nIn a Super Bowl commercial that aired earlier this year, GM declared that its electric vehicles were designed for everyone. The ad closed with the image of a one-armed surfer to emphasize its point. But sometime later, that surfer …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 26 July 2021
• Strand to be part pedestrianised from late August (IanVisits) • TfL wants to inspire licensing partners further (LicensingSource) • Exploring London Waterloo’s secret arches (Rob’sLondon) • Europe’s cities are making transport systems more gender …
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• Proposal to reopen Oxfordshire rail line (NewCivilEng) • Mind the Gap: Keeping trains & platforms level is a complex issue (IMechE) • A40 buslanes almost perfect, but stop short (Freewheeling) • Berlin’s severe new …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 July 2021
• UK urged to decarbonise railways with electrification plan (E&T) • Reprieve for 46 old railway bridges but dozens more face infill (Times) • Air grievances: NYC pollution maps by source (UrbanOmnibus) • Connect the …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 June 2021
• Transreport app greatly improves rail accessibility for disabled passengers (Railway-Tech) • Germany’s other historic suspension railway (UrbanTransport) • NYC MTA breached by hackers as cyberattacks surge (NYTimes) • Regional rail makes most sense on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 May 2021
• Epic row brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’ (Wired) • Bakerloo line Oxford Circus platforms get Harrington Humps (HydeParkNow) • Longest public art commission in the world (Guardian) • History of East London Line …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 March 2021
• The man who sacked Harry Beck: Rethinking Harold Hutchison (Bryars&Bryars) • Scotland’s railways to be nationalised next year (Guardian) • What’s next for NYC Penn Station? Penn South (RegionalPlanAssoc) • How car-centric street networks …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 February 2021
• HS2 starts construction of Old Oak Common crossover box (IanVisits) • Hidden London Hangouts digs deeper at Piccadilly Circus station (LTM) • Sweden’s interactive Arctic bus shelter (Dezeen) • Public lifts & escalators for …
Continue readingNew Year’s Day Reads – 1 January 2021
A new year, a new hope. • Parts of Strand & Aldwych to be pedestrianised (IanVisits) • Battery trolleybuses & transit priority in Zurich (EcoPath) • Moynihan Train Hall Penn Station replacement opens (NYTimes) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 28 December 2020
• Tube whiteboard poems ‘make people less alone’ (BBC) • People without bank accounts struggle to use London’s transport (IanVisits) • York Road ^& Maiden Lane abandoned stations video (JagoHazzard) • Second Hamburg S-Bahn Crossrail …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 November 2020
• London hospital trust to pay £250k for a LTN for public health benefits (Guardian) • Do bike lanes have an accessibility problem? (CityLab) • Finding City Road, Islington’s abandoned Tube station video (JagoHazzard) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 November 2020
• TfL delays accessibility works at 9 stations due to Covid-19 revenue hit (Building) • Denmark Hill station getting new entrance, photovoltaics in major upgrade (IanVisits) • Northern announce on-train permit scheme for mobility scooter …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 October 2020
• Margaret Calvert updates typeface for Network Rail wayfinding system (DesignWeek) • Blind scientist lost in Tube shines light on TfL red tape (Standard) • Hidden London Hangouts: Routemaster prototypes (LTMuseum) • A 30km live …
Continue readingNetwork Rail’s open data programme begins (RailTechMag)
The working condition of 1,500 lifts and 300 escalators across nearly 500 stations will soon be available for passengers to view in aid of helping them plan their journeys through stations with real-time knowledge of …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 4 September 2020
• Consultation begins on banning pavement parking in England (Guardian) • Great Northern Railway Journey – King’s Cross & the ECML (Great Northern) • The Four Poster rail station (AnonW) • 82% want the gov’t …
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