• Mobile phone coverage coming to Underground tunnels (IanVisits) • Euston Station goes live with British Sign Language screens (Railway-Tech) • Barcelona accelerating link to connect tram networks (Tramways&UrbanTransit) • Grand by design: History of …
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ELASTIC project stretches tram sensor tech (MetroReport)
Three trams and three tram stops in Firenze have been equipped with sensing, computation and communication capabilities as part of the Software Architecture for Extreme-ScaLe Big-Data AnalyticS in Fog CompuTIng ECosystems project to develop autonomous …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 11 June 2021
• South Kensington station heritage upgrades & development tensions (OnLondon) • Virtual tour of proposed West London Orbital Overground (CapitalWestLondon) • Berlin’s free cargo bikeshare program (StreetsBlog) • Opening up a brutalist bus terminal (Dezeen) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 31 May 2021
• Uber’s GMB union deal doesn’t mean its battles are over (Wired) • Finally a new rail tunnel under Hudson River is to be built (NYTimes) • The planning that goes into Amtrak livery designs …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 May 2021
• Crossrail’s West End station status review (DiamondGeezer) • Rail Alphabet 2: NR’s sequel wayfinding signage – Pt 1 (BeautyOfTransport) • The 5 irrational motivations in transport (Freewheeling) • Aboard the new Paris T9 tram …
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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 May 2021
• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 May 2021
• East Midlands Railway launches 1st electric route after electrification (RailTech) • How the London General Omnibus Co icon was nearly a rabbit (IanVisits) • Swedes building all-electric hydrofoil ferry to serve Stockholm (Engineer) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 April 2021
• Hopes for West London Orbital Overground consultation later this year (IanVisits) • England’s old canals help with HS2 construction (BoatingBusiness) • The Island Gardens DLR accident: what really happened (JagoHazzard) • This is how …
Continue readingWednesday’s Friday Reads – 21 April 2021
News and great links are piling up, so this is a special extra edition of Friday Reads: • Mayor announces plans to power TfL on renewables (AirQualityNews) • France’s bonus malus vehicle tax scheme make …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 April 2021
• London Overground could finally get individual line names (IanVisits) • The partly-abandoned Tooting, Merton & Wimbledon Railway (JagoHazzard) • Cars are no longer welcome in Heidelberg (NYTimes) • A short history of the ‘upstairs …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 April 2021
• NUMTOT transit nerds now have their own dating app! (Atlantic) • TfL bus services innovation has slowed considerably (Freewheeling) • Pedestrianisation plans for Bank junction in the City (IanVisits) • Uber’s own public transit …
Continue readingNew cargo-tram test in Karlsruhe, & other European examples (MediaRail)
Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 March 2021
• TfL’s Lane Rental scheme for utility works expanding (IanVisits) • Which is London’s fastest Underground line? (OnLondon) • Karlsruhe transforming last mile logistics with trams (RailFreight) • Can Amtrak Joe revolutionize US public transport? …
Continue readingHitachi tests battery LRV in Florence (IntlRailJ)
HITACHI Rail has successfully tested a battery powered Sirio LRV during revenue service in Florence, the manufacturer’s first venture into battery trams. The trial involved equipping an existing Sirio LRV with batteries, which was operated between Alamanni …
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