• Top court confirms UK has broken air pollution law (AirQualityNews) • London Cycle Routes YouTube channel shows safe routes (Road.CC) • Strap hanger advertising, & some unused concepts (LTMuseum) • Berlin gets Germany’s first …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 March 2021
• History of British railway freight control from telegraphs to TOPS (NewcomenSoc) • Why some bike shares work & others don’t (BBC) • Graham F’s video pick: Zürich snowplow tram cab ride (ZürichTramVideos) • Locomotive …
Continue readingScooter hailing is on the horizon (SmartCitiesDive)
Ford-owned micromobility firm Spin announced on Wednesday an exclusive partnership with software company Tortoise to bring teleoperated three-wheeled e-scooters to cities across North America and Europe in 2021. The Spin S-200 scooters, co-developed with Segway-Ninebot, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 February 2021
• Underground platforms showing door positions reduce delays 6.6% (ScienceDirect) • Germany plans integrated rail 2030s timetable to optimise high speed lines (Trains) • Amongst the creatures of the night: Halle Central Bus Station (BeautyOfTransport) …
Continue readingE-scooters getting ready for commuting comeback (CityLab)
Of all the things to look forward to post-vaccine, commuting might not be on the top of the list. But despite grand promises of a work-from-home forever, white-collar workers who went remote when the coronavirus …
Continue readingEngland tops 3,000 shared e-scooters (Zag)
There are now more shared e-scooters than bike-share bicycles in the country (outside London). The number of e-scooters available for short-term hire in the UK now exceeds 3,000, just three weeks after breaking the 2,000 …
Continue readingHype Cycle Curve for smart mobility (SAE)
Gartner’s annual Hype Cycle plots COVID impact on R&D timetables, but remains upbeat about the potential for many to be widely adopted. Gartner Inc.’s annual Hype Cycle (below) has become a much-anticipated metric of the maturity and …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 February 2021
• You are invited to a 360 virtual tour of Farringdon Station (Crossrail) • Elephant & Castle Tube station rebuild to include Bakerloo Extension (IanVisits) • What’s that London smell?? Mostly exhaust it turns out …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 January 2021
• 11,000t tunnel to push under East Coast Main Line a UK engineering 1st (NewCivilEng) • Tram benches celebrate Blackpool’s tram heritage (Blackpool) • You have no right to drive through our neighbourhood, even in …
Continue readingTfL looking for e-scooter operators for rental trial (TfL)
Transport for London (TfL) and London Councils have launched a competition to select up to three operators for a twelve-month trial of rental e-scooters. TfL, London Councils and London’s boroughs are working together on plans for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 December 2020
• It’s back! Thameslink on the Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Crossrail offers virtual tour inside Farringdon station (IanVisits) • Symmetry on the London Underground (TubeMapper) • Irish Rail bringing natural cheer to morning commuters (Lovin) …
Continue readingLA unveils plans for transport tech innovation zone (SmartCitiesDive)
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti shared plans this week for the city’s first Transportation Technology Innovation Zone in the West San Fernando Valley, designed for private companies and innovators to test tech-driven transportation solutions. The …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 December 2020
• A deeper dig into Aldwych (HiddenLondonHangout) • The rise and fall of Broad Street Station (ALondonInheritance) • Climate change hits Chicago cyclist (StreetsBlog) • Toronto Police embarrass themselves with cyclist speed traps – streets …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 November 2020
• Restoring a heritage London Underground roundel totem (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace’s never opened Tube station – video (JagoHazzard) • A conversation with London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner (StreetsBlog) • Clermont-Ferrand’s one-off monorail tram now …
Continue readingScooters are badly designed & increase inequality (FastCo)
The ideal shared electric scooter would work and look quite differently. Shared electric scooters are the vanguard of new micromobility fleets that are being deployed in cities across the United States. There are good reasons …
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