• 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 …
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Thames Clippers wins Hammersmith Bridge ferry contract (IanVisits)
Friday Reads – 5 March 2021
• More spent on failed Garden Bridge than on TfL crossings in 10 years (NewCivilEng) • Safeguarding the Bakerloo Line Extension (IanVisits) • Hammersmith High Line competition ideas (HydeParkNow) • Trans Europe Express 2017 video …
Continue readingFriday Reading List – 10 March 2017
As anyone looking to properly understand London’s transport needs and network knows, context, background and best-practice are important. As readers might imagine, behind the scenes here at LR Towers we thus spend a lot of …
Continue readingOver and Under: Thameslink, Crossrail and Woolwich Questions
Images bring to life many London Reconnections pieces. We are lucky to have a band of chums willing to brave frostbite, heat stroke and going rusty to capture stuff on our behalf. Therefore our thanks …
Continue readingIn Pictures: Thames Cable Car
Following on from Mwmbwls’ earlier piece, below is a better image of the currently anticipated route, and a very early concept image (which obviously may bear no relation to any actual design).
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