2022
• Dicken’s Mr Micawber’s part in TfL’s new business plan (OnLondon) • Sounds of the Night Riviera train: audio (RadioLento) • Love the Rail Mail train ride? Here’s a Maginot Line ammo train ride: LOUD …
Continue readingBoxing Day Reads – 26 December 2022
• Biggest UK government intervention ever to keep rail fares low (RailUK) • The Caledonian Sleeper experience: video (GLovesTrains) • Too much fine dust in Brussels – 50kmh speed limit & STIB free on Saturdays …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 December 2022
• More rail strikes announced for just after Christmas (IanVisits) • London’s fix for air pollution: making drivers pay (CityLab) • Where it’s at! A two track turntable and a railway station (EuroGunzel) • NYC …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 December 2022
• Lessons learnt from Crossrail’s development (NewCivilEng) • Scotland according to ScotRail’s automated station announcements (JonnElledge) • TfL’s 4 categories of Underground stations – not what you think: video (JagoHazzard) • Experiencing the Caledonian Sleeper: …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 December 2022
• Rail industry mourns the death of Adrian Shooter CBE (RailNews) • How to analyse Marey time-distance, or stringline, route service charts (HomeSignal) • Enormous scale of new Germany-Denmark immersed mega-tunnel: video (B1M) • Five …
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 …
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