• Northern Line’s mulled Egyptian renaming (IanVisits) • South London’s lost canals (TheGreatWen) • Great Yarmouth’s 1928 Venetian waterways reopen after restoration (Revitalization) • Stockholm’s abandoned Eriksdal train tunnel (AtlasObscura) • Munich’s U9 Ubahn extension …
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Robot boats to form dynamic bridge (ArchPaper)
A joint team of researchers at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolis Solutions (AMS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senseable City Lab have developed what they’re calling “the world’s first dynamic” bridge. Powered by a …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 July 2019
• Rolling bridge proposed for Lea River crossing (IanVisits) • Dutch Railways looking to build homes above train tracks (NLTimes) • Berlin’s big push to improve its public transit (UrbDeZine) • Portland studies tunnel LRT …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2019
• Piccadilly Circus Tube’s Sign Language staff (HydeParkNow) • TfL’s hidden dungeons (Paszkiewicz) • Commuter sells seat on crowded Tokyo train (Guardian) • Self-driving robotic boats for Amsterdam’s canals (CBCSpark) • Improving bus time accuracy …
Continue readingNorway invests in electric ferries (CleanTechnica)
Corvus Energy has been selected by Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 to supply lithium-ion energy storage systems for 5 new all electric ferries. The new ships are being built by Havyard shipbuilders and are expected …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • London’s other massive tunnel under construction (E&T) • London’s lost canal network (Londonist) • How Roman roads predict modern day prosperity (WashingtonPost) • Vancouver’s multi-modal success story (StreetFilm) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 March 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Crossrail restores Kingsway tram tunnel (IanVisits) • London Book Barge: A bookshop to float your boat (NY Times) • How infrastructure affects house prices (Savills) • …
Continue readingElectric ferries are coming (Crosscut, Passenger Ship)
Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry – Washington state is poised to embark on an experiment in electric car ferries that could eventually transform the largest ferry fleet in the nation. And little Skagit County is leading …
Continue readingFriday Reads – December 22, 2017
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • London waterways Tube-style map, with sounds (SoundSurvey) • Overhead footbridges of London (Londonist) • Land Registry reveals London secret tunnels (Who Owns England) • Successful cities …
Continue readingThe Friday Reading List: 6 January 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 readingLondon’s First Highway Part 1: The Fall and Rise of River Buses
Over two millenia ago, at the furthest downstream location that a bridge could be built across the River Thames, London was born. In many ways the river is the very reason for London’s existence. The …
Continue readingA Familiar Fear: Flooding & The Underground
If New York and London are twinned as cities, then it is only a small leap to think of the London Underground and the New York Subway as sister networks. They may differ in many …
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