• A New Map for London’s Various Transport Modes (Mappingford) • If you were to build a depot for Channel Tunnel passenger trains, where would you build it? (Jon Worth) • The Tokyo Train Station …
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Friday Reads – 9 February 2024
• Battery traction trial ahead as TransPennine Express fortunes improve (Railway Gazette) • New £2bn Edinburgh tramline to be put to public consultation (New Civil Engineer) • History of psychological tricks TfL trialed to make …
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• Ticket office stealth closures: London train Cos reveal they stopped hiring new counter staff (Standard) • 1st West End Tube stations receive 4G/5G coverage (RailUK) • The NIMBY infra tax on new UK & …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 September 2023
• The London Underground Line Loo League Table (CarolineRussellAM) • How a community bus service made a Perthshire village smile again (Guardian) • Photos read by Lead Curator of UK National Railway Museum: Video (RailPhotoArt) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 August 2023
• DfT mulls stripping HS2 Euston terminus to 7 platforms (NewCivilEng) • Great Train Robbery 2 sequel flops badly (RailwayTechnology) • Combatting the sound of the Underground in London (RailTech) • Paris to charge SUV …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 July 2023
• £14m in fines levied on TfL & TOL for Croydon Tram crash (RailwayTechnology) • UK announces £680m for Turkish high speed electric railway, but no UK benefit (LondonEconomic) • Northern expanding using classical music …
Continue readingFloors – The Next Dimension in Safety and Wayfinding
Station and platform floors have traditionally been unadorned, and only recently has their potential as a blank canvas for relaying information to passengers been utilised. The floor is the stage on which the drama of …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 July 2023
• Govt knows the value of London transport investment but withholds it anyway (OnLondon) • Behind the scenes of the National Railway Museum’s modernisation: Video (RailNatter) • Madrid launches its first bus rapid transit – …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 July 2023
• That’s the end of the franchise era, then (RailNews) • Lambeth council latest to start emissions-based fees: paying double for parking (Guardian) • Global growth of light rail lines (UKTram) • Govt details how …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 June 2023
• Tube pickpocketing up as police report stats (Standard) • The problem w/ Rowan Atkinson’s take on electric cars, is too many electric cars (LloydAlter) • The work of Tube fluffers, now called track cleaning …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 May 2023
• British infrastructure agency running out of money says leaked report (RailFreight) • The twenty-six (26!) attempts to extend the Bakerloo line: Video (JagoHazzard) • Deep inside South Kentish Town ghost Tube station: Video (HiddenLondonHangouts) …
Continue readingBetter engage the public by having them play serious games of the options (TransportInfraNews)
Transport planners need to play more games with the public to better understand their needs when consulting over future proposals, an event has heard. But playing games does not mean messing around. Instead, specially created …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 July 2022
• TfL trials cooling solution for Tube network (RailUK) • London cycling up by 25% since pre-Covid (EveningStandard) • Future looks bright for buses & transport in some British cities (CentreForCities) • New York Penn …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 May 2022
• Northern Line Bank Branch to reopen Monday 16 May (IanVisits) • Fare caps might get transit out of the pandemic slump (NextCity) • US cities testing benefits of Universal Basic Mobility (CityLab) • 16 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – April 25 2022
• A flash sale is not a transport strategy: What Is wrong with British rail (inews) • Pollution back to illegal levels on ex-zero emissions London street (Guardian) • Portland’s Tilikum Crossing longest US non-traffic …
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