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Category: Friday Reads

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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Friday Reads – 14 May 2021

On 14 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In COVID, Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels

• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …

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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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Friday Reads – 7 May 2021

On 7 May 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Electrification, Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Waterways

• East Midlands Railway launches 1st electric route after electrification (RailTech) • How the London General Omnibus Co icon was nearly a rabbit (IanVisits) • Swedes building all-electric hydrofoil ferry to serve Stockholm (Engineer) • …

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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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Friday Reads – 30 April 2021

On 30 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, COVID, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Stations, Tunnels

• Disused rail tunnel reopens at King’s Cross Station (IanVisits) • How did London’s main line stations get their names? (OnLondon) • Planting this shrubbery along roads reduces air pollution by 20% (PriceTags) • Montréal’s …

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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 – 23 April 2021

On 23 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Arts, Buses, Friday Reads, Stations, Sustainability, Waterways

• Rail industry urges Govt to electrify now to meet Net Zero (RailBusinessD) • What happened with the Runcorn Busway? (Freewheeling) • Trans Europe Express could make a comeback (CNNTravel) • New Amtrak CEO aims …

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Wednesday’s Friday Reads – 21 April 2021

On 21 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Pollution, Sustainability, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

News and great links are piling up, so this is a special extra edition of Friday Reads: • Mayor announces plans to power TfL on renewables (AirQualityNews) • France’s bonus malus vehicle tax scheme make …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 19 April 2021

On 19 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Micromobility, Pedestrians, Uber

• Eurostar reaches refinancing deal with lenders (YahooFinance) • Traffic calming & LTNs do not delay emergency vehicles (PriceTags) • France moves to offer €2 500 e-bike credit for old gas cars (Electrek) • Tube …

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Friday Reads – 16 April 2021

On 16 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, River, Stations, Waterways

• France bans domestic flights than can be made by train (Guardian) • Kramer did it: the renaissance of urban river swimming/ (PopUpCity) • Favourite LRT & streetcar lines (Spacing) • The history, and future, …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 12 April 2021

On 12 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Aerial, Airports, Bridges, Friday Reads, Pedestrians

• Highways England plans to infill, demolish 130 disused railway structures (RailEngineer) • Breathing new life into underused & derelict rail arches (LowLineLondon) • Love letter to lost world of the Parisian pneumatic post (MessyNessyChic) …

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Friday Reads – 9 April 2021

On 9 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Design, Electrification, Friday Reads, London Overground, New York, Overground, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Tunnels, Vertical transport

• London Overground could finally get individual line names (IanVisits) • The partly-abandoned Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway (JagoHazzard) • Cars are no longer welcome in Heidelberg (NYTimes) • A short history of the ‘upstairs …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 April 2021

On 5 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Bridges, Design, Friday Reads, New York, Stations, Waterways

• A short, squat history of Underground tiles (Caroline’sMisc) • Urban waterways & the dynamics of canal architecture (ArchDaily) • KLM to offer train connections up to 700km (NLTimes) • Metro Works: The art and …

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Friday Reads – 2 April 2021

On 4 April 2021 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Logistics, New York, Pedestrians, Roads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Uber

• NUMTOT transit nerds now have their own dating app! (Atlantic) • TfL bus services innovation has slowed considerably (Freewheeling) • Pedestrianisation plans for Bank junction in the City (IanVisits) • Uber’s own public transit …

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