Friday Reads – 19 January 2024

In this Friday's reads: Glasgow and BART's new train fleets, the fate of E-scooter companies and a tribute to the shipping forecast.

By John Bull 1 min read
Friday Reads – 19 January 2024

A ride on Glasgow’s new Subway trains (BusAndTrainUser)

Car sales: we’ve hit a grim milestone not seen since 1981 (Slate)

How Montreal’s New Rapid Transit Line Saved Millions Per Mile (Bloomberg)

Japan to postpone plan to extend Hokkaido Shinkansen Line by 2031 (The Japan Times)

The five-minute city is a new bottom-up model taking over Paris (Domus)

BART’s new train fleet is saving hundreds of millions w/ in-house engineering (Trains)

E-scooter companies are going bankrupt. That should alarm you even if you hate them (Fast Company)

The Shipping Forecast - 100 years on air: Podcast (BBC)