• London Congestion Charge set to rise by 20% to £18 (BBC) • VW Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates (The Guardian) • The Great Canal Collapse: Video (Paul Whitewick) • Britain’s …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 26 May 2025
• Reopening Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line: Reversing Beeching (FutureRail) • South Western Railway (SWR) was nationalised on Sunday (Ian Visits) • Crashes on 20mph & 30mph roads at ‘record low’ (BBC) • The 200 year …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 May 2025
• History is made as First Commuter Railway in the UK goes Signal-Free (Rail Advent) • No evidence’ that gov’t’s Jet Zero strategy to cut aviation emissions is working (New Civil Engineer) • The delays …
Continue readingWhat Happened to the NYC Subway’s Platform Screen Doors? (AaronShavel)
Years of promises gave way to abandonment as flawed scope development and unrealistic expectations derailed the MTA’s program from the start. After years of public pressure, the MTA announced a Platform Screen Door pilot program …
Continue readingVehicle Speed-Limiting Technology Gets State Law Foothold (Governing)
A new Virginia law will allow judges to require intelligent speed assistance devices for people with repeat reckless driving offenses. Advocates are pushing for similar policies in other states. In Brief: Last month, a driver …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 April 2025
• HS2 completes first anti-boom portal (Construction Index) • Edinburgh Trams ‘tap on/tap off’ system to launch soon (Herald Scotland) • Park Royal – A Station Fit for a King?: Video (Jago Hazzard) • How …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 18 April 2025
• Hard shoulder driving lanes on ‘smart motorways’ lead to needless deaths (BBC) • Why are America’s trains so slow? (Benjamin Schneider) • Italy’s new high-speed rail line looks to reverse depopulation, lift southern economy …
Continue readingHigh-visibility clothing may thwart pedestrian crash prevention sensors (InsuranceInstForHighwaySafety)
The clothing that makes pedestrians stand out to human drivers may make them invisible to automated crash prevention systems, a new study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety suggests. “These results suggest that some …
Continue readingNew York Subway testing system using smartphones to find track defects (AndroidAuthority/Trains)
Your smartphone is utterly packed to the brim with sensor of all kinds. Some of those are out in the open, like the cameras our phones use to image their surroundings, while others are hidden …
Continue readingUnderground climate change damaging city foundations (E+T)
Climate change could be having significant effects below the Earth’s surface that are only just starting to receive the attention they warrant. Warnings about the possible consequences of climate change tend to focus on the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2025
• This Cyclist has Gotten 1000s of Motorists Fined for Dangerous Driving: Video (Streetsblog) • The Future of the NYC Second Ave Subway: Video (TransitTalk) • Full size Brick Train sculpture in Darlington (Colossal) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2025
• TfL aims to use more AI to improve platform safety (BBC) • UK’s 20mph speed limits ‘are cutting car insurance costs’ (The Guardian) • Underfunded and Overwhelmed: The Struggle for Public Transit Funding in …
Continue readingThe vision behind London’s safe cycling evolution & future: Will Norman interview (Zag)
London is in the midst of a cycling revolution. With a Cycleway network that’s surpassed 400 kilometres, the capital city now boasts bike lanes that are officially longer than the London Underground. Zag turns to London’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 December 2024
• Google’s Tube Station Reviews (London Rail) • Blackpool’s Heritage Trams suspended as ‘increasingly difficult’ to operate (Rail Advent) • The future of long distance train services through the Channel Tunnel (Jon Worth) • China …
Continue readingCities aren’t ready to handle EV fires, experts say (Axios)
As more EVs hit the road, one often overlooked danger is the potential fire risk from parking all those energy-packed batteries together in an enclosed space, like a garage. Why it matters: EV fires last longer, are …
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