• Stratford Station to undergo massive transformation (ArchitectsJ) • Why noise pollution is bad for your heart (BBC) • Toronto to buy 60 more streetcars from former Bombardier (TheStar) • NYC subway stations now offer …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2021
• Three train companies to increase services to 1,000 a week (RailTechMag) • History of the Watford DC Line (AshleyRabot) • Redefining & redesigning the Nantes tramway (Trams&UrbanTransit) • Tube style bike maps simplify cycling …
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• Eurostar reaches refinancing deal with lenders (YahooFinance) • Traffic calming & LTNs do not delay emergency vehicles (PriceTags) • France moves to offer €2 500 e-bike credit for old gas cars (Electrek) • Tube …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 March 2021
• SNCF: State aid for Eurostar needed within the month to survive (RailTech) • Ex-TfL Bus Boss Leon Daniels on the National Bus Strategy (FreeWheeling) • There’s one big problem with electric cars (NYTimes) • …
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 readingLondon’s First Highway: Part 3 – Evolution of River Passenger Transport Policy
Its roads and trains clogged, London has made a strong effort to bring passengers back to the Thames over the last two decades, as a return to its future past. TfL’s 2013 River Action Plan …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 February 2021
• Tube inspired map of London’s green spaces & connections (PositiveNews) • Forth rail tunnel key to Net Zero Scotland (NewCivilEng) • Grand Paris Express lines demystified (RMTransit) • Can Vancouver learn from the destruction …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 25 January 2021
• Govt tells London builders to cut Tube overcrowding or be shut down (Building) • The Railway hobby – A history and a lament (LondonReviewBooks) • Turin turns abandoned tramway section into a linear park …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 January 2021
• London buses converted to Covid ambulances (Guardian) • The archaeology of HS2 (RailStaff) • Welcome to the time capsule Art Deco Railway Hotel (MessyNessy) • The chic garments made from WWII escape maps (AtlasObscura) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 11 January 2021
• TfL revises & botches Thameslink addition to Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Transported music: Delightful links between transport and opera (LTMuseum) • Netherlands is transforming old ashtrays into bike charging stations (FastCompany) • Lund Sweden …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 4 January 2021
• We need more school streets banning cars for kids’ safety (CityLab) • History of Parisian tramways, beyond the horse (FabricOfParis) • Differences between subway maps & actual geography (MyModernMet) • Car access more than …
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 – 18 December 2020
• It’s back! Thameslink on the Tube Map (DiamondGeezer) • Crossrail offers virtual tour inside Farringdon station (IanVisits) • Symmetry on the London Underground (TubeMapper) • Irish Rail bringing natural cheer to morning commuters (Lovin) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 November 2020
• Preston’s iconic bus station brought to life in illustration (TransportDesigned) • Managing railway earthworks in a changing climate (GarethDennis) • Study reveals the world’s most walkable cities (Guardian) • Europe is finally slowing down… …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 November 2020
• Hidden London Hangouts explores the Kingsway Tram Tunnel (LTMuseum) • Details of Nicholas Grimshaw’s Waterloo Int’l station design (Dezeen) • Skip stop at Otterington Station (BeautyOfTransport) • Mapping Britain’s intercity footpaths (BBC) • Stop …
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