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Category: Pedestrians

Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 February 2020

On 24 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Taxis, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Heathrow e-taxi charge prices forcing cabbies to run petrol engines (TaxiPoint) • Art Deco by the Sea Exhibit (ArtDecoSociety) • The rise and fall of the Aérotrain (FabricOfParis) • Asphalt art creates safer streets …

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Friday Reads – 21 February 2020

On 21 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, History, London Bridge, Pedestrians, Uber

• My Fair Lady – London Bridge station (BeautyOfTransport) • Surprising reason for the Underground’s new heritage signs (IanVisits) • Norwegian dream road tunnels (BldgBlog) • Natural selection of urban public transport (CityLab) • San …

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Friday Reads – 14 February 2020

On 14 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2020

On 3 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution, Sleeper Trains, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Two major UK rail stations fail air quality standards (Railway-Tech) • Playing patriarchy chicken with male commuters (NewStatesman) • Integration of all transit key to public transport success (Globe&Mail) • Philadelphia bucks trend & …

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Friday Reads – 10 January 2020

On 10 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, Micromobility, Pedestrians

• End of Euston station’s underground taxi rank (HydeParkNow) • How railways can better deal with heatwaves (BBC) • MaaS consolidation on the horizon? (SupraGeography) • Why don’t all cities use Leading Pedestrian Intervals? (PriceTags) …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2020

On 6 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Waterways

• Oslo reaches Vision Zero pedestrian deaths (StreetsBlog) • Grosvenor Canal, London’s last commercial canal (LondonCanals) • Level boarding fairness: Letting everyone on (PermanentRail) • Switzerland and France now linked by S-Bahn (RailTech) • Inside …

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Friday Reads – 3 January 2020

On 3 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Pollution

• York to ban private cars from city centre within 3 years (guardian) • A Spitfire parts factory in Marylebone (LondonCanals) • Electric car owners can be paid to charge (AirQualityNews) • The 2010s in …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 December 2019

On 30 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians

This edition has been compiled by Friday Reads contributor Daniel Demby: • Abandoned Tube tour photos (Guardian) • Pedestrian detection systems don’t work well, AAA finds (ArsTechnica) • America’s alleyways capital & its first curvy …

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Friday Reads – 27 December 2019

On 27 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution

• Tales from the haunted Underground (MysteriousUniverse) • SUVs sabotage Net Zero 2050 goal (AirQualityNews) • Nearing the end for the sub-compact city car (AutoCar) • Drivers won’t put down phones & people keep dying …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 December 2019

On 16 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Overground, Pedestrians, Podcast

• Is London’s Tube map still fit for purpose? (CityLab) • Another plea for unique Overground line names (CityMetric) • Give me back my footway (TransportXtra) • End of the Denmark – Germany train ferry …

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Friday Reads – 13 December 2019

On 13 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• UK rail stations trial to help those with hidden disabilities (GlobalRailway) • Fighting Thatcher with poetry, & influencing NYC (UrbanOmnibus) • Air pollution Central London Tube map (MappingLondon) • Climate Connections: urban transport & …

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Friday Reads – 6 December 2019

On 6 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, History, Maps, Pedestrians

• History of Holborn Viaduct (HydeParkNow) • London 1933 Underground, Power and Substations Diagram (TransitMaps) • Repurposed Parisien transport infrastructure (FabricOfParis) • New Berlin airport & rail link to open, finally, October 2020 (IntlRailJ) • …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 December 2019

On 2 December 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Introducing the Central London Walking Network (LondonLivingStreets) • Sheffield’s tram-train a success so far (Wired) • Why Paris wants to tax Amazon deliveries (CityLab) • Redesign cities with women in mind (Globe&Mail) • Augmented …

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Friday Reads – 29 November 2019

On 29 November 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, TfL, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL’s cancelled roundel (IanVisits) • London recent aerial photography (Colossal) • UK railways mostly nationalised – by other countries (LondonEconomic) • Medieval trade routes interactive map (MerchantMachine) • Copenhagen increasing parking costs 100 times …

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 November 2019

On 25 November 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Architecture, Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians

• Westminster Tube station gets Africa themed roundels (IanVisits) • How Barcelona replaced car domination with SuperBlocks (Vox) • Are train companies doing enough to help disabled passengers? (Which?) • The importance of station second …

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