Abstract The urban heat island (UHI), which describes the warmer temperature over urban landscape, is the most studied climate effect of cities. Most studies focus on the surface and canopy layers, particularly in common urban …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 August 2025
• The Iconic 1940s Gants Hill Station: Video (Geoff Marshall) • What really ate Ebbsfleet? (Michael Dnes) • Women in London’s transport in the two world wars (London Transport Museum) • Why do US train …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 August 2025
• GWR battery train sets new world distance record of 200 miles to celebrate Railway 200 (Rail UK) • Merseyrail ‘tap-and-go’ ticketing launched (BBC News) • I can’t afford to commute anymore – transport costs …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 August 2025
• Labour to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail project (The Guardian) • Is HS2 heading to Manchester by stealth? (Michael Dnes) • Revival of Northern Powerhouse Rail could save HS2 to Manchester (James O’Malley) • ScotRail …
Continue readingUK Gov’t urged to Enable Solar Carport Potential as Sunshine Bill Returns to Parliament (E+T)
Renewable energy company RenEnergy is urging the government to tap into the potential of installing solar PV panels on the roofs of commercial carports across the UK. The Sunshine Bill, formally known as the ‘New …
Continue readingSan Francisco just sacrificed thousands of parking spaces for safety (SFStandard)
It’s Monday, and San Francisco just lost around 14,000 parking spaces as a change to the vehicle code — the Daylighting to Save Lives Bill (AB 413) — went into effect, requiring California cities to “daylight” intersections. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 November 2024
Parking under pressure: Why 3 cities raised prices on the best spots (SmartCitiesDive)
Variable-price parking is a new way of valuing urban real estate and incentivizing residents to make different transportation choices, advocates say. Finding free or inexpensive curb parking in a crowded, expensive downtown feels like hitting …
Continue readingOne solution to fight climate change? Fewer parking spaces (Grist)
Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation. In the beginning, parking lots were created to curb chaos on the road. But climate change has turned that dynamic on …
Continue readingUnderground parking garages are a wasted heat source (Anthropocene)
A large untapped source of energy could be right underneath our wheels, a new study shows. Cars parked in underground parking lots throw off so much heat that it warms up groundwater beneath them. This …
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 – 18 August 2023
• The future stations of HS2 (RailEngineer) • Brits use more water to wash their cars than UK’s major cities combined (MobilityMatters) • German government provides €12.5bn more for rail investment (IntlRailJ) • Chicago’s complex …
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 – 16 June 2023
• TfL puts larger transport infrastructure projects on hold amid funding uncertainty (NewCivilEng) • Peckham Rye station restoration finally complete (IanVisits) • Transport innovation, engineering, lobbying, & public relations in the age of steamboats (AntonHowes) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 June 2023
• Inside the project bringing mobile phone coverage to the Underground (TheEngineer) • TfL on track for operating surplus, board told (OnLondon) • Wren by river tour, 1 Sept only (VisitGreenwich) • What every British …
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