• Addison Lee could provide your next ambulance (London Centric) • Birmingham’s reopening £120M Rail: A detailed look at the Camp Hill Line: Video (SomeNorthLondoner) • Transpennine Route Upgrade electrification upgrade milestone (Infrastructure Intelligence) • …
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Friday Reads – 21 March 2025
• London’s black cabs destined for extinction in 20 years, TfL warned (Guardian) • London’s Most Controversial Bus, the BYD BD11 Reviewed: Video (Network Nathan) • Britain’s Bike-Friendliest ‘New Town’ Is a Model for Car-Free …
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• Design Language Basics for TfL’s Digital Displays (TfL Blog) • Making the Multi-Colour London Transport Museum roundel: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • So What’s the fare? A Short History of Cab Fares in London …
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• Midlands Rail Hub for Birmingham & Beyond, Explained: Video (Rail Focus) • More than 10,000 London black-cab drivers launch £250m Uber lawsuit (The Guardian) • City of London’s Radical Changes Encourage More Cyclists & …
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• Are we there yet? Barriers to transport for disabled people in 2023 (Transport for All) • UK online train ticket sellers warned to be more upfront about booking fees (The Guardian) • Revamped Central …
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• Brent Cross West station: The next stage in a long London journey (Dave Hill) • Passengers trapped on cold, dark trains as travel chaos hits west London (The Guardian) • South Western rail boss …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 December 2021
• TfL funding deadline gets one week extension (IanVisits) • TfL to ban private eScooters & eUnicycles from its premises (CityAM) • London cabbies’ Knowledge brains study may help diagnose Alzheimer’s (MapRoom) • Manchester buses …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 May 2021
• Epic row brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’ (Wired) • Bakerloo line Oxford Circus platforms get Harrington Humps (HydeParkNow) • Longest public art commission in the world (Guardian) • History of East London Line …
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• Deferring Crossrail 2 doesn’t only bode ill for London (OnLondon) • London’s ‘field of broken dreams’ overflows (NYTimes) • The history and future of Vivarail (RailEngineer) • Berlin finally opens U5 metro extension under …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 February 2020
• 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 …
Continue readingTaxi companies are fighting back (SmartCitiesDive)
All hail: How taxi companies stay competitive in an evolving marketplace. As ride-hailing services grow in consumer popularity, savvy cab companies are using technology and improved sustainability to compete for business. Every innovation brings the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL bidding to run Buenos Aires Metro (Guardian) • London black cabs to take on Uber (Wired) • Montréal’s iconic old Métro cars becoming creative spaces (NextCity) • How …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 April 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s list: • How accessible are London’s new electric black cabs (DisabilityHorizons) • LTM Acton Depot celebrating Capital Design this weekend (TransportDesigned) • Why doesn’t the UK have more …
Continue readingEV rapid charging network rolled out in London (E&T)
A network of rapid charging points for electric vehicles has been rolled out across London by Mayor Sadiq Khan. It includes 51 points for use by taxis and is part of a bid to improve …
Continue readingZero emission-ready cab now in London (Air Quality News)
London Electric Vehicle Company – LEVC – the company behind the zero-emission capable black cab, has handed over its first new model for use in the capital. The vehicle, dubbed the TX eCity is powered …
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