• 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
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 March 2021
• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: who will win the battle for city streets? (Guardian) • Hungary plans to increase transit ridership 80% by 2040, Budapest role (IntlRailJ) • Only in Montréal: REM elevated rail so ugly …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 March 2021
• The man who sacked Harry Beck: Rethinking Harold Hutchison (Bryars&Bryars) • Scotland’s railways to be nationalised next year (Guardian) • What’s next for NYC Penn Station? Penn South (RegionalPlanAssoc) • How car-centric street networks …
Continue readingMonday’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 readingFriday Reads – 26 February 2021
• Video: Development of TfL’s Overground (LTMuseumFriends) • Public transport moves the invisible workers of society (Atlantic) • Air rights above tracks in midtown Manhattan (OldStructures) • Chicago Metra fights switch icing with fire (RT&S) …
Continue readingCities using Value Capture to fund transit (StreetsBlog)
When the city builds a train line or a bus route, adjacent property values skyrocket. Why shouldn’t the public benefit more from that phenomenon? Generally speaking, there are few (if any) public investments that can …
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 – 25 January 2021
• Govt tells London builders to cut Tube overcrowding or be shut down (Building) • The Railway hobby – A history and a lament (LondonReviewBooks) • Turin turns abandoned tramway section into a linear park …
Continue readingThe Empires Return – London and New York City Part 2
The rise of London and New York City as major global cities can be traced in part to investment in high quality transport networks, as we described in Part 1, which helped enable each city …
Continue readingNew Year’s Day Reads – 1 January 2021
A new year, a new hope. • Parts of Strand & Aldwych to be pedestrianised (IanVisits) • Battery trolleybuses & transit priority in Zurich (EcoPath) • Moynihan Train Hall Penn Station replacement opens (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 December 2020
• Tube whiteboard poems ‘make people less alone’ (BBC) • People without bank accounts struggle to use London’s transport (IanVisits) • York Road ^& Maiden Lane abandoned stations video (JagoHazzard) • Second Hamburg S-Bahn Crossrail …
Continue readingBoxing Day’s Friday Reads – 26 December 2020
• Xmas DLR preliminary funding present for Thamesmead (IanVisits) • And a second entrance present for Surrey Quays station (IanVisits) • When the Big 4 railways banded together to run an airline (AirportOfCroydon) • How …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 November 2020
• TfL delays accessibility works at 9 stations due to Covid-19 revenue hit (Building) • Denmark Hill station getting new entrance, photovoltaics in major upgrade (IanVisits) • Northern announce on-train permit scheme for mobility scooter …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 October 2020
• London’s railway upgrades: A progress report (IanVisits) • Was this Highland tunnel built as part of the London Underground? (Scotsman) • Night trains planned for Amsterdam, Rome, and Barcelona (SwissInfo) • The ultimate niche …
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