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Category: Friday Reads

Friday Reads – 11 May 2018

On 11 May 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, River, Uber

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Crossrail to generate electricity from wind its own trains (Wired) • What can London learn from Barcelona? (BanPrivateCarsinLondon) • Woolwich hybrid battery ferries in service late …

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Friday Reads – 4 May 2018

On 4 May 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Congestion Charge, Friday Reads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • Private Car problem not solved in Central London (BanPrivateCarsinLondon) • London’s Railways – Planning for Peace (ALondonInheritance) • 24 hour UK rail people (RailTechnology) • Fighting …

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Friday Reads – 27 April 2018

On 27 April 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Battersea Extension, Friday Reads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • London’s Pollution Pods (NextCity) •

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Friday Reads – 20 April 2018

On 20 April 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Taxis

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • How accessible are London’s new electric black cabs (DisabilityHorizons) • LTM Acton Depot celebrating Capital Design this weekend (TransportDesigned) • Why doesn’t the UK have more …

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Friday Reads – 13 April 2018

On 13 April 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s curated lineup: • Underground landscapes (Timo Stammberger) • Subway map complexity ranked by physicists (CityLab) • Boston proposes subway connection as HQ2 corporate welfare (NextCity) • End to …

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Friday Reads – 6 April 2018

On 6 April 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s curated list: • Designer of 3D buildings for Legible London Wayfinding (CityWayfinding) • Map of London’s ‘S-Bahn’ network (CityMetric) • Transit Map World Cup (TransitMap) • Car-free village …

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Friday Reads – 30 March 2018

On 30 March 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Aerial, Data, Friday Reads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Atmospheric Underground photos (TubeMapper) • Glasgow considering congestion charging (AirQualityNews) • Paris Mayor floats free transit for all (NextCity) • Data shows how often cars block …

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Friday Reads – 23 March 2018

On 23 March 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Fonts, Friday Reads, New York, River crossings

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • I can’t believe it’s not Johnston! (Medium) • Public consultation approves of Canary Wharf pedestrian bridge (CityAM) • Rotherhithe-Canary Wharf walking & cycling engineers appointed (Architects …

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Friday Reads – 16 March 2018

On 16 March 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Modernism in London’s Metro-Land (CityLab) • London Transport Museum to open two engineering-themed galleries (DesignWeek) • Transit State of the Art (Reconnections) • Exquisite tunnel symmetry …

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Friday Reads – 9 March 2018

On 9 March 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Waterways

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Crossrail restores Kingsway tram tunnel (IanVisits) • London Book Barge: A bookshop to float your boat (NY Times) • How infrastructure affects house prices (Savills) • …

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Friday Reads – 2 March 2018

On 2 March 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Thameslink

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Thameslink’s Canal Tunnels open (A London Blog) • Sir Peter Hendy’s 2018 George Bradshaw Address (Rail Delivery Group) • Tube fashion (WaveyGarms) • London Tramways document …

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Friday Reads – 23 February 2018

On 23 February 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Events, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Sleeper Trains

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Fourth London bus route goes fully electric (Intelligent Transport) • Court rules Paris car ban illegal (CityLab) • Trams may run again through Rome’s historic city …

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Friday Reads – 16 February 2018

On 16 February 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Central line, Events, Friday Reads, Maps

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Poster Girls: London Transport’s support of female creatives (The Drum) • East meets west under London (Beauty of Transport) • Tube map of Tube maps (CartoGeek) …

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Friday Reads – 9 February 2018

On 9 February 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Roads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Vision impaired & on the Tube? There’s an app for that (Tech’s Good) • LED road studs to guide drivers at complex junction (E&T) • Fifty …

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Friday Reads – 2 February 2018

On 2 February 2018 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Events, Friday Reads

Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Ocean liner speed and style exhibition to open (V&A) • Woolwich Crossrail station (1LondonBlog) • British railway viaducts (The Beauty of Transport) • Who abandoned this …

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