Friday Reads – 7 August 2020

Underwhelming new TfL Go app still worth it for walking advice (SteveChambers)

Bridge loving PM refuses to fund Hammersmith Bridge repair (NewCivilEng)

Has Amtrak’s ex-airline CEO declared war on its long distance trains? (RailwayAge)

SFO transit needs simplifying: Too many agencies, not enough riders (CityLab)

Highway projects consistently fail to account for induced traffic (Planetizen)

James Sherwood, who revived the Orient Express, dies at 86 (NYTimes)

The Kruger Shalati Train Hotel: permanently parked on the park bridge (CNN)

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