• Great British Railways: where passengers come last (FT) • GLA takes over moribund Royal Albert Dock ‘3rd Financial Centre’ (Guardian) • Berlin’s Tegel Airport transforming into climate-neutral, car-free district (FastCompany) • NYC Ferry will …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 August 2022
• How to prevent more European transport heatwave meltdowns (Wired) • Bollardology: History & taxonomy of London street bollards: Book review (LondonHistorians) • Lightning takes out catenary & disrupts Ottawa LRT line (Trains) • Delta …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 July 2022
• Piccadilly Night Tube restarting today: 1st full Night Network since start of pandemic (RailUK) • Plans to open a disused railway bridge over the Thames to pedestrians (IanVisits) • A better job of categorising …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 July 2022
• New powers for TfL to fine motorists caught in cycle lanes (Zag) • Video exploring the Northern Line Extension (NetworkNathan) • HS2 develops modular pre-fab tunnel arches (AnonWidower) • Long environmental assessments delay much …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 July 2022
• 9 more abandoned rail schemes receive funding toward restoration (NewCivilEng) • Northern line Night Tube to return July 2 (RailUK) • Paris beltway to swap traffic lanes for green space (CityLab) • Rotterdam rooftop …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 June 2022
• Elizabeth Line autumn target: through running & Bond Street opening (ModernRailways) • Lyon announces new express light rail project, cheaper than métro option (IntlRailJ) • Istanbul’s Sirkeci Station 45 years after the last Orient …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 May 2022
• London’s imperfect geometry from above: streets, buses, Tube entrances… (BernhardLang) • Victorian 3D paper concertina Thames Tunnel viewer for sale (IanVisits) • The invention of jaywalking (CliveThompson) • NYC speed cameras don’t operate evenings …
Continue readingUS proposing car safety rating overhaul to include pedestrians (Verge)
The US government finally realizes that cars kill people outside the vehicle, too. The Department of Transportation is proposing a major overhaul of the five-star safety rating The US government’s New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 22 2022
• London car parking permits are cheaper than bike storage (BBC) • Long before NYC’s High Line, there was the High Bridge (UntappedNYC) • Amtrak seeks control of Washington DC Union Station for expansion (Trains) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 15 2022
• Early UK bus station architecture descended from cinemas (BeautyOfTransport) • Montreal’s Blue line East Extension progresses toward 2029 (MassTransit) • Tel Aviv Red Line LRT almost ready for November opening (IntlRailJ) • Is third …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 8 2022
• UK govt to provide £7B to overhaul buses outside of London (IntelTransport) • DfT looking at Kent-Essex under Thames tram network (NewCivilEng) • Scotland takes railway back into public ownership (RailFreight) • Southminster station …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 1 2022
• TfL’s restricted briefing note on funding (OnLondon) • A brief history of the Crossrail branches evolution (RailwayNews) • New Exchange Square public space above Liverpool Street’s tracks (Dezeen) • The prescience of Ray Bradbury’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – March 14 2022
• A megalopolis of engineering: the new Crossrail (Guardian) • SNCF to install solar panels on 1.1M m2 of station areas by 2030 (RailTech) • Vienna’s U2xU5 line cross will reshape the U-Bahn & increase …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 February 2022
• London Emirates cable car line fails to find new sponsor (Guardian) • Bank Station Capacity Upgrade video walkthrough (HiddenLondonHangouts) • NY MTA vows $10B+ transit expansion by 2030 (NYDailyNews) • Work beginning on High …
Continue readingAthens installs parking sensors on crosswalks (UrbanMobilityObs)
In January 2022, the municipality of Athens has seen the start of two large actions to make the sidewalks in Athens more friendly and safe for pedestrians. The municipality of Athens has installed 830 smart sensors in …
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