• Can nationalisation by stealth save Britain’s railways? (NewStatesman) • 10 year perspective on what has been achieved with London’s cycling (OnLondon) • Modern fare dodgers leave a trail of digital breadcrumbs says Digital Fraud …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 April 2023
• Blackfriars (road) Bridge repairs & history (BBC) • Southern Region Kent Electrification scheme 1958 film: Video (BennetBrookRy) • A spiral of motorway road signs at Somerset House (IanVisits) • New Yorkers are fed up …
Continue readingGood Friday Reads – 7 April 2023
• ‘Women on the Footplate’ against unacceptable behaviour speech at Heritage Ry Conf 2021: Video (JoanneCrompton) • Wales launches 1st VivaRail Class 230 hybrid train into service (RailTechMag) • Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 13 March 2023
• TfL data shows 20mph speed limits significantly reduce collisions & injuries (IntelligentTransport) • Underground perfection & imperfection, Tube Mapper’s Luke Agbaimoni: Video (RailNatter) • Vienna’s symphony of public transport: Video (UrbanCyclingInst) • The good, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 March 2023
• Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Abandoned UK railway links coming back into their own (NewCivilEng) • Evolution of a NA streetcar city into a modern metropolis: Video (UrbanCyclingInst) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 March 2023
• Bank Tube station’s new Cannon Street entrance has opened (IanVisits) • Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Almost 1 in 10 local UK bus services were axed last year (Guardian) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 30 January 2023
• Lambeth strategy to make its kerbsides fairer, more accessible, & more climate resilient (LambethCouncil) • The 1930s, the decade that schematic map diagrams matured (MaxwellRoberts) • Amsterdam’s new underwater bike garage is next-level cycling …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 December 2022
• TfL vows to develop plans for Crossrail 2 & Bakerloo, DLR extensions (NewCivilEng) • London Paramedic Cycle Response Unit arrives faster than ambulances (LondonAmbulanceNHS) • GTR admits to breaching Equality Act on access for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 October 2022
• Bond Street Elizabeth Line station now opening October 24 (RailwayTechnology) • Byford states driverless Tube trains ruled out by City Hall (EnfieldDispatch) • TfL to restart schemes to improve London active travel infrastructure (IntelligentTransport) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 August 2022
• Vintage Intercity train Co launches 1st class service alternative to Avanti West Coast (BusinessLive) • Construction of Germany’s deepest S-Bahn station (TunnelOnline) • Advocates sue Montréal transit agency for cutting ads criticizing high fares …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 August 2022
• New poll: Soaring petrol prices, cost-of-living boost rail travel (RailUK) • Finance hub that hoped to rival Canary Wharf ends in liquidation (CityLab) • Network Rail proposes discontinuous electrification for Boston MA commuter rail …
Continue readingUS Postal Service testing delivery by e-cargo bike (Electrek)
I recently wrote an opinion piece about how the United States Postal Service (USPS) could look to solve its gas-guzzler truck problem by following Europe’s example of delivering mail with smaller electric cargo bikes. As it turns …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 29 2022
• Put TfL live travel updates onto your smartphone homescreen (IanVisits) • Cycle paths to run alongside HS2 for 200 miles (AnonymousWidower) • 12 most effective ways to get cars out of cities (Guardian) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – April 22 2022
• London car parking permits are cheaper than bike storage (BBC) • Long before NYC’s High Line, there was the High Bridge (UntappedNYC) • Amtrak seeks control of Washington DC Union Station for expansion (Trains) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 February 2022
• TfL secures deal to build new Elephant & Castle station entrance (IanVisits) • Two UK rail museums plan exciting future (RailInsider) • Cargo without the carbon: Stunning rise of e-bike deliveries (Guardian) • Subway …
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