Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Stripping GTR of its franchise not a viable threat (LRTwitter) • Central line heatwave (Wired) • Do Londoners dream of electric buses? (IanVisits) • Dunbar number for places is …
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Victorian (Australia) regional rail revival
The Australian and Victorian Government has provided an update on the construction timeframes for the AUS$1.75 billion Regional Rail Revival which will upgrade every regional rail line across Victoria. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for …
Continue readingRise of the ‘little vehicles’ (CityLab)
Why little vehicles will conquer the city – nearly all of them look silly, but if taken seriously, they could be a really big deal for urban transportation. The public reaction to the arrival of …
Continue readingElectric roads launched in Sweden and Netherlands (Eltis)
April and May 2018 saw the inauguration of two innovative pilot projects on the ‘electrification of roads’. Both could help support the transition to carbon neutral transport. While one project attempts to generate clean energy …
Continue readingMicro transit is a dismal failure (Streetsblog)
To hear the start-up world tell it, “micro transit” is the next big urban transportation breakthrough. But out in the real world, the results haven’t lived up to the hype. “Micro transit” refers to services …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 29 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • Cost comparison of London’s cycle commuting options (Urban/Rural) • Did the Blitz enhance London’s economy? (SpatialEconomics) • Network visualisations of a different kind (Aeon) • Impact of the World …
Continue readingElectric resurrection for old bin lorries (E&T)
Electric motors are being used to return end-of-life bin lorries back to active duty in a trial taking place in a London borough. It is hoped that ‘repowering’ will greatly extend the working life of …
Continue readingSuper/Ultracapacitors, hybrid storage advances (TheEngineer)
In our April cover feature, “Charging into the future”, we looked at developments in battery technology aimed at storing large amounts of charge for long periods; the main application for this is in storing intermittent …
Continue readingBoston sandbags North-South Rail Link (PedestrianObservations)
Boston has two main train stations: South Station, and North Station. Both are terminals, about 2 km apart, each serving its own set of suburbs; as a result, over the last few decades there have …
Continue readingAutomatic passenger counting testing on London buses (Metro-Report)
Transport for London started a three-month trial to test new methods of counting bus passengers on June 8. The aim is to find the most accurate real-time automatic passenger counting method. TfL believes that this …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 June 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • So what’s this franchising for? (PassengerTransport) • Wireless augmented reality audio Tube navigation standard (ITUNews) • Underground lines vertical profile maps (DanSilva) • TfL to cut road speeds to …
Continue readingAustralia commits to Western Sydney Airport rail link (GlobalRailNews)
A landmark deal has been reached between the governments of Australia and New South Wales to build the first stage of the North South Rail Link. The line will connect St Marys, a suburb in …
Continue readingWhy electric vehicles not ideal solution for London (IntelligentTransport)
How failing to manage electric vehicles could inadvertently promote congestion and pollution, not reduce it… The age of owning a private car has passed its peak. Fewer Londoners own a private car than ever before, …
Continue readingTfL to cut road speeds to boost safety (MayorWatch)
Bus speeds are to be limited in order to help boost the safety of cyclists – transport bosses are preparing an “ambitious” plan to boost the safety of cyclists and pedestrians on London’s roads. Due …
Continue readingWhy London’s Slow Zones save lives & New York’s don’t (StreetsBlog)
In New York’s slow zones, speed humps are the only physical traffic calming measure. London uses a greater variety of traffic calming measures, installed more intensively. New York’s quick and cheap approach to creating “neighborhood …
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