• Eurostar announces October direct Amsterdam – London service (GlobalRail) • The hustle and bustle sound of London, from 1928 (MuseumOfLondon) • Brunel’s little known Windmill Bridge (Three Bridges) in photos (TalesBraziersGrotto) • The hospital …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 August 2020
• Uber drivers launching legal bid to uncover app’s algorithm (Guardian) • Secret history of Thameslink’s core – video (AnotherStationMile) • New cycleways deliver $3bn annually in health benefits across Europe (Forbes) • Extending strategic …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 August 2020
• Fenchurch Street station may need to be moved (IanVisits) • More London bridges could face restrictions due to TfL cash woes (NewCivilEng) • How it’s made video – Underground roundel signs (LondonTransportMuseum) • Rail …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 August 2020
• Underground accessibility updates from the lockdown (StepFreeLondon) • Noise cameras coming to UK to silence thunderous exhausts (NewAtlas) • BAM Nuttall facing another claim over Cambridge Guided Busway flaws (ConstructEnq) • Travel the Parliamentary …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 August 2020
• Let’s not let COVID ruin the joys of train travel (Guardian) • American SUVs not allowed in Britain (PriceTags) • Crossrail’s multiple signalling systems challenge (RailEngineer) • St Albans ends fight against rail freight …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 August 2020
• London’s low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) keep cars at bay (CityLab) • Proposal to reopen Camberwell railway station, & Overground option (IanVisits) • Think of cycleways as priority lanes for ambulances (Forbes) • Best Parisian …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 August 2020
• Underwhelming new TfL Go app still worth it for walking advice (SteveChambers) • Bridge loving PM refuses to fund Hammersmith Bridge repair (NewCivilEng) • Has Amtrak’s ex-airline CEO declared war on its long distance …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 August 2020
• London’s non-TfL cycling lanes Tube map (CityMetric) • Season tickets now obsolete: we need flexible tickets now (Wired) • NR small & medium size station design & integration process (DesignCouncil) • The real parking …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 July 2020
• The plan for open topped, COVID-safe, London buses (CityLab) • Gov’t ending message to avoid public transport (TransportXtra) • England’s new, funded cycling and walking bold vision (NickSanderson) • Salzburg – Vienna flights cancelled …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 July 2020
• Mayor plans to power TfL Tube with green energy (RailBusinessD) • TfL: Buses ‘deserve priority over everything’ on London roads (Standard) • Settle & Carlisle charter trials offer alternative rail service (RailMag) • Isle …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 July 2020
• Bus, rail networks can no longer exist on separate planets (NewCivilEng) • City of London to convert parking bays into bike corrals (Forbes) • TfL introduce car-free zones & wider pavements in Square Mile …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 July 2020
• Banksy Tube graffiti removed but TfL ask him to use another space (ArtNewspaper) • Overground upgrading East London line, with government funding (IanVisits) • Portland TriMet reallocates $18m from transit police to public safety …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 July 2020
• Network Rail seeking contractor for Forth Bridge walk (RailTechMag) • Traffic clogged Brussels is building its own RER network (Forbes) • Comeback could reopen 4,000km of closed rail lines – in Germany (RailGazetteIntl) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 July 2020
• It’s time to bring railways back to life (Independent) • How Dublin can regain its Cycling City ways – video (5MinUrbanist) • Parking, micromobility and COVID (LinkedIn) • Baguette fight over Paris Gare du …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 July 2020
• DfT to demolish historic rail bridge between Ally Pally & Muswell Hill (Ham&High) • Reclaiming London’s kerbs (CentreForLondon) • A narrow gauge railway under South London (RailwayMag) • Tram-trains are making new connections (Trams&UrbanTransit) …
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