Category: Funiculars
Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 September 2023
• End ‘spiral of decline’ of bus services by handing control to councils (LocalGovt) • Nottingham’s multi-pronged approach to effective public transport (MobilityMatters) • Prague’s new minimalist pedestrian bridge (Domus) • How the US created …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 May 2023
• Is renationalising more UK train services a viable strategy? (FutureRail) • Politicians’ cries of ‘The War on Cars’ fails to move voters (NewStatesman) • Brussels’ Good Move mobility plan cuts tram & bus delays …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 November 2021
• Tube strike Friday 26th November (IanVisits) • London Stratford tops busiest station League Table (RailBusiness) • Prague has one of the world’s best tram systems (Governing) • Austria’s $3.50 go-anywhere Klimaticket fights climate change …
Continue readingBarcelona’s Tibidabo funicular updated (UrbanTransport)
Cable Car builder Leitner revitalized the Funicular del Tibidabo in Barcelona. The reopening took place on 12 June 2021. The modernisation project included the delivery of two new vehicles, new infrastructure, platform screen doors and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 September 2021
• London’s clean air rules for trucks could benefit all of UK (SmartCitiesDive) • Bristol’s abandoned funicular tunnel used by BBC in WW2 (IanVisits) • The History of Britain’s canal system (HistoryOfLondon) • When cars …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 June 2021
• Transreport app greatly improves rail accessibility for disabled passengers (Railway-Tech) • Germany’s other historic suspension railway (UrbanTransport) • NYC MTA breached by hackers as cyberattacks surge (NYTimes) • Regional rail makes most sense on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 March 2021
• 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 …
Continue readingRecent downtown funicular wins award (Edmonton)
Alberta, Canada – The 100 Street Funicular opened to the public on December 7, 2017, with the help of the River Valley Alliance, provincial and federal governments. Since opening, the funicular has increased access to …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 February 2021
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 18 January 2021
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 October 2020
• Network Rail’s Wayfinding Design Guidance & Pictogram Redesign (SpaceAgency) • The Croydon Tram (unofficial) music video (Eccentronic) • The Victorian explosion in funiculars (FunicularFan) • Paris Mayor: Forget crossing through the city by car …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 September 2020
• Setback for West London Orbital railway plans (IanVisits) • Liverpool region proposes re-opening disused Wapping Tunnel (TransportXtra) • Pedestrianisation anew: Ancient Romans blocked city roads to carriages (Forbes) • How not to build an …
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