• Network Rail faces prosecution over fatal 2020 crash near Stonehaven (Guardian) • Let’s ride the Edinburgh Trams Extension: Video (GeoffMarshall) • AI cameras catch 297 drivers in 3 days in Cornwall (BBC) • Proposal …
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London eScooter trial data reveals mode shift but not from cars (CitiesToday)
New data released by Transport for London (TfL) has revealed that out of 2.5 million trips taken by rental e-scooter between June 2021 and November 2022, 93.5 percent would have otherwise been taken by walking, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 July 2023
• London buses are slowing down, slowing down, slowing down (OnLondon) • Gloucester Road: Forgotten spaces, historic features, & art installation: Video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Fare Dodger Bingo: Which excuses have you heard? (RailUK) • Freight …
Continue readingBike Runnels: Improving access for cyclists & all stairway users (ITE)
A runnel is a narrow channel in the ground that water flows through. A bike runnel is a narrow channel on the edge of a stairway that helpsdismounted cyclists with bikes, e-bikes or e-scooters negotiate …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 June 2023
• Britain’s railway is without a paddle (IntlRailJ) • New Wales Metro tram-train now in testing (RailUK) • Feasibility Study for £890m Oxfordshire rail link released (NewCivilEng) • Irish railway project takes old Scottish Sleeper …
Continue readingDfT has no idea if it is on track on its active travel targets (NatlAuditOffice)
Active travel describes everyday journeys made by walking, wheeling, or cycling. It includes trips that are made by foot, pedal-cycles, e-cycles, adapted cycles, wheelchairs, mobility scooters and push-scooters. Active travel is a low-carbon way to …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 May 2023
• TransPennine Express to be brought under government control (RailUK) • Meet the Tube moquette designer: Video (GeoffMarshall) • Improving accessibility of public transport for people with sight loss (RNIB) • Brunel’s Thames Tunnel south …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 April 2023
• Closing Nuneham Viaduct the right decision says Network Rail boss (NewCivilEng) • History of women in London’s transport (LTMuseum) • Repurposed Thurgoland railway tunnel has otherworldly acoustic characteristics (AtlasObscura) • If only we saw …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 March 2023
• Flight passenger duty cut sparks surge in UK domestic flights (Independent) • It’s time to radically rethink London’s roads: starting w/ its Red Routes (OnLondon) • Likely impact of approved Highline project will have …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 3 March 2023
• Bank Tube station’s new Cannon Street entrance has opened (IanVisits) • Cyclists now outnumber motorists in City of London (Forbes) • Almost 1 in 10 local UK bus services were axed last year (Guardian) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 February 2023
• Review of TfL’s recent rail & Tube upgrades (IanVisits) • Disabled campaigners are to thank for accessibility on the Elizabeth Line (TransportForAll) • Cardiff Council announces vision for Cardiff Crossrail (SWalesMetro) • Designer selected …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 10 February 2023
• A sneak peek inside the DLR’s new trains (IanVisits) • Network Rail & TfL announce partnership to create 20,000 new London homes (RailUK) • The hideous pedestrian tunnels marring access to the IMAX Roundabout …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 February 2023
• The Chinese spy balloon shows the downsides of the technology (Wired) • Fallout London upgrade features working Underground system (TheGamer) • Transforming unused railway station spaces into community hubs (RailTechnology) • Two Types – …
Continue readingChicago may test parking enforcement tech to cut traffic deaths (SmartCitiesDive)
Dive Brief Dive Insight The news comes after the parents of a deceased three-year-old girl filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday, alleging the city allowed unsafe road conditions. The girl died when she was run over …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 23 January 2023
• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – LTNs – do not push traffic onto boundary roads: study (Guardian) • Plans to open a disused railway as the Camden Highline are approved (IanVisits) • Macron announces RER commuter …
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