• Croydon tram crash safety report watered down (BuzzFeed) • Tube map of Roman London (Londonist) • Accessible UK Travel Policy Guidance published (RailwayNews) • Art Deco, Poirot & the Orient Express (ArtDecoSociety) • Boston …
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Current & future London rail overbuilds (NetworkWSP)
Building over rail infrastructure and terminus stations is helping to relieve the pressure of increasing city density in London. The idea of overbuilding has gained momentum in recent years. In London, where land values are …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 September 2019
• NYC new farecard decades behind London’s Oyster (NYPost) • E-scooters pulled from Miami streets to avoid ‘Scooternado’ (Gizmodo) • Toronto Green Line parkway proposal (UrbanToronto) • Freight trains could help predict earthquakes/ (PhysicsWorld) • …
Continue readingKolkata TBM failure causes extensive damage (TunnelTalk)
Tailseal failure on the EPBM [earth pressure balance machine] operating on a running tunnel drive for the Kolkata Metro is reported to be the cause of an uncontrollable inrush of water and material that led …
Continue readingParis testing ‘noise radar’ to auto-ticket loud cars (EnGadget)
Parisians with powerful cars might want to think carefully before showing off their rides. Parts of the city (most recently the suburb of Villeneuve-le-Roi) are testing a ‘noise radar’ system from Bruitparif that can pinpoint …
Continue readingNYC rail tunnel to cut cost by $1.4Bn (MassTransit)
The Hudson Tunnel Projects trims $1.4 billion with new financial plan. The project cost for the construction of a new rail tunnel beneath the Hudson River and the comprehensive rehabilitation of the existing 108-year-old tunnel …
Continue readingBig data culture evolving for rail (IntlRailJ)
The use of data and analytics across the railway process has moved on from its infancy and become a fully-fledged facet of everyday operations. Armed with a better idea of how their systems work and …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 September 2019
• World’s most famous crosswalk (HydeParkNow) • Box in a box to avoid Crossrail vibrations (IanVisits) • UK’s first autism friendly rail line (RailTechMag) • Photo essays of North American rail systems (SubwayNut) • Flying …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 August 2019
• TfL’s retail innovation competition shortlist (RetailTechInnov) • 1929 Kew Underground map (MappingLondon) • Aerial photos of London’s super sewer work (Tideway) • Caen replaces guided buses with tram network (RailTech) • Drivers suing Uber …
Continue readingLyft, Uber leaving some with disabilities behind (NPR)
Disability rights advocates say transportation giants Lyft and Uber are not doing enough to ensure equal transportation access as required under federal law. Uber and Lyft transformed how people get around cities, but the ride-sharing …
Continue readingLondon’s Exiles: Chris Upfold and Toronto’s Second Design Age
At the dawn of the millennium, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) had a problem. The TTC had been a transit world leader in the 1970s, building fare integrated, barrier-free surface transit terminals at most of its subway stations. That was in the past, however, and now the system was a mess.
Continue readingTube line to heat up London homes in winter (Guardian)
The sweltering temperatures on the tube’s Northern line will soon begin keeping homes in Islington, north London, cosy through the colder months, under a scheme to harness the heat from the underground. By the end …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 August 2019
• We need to talk about the Tube’s noise problem (Wired) • How walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier (Guardian) • Dutch build world’s largest multi-storey bike garage (TheVerge) • Europe edging towards post-car …
Continue readingWaze flooding streets to the Nash Equilibrium (LAMag)
Homeowners wake up to find themselves trapped in a pop-up freeway hell that makes it nearly impossible to exit their driveways. The transportation officials and the council members and the whining neighborhood associations are mere …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 August 2019
• Colindale station rebuild with housing approved (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace 1875 season ticket railway map (MappingLondon) • France’s solar roadway is a failure (Curbed) • Berlin’s Siemensbahn is coming back! (UrbanTransportMag) • 18 spectacular …
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