• Thames Barrier pedestrian/cycling bridge proposal (IanVisits) • Tyne & Wear Metro modernisation video (RailBusinessDaily) • Bus use increasing in only one part of Britain (UrbanTransportGroup) • Living on top of a railway viaduct (PopUpCity) …
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Friday Reads – 31 May 2019
• Updated Legible London mono- & mini-liths for the City (CityWayfinding) • Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Crossrail (BeautyOfTransport) • New ideas for old Paris infrastructure (CityLab) • Cyclists break far fewer road rules than …
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Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • The first Underground fare zones map, by Phil Roe (TransitMap) • Europe’s 5 most epic sounding modern trains (TransportDesigned) • Railway station vision accessibility pilot project (VIARail) • NYC’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL bans junk food ads (RailwayTechnology) • New life for the red phone boxes (E&T) • Conversion of Swedish bridge to flats & park (TheSpaces) • Toronto to pioneer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Hyde and seek – the road in Hyde Park (RoadsUK) • Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone comes into force (AirQualityNews) • Historical review of the Reconnections site (HydeParkNow) • Manchester’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Sub-surface line disruption averted by Thames Water (ThamesWater) • 6 graphs show how London’s changed since 2000 (CfL) • Oslo banning parking in city centre (NYTimes) • Boston considering …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 December 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Understanding London’s underground railway infrastructure (NathanDarroch) • Phone data saves London’s transport from chaos (Wired) • Walking high on other side of tracks (Times £) • The case for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Walking & cycling could help save high streets (TfL) • Wayfinding Barbican’s hidden high walks (CityWayfinding) • Colour intersections for safety & fun (Guardian) • Pitfalls of technical utopias …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Map of London’s 1947 tram & trolleybus routes (MappingLondon) • Will new larger Thames Clipper increase ridership? (BBC) • Thames Path opens between Woolwich & Charlton (FromTheMurkyDepths) • Pay …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 November 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Station sponsorships and TfL (Reconnections thread) • King’s Cross Coal Drops Yard history & photos (HydeParkNow) • Vacant underpass now useful public space (PopUpCity) • The Millennials improving Boston’s …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 October 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • UK rail companies’ message: We’re very sorry (NYTimes) • Tube Map of Summer Olympics host cities 1896-2020 (BrilliantTrains) • Civilising the City of London (UrbanTransportGroup) • London City Airport’s …
Continue readingToronto’s Great Streets (Star/Ryerson City Building Institute)
Amid growing concern about traffic deaths, the recent conversation in Toronto has often focused on what the city has done wrong in designing its streets. But a new report from the Ryerson City Building Institute …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • The Tube’s spiral escalator (LTMuseum) • The London walker’s Tube map (Londonist) • Manchester considering High Line on rail viaduct (Confidentials) • Story of classic three-wheel Reliant Regal Supervan …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Bethnal Green tube heraldry (ALondonInheritance) • Milan’s 1980s new Metro promo film (CityLab) • Bus map that looks like an IBM mainframe diagram (TransitMaps) • US National links – …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 July 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Why has non-London bus funding been halved? (TheConversation) • London’s goal to become world’s most walkable city (ThisIsPlace) • No toilets, no seats, no way to leave – no …
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