• A short, squat history of Underground tiles (Caroline’sMisc) • Urban waterways & the dynamics of canal architecture (ArchDaily) • KLM to offer train connections up to 700km (NLTimes) • Metro Works: The art and …
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LRT bridges delivered by ocean barge (TheStar)
DARTMOUTH, NS—The Cherry Street North bridge is a long way from home. Right now, it’s sitting, sleek and streamlined, brilliant white and red against a clear blue sky in the backyard of the manufacturing facility …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 7 September 2020
• 180th anniversary, and history, of Brunel’s Temple Meads station (BraziersGrotto) • Vivarail’s D stock decarbonisation journey (Tangent) • The 200th anniversary, and history, of Regent’s Canal (HydeParkNow) • Dummköpfe! Audi blasted for horrendously unsafe …
Continue readingItaly converts ferry into floating hospital (Cruise&Ferry)
Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), part of the MSC Group, has converted its ferry Splendid into a floating hospital equipped to assist patients suffering from Covid-19 in Genoa, Italy, along with those convalescing from the illness. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 January 2020
• London’s canal waterbus (Londonist) • Manchester Ship Canal line map from 1923 (TransitMap) • We need to talk about noise in cities (Curbed) • NYC subway exhibit of subway station graphic design (UntappedCities) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 January 2020
• New diesel cars even dirtier due to loophole (AirQuality) • Alternative approaches to cooling the Tube (RailMag) • The sad fate of Brunel’s innovative Canal Bridge (HydeParkNow) • The fashion of Bristol Temple Meads …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 6 January 2020
• Oslo reaches Vision Zero pedestrian deaths (StreetsBlog) • Grosvenor Canal, London’s last commercial canal (LondonCanals) • Level boarding fairness: Letting everyone on (PermanentRail) • Switzerland and France now linked by S-Bahn (RailTech) • Inside …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 21 October 2019
• Northern Line’s mulled Egyptian renaming (IanVisits) • South London’s lost canals (TheGreatWen) • Great Yarmouth’s 1928 Venetian waterways reopen after restoration (Revitalization) • Stockholm’s abandoned Eriksdal train tunnel (AtlasObscura) • Munich’s U9 Ubahn extension …
Continue readingRobot boats to form dynamic bridge (ArchPaper)
A joint team of researchers at the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolis Solutions (AMS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senseable City Lab have developed what they’re calling “the world’s first dynamic” bridge. Powered by a …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 July 2019
• Rolling bridge proposed for Lea River crossing (IanVisits) • Dutch Railways looking to build homes above train tracks (NLTimes) • Berlin’s big push to improve its public transit (UrbDeZine) • Portland studies tunnel LRT …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2019
• Piccadilly Circus Tube’s Sign Language staff (HydeParkNow) • TfL’s hidden dungeons (Paszkiewicz) • Commuter sells seat on crowded Tokyo train (Guardian) • Self-driving robotic boats for Amsterdam’s canals (CBCSpark) • Improving bus time accuracy …
Continue readingNorway invests in electric ferries (CleanTechnica)
Corvus Energy has been selected by Norwegian ferry operator Fjord 1 to supply lithium-ion energy storage systems for 5 new all electric ferries. The new ships are being built by Havyard shipbuilders and are expected …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 17 August 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. • London’s other massive tunnel under construction (E&T) • London’s lost canal network (Londonist) • How Roman roads predict modern day prosperity (WashingtonPost) • Vancouver’s multi-modal success story (StreetFilm) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 March 2018
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads. This week’s lineup: • Crossrail restores Kingsway tram tunnel (IanVisits) • London Book Barge: A bookshop to float your boat (NY Times) • How infrastructure affects house prices (Savills) • …
Continue readingElectric ferries are coming (Crosscut, Passenger Ship)
Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry – Washington state is poised to embark on an experiment in electric car ferries that could eventually transform the largest ferry fleet in the nation. And little Skagit County is leading …
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