London Reconnections

Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 February 2020

On 24 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Electric Vehicles (EVs), Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Taxis, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Heathrow e-taxi charge prices forcing cabbies to run petrol engines (TaxiPoint) • Art Deco by the Sea Exhibit (ArtDecoSociety) • The rise and fall of the Aérotrain (FabricOfParis) • Asphalt art creates safer streets …

Friday Reads – 21 February 2020

On 21 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, History, London Bridge, Pedestrians, Uber

• My Fair Lady – London Bridge station (BeautyOfTransport) • Surprising reason for the Underground’s new heritage signs (IanVisits) • Norwegian dream road tunnels (BldgBlog) • Natural selection of urban public transport (CityLab) • San …

State of the Art signalling still relies on people

On 18 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In 4LM, Long reads, New LT International, New York, Signalling, Technology

Despite having one of the largest subway networks in the world, New Yorkers now experience frustratingly erratic and unreliable service. Underfunding has meant that engineers have been pushing the often-century-old subway signalling hardware decades past …

Movin’On 2019: How sustainable is your city’s mobility?

On 17 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Micromobility, Pollution

In May 2019, Britain reached a major climate combating milestone when it was coal plant power generation free for the first time since the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless, there is still much work to be done, …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 17 February 2020

On 17 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, Maps, Piccadilly line

• The messy mission to bring 4G to the Tube (Wired) • Hidden London’s Piccadilly Circus (LondonInheritance) • Derelict Catesby Tunnel refit for aerodynamic testing of autos (TunnelTalk) • Île de France seeks to open …

Friday Reads – 14 February 2020

On 14 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Crossrail, Friday Reads, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Software challenge blows Crossrail off course (RailwayGazette/LR) • AirBnB-like showers for London exercise commuters (PopUpCity) • East-West Rail Phase 2 gets green light (Railway-News) • £15bn plan for new West Midlands rail & tram …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 10 February 2020

On 10 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Eurostar, Friday Reads, Maps, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• New Amsterdam to London Eurostar direct service saves 30 minutes (CityLab) • Unblocking Reading station’s passenger bottleneck (BeautyOfTransport) • Cologne’s Carnival & Tram Parade (UrbanTransport) • Vancouver’s stunted streetcar drama (CBC) • Baltimore Penn …

Friday Reads – 7 February 2020

On 7 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Freight, Friday Reads, Stations, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• London & LA partner for transport solutions (SmartCitiesDive) • Mind the Gender Gap on public transport (Planning) • North American openings & construction starts planned for 2020 (TransportPolitic) • Transit validated event tickets can …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 3 February 2020

On 3 February 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians, Pollution, Sleeper Trains, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Two major UK rail stations fail air quality standards (Railway-Tech) • Playing patriarchy chicken with male commuters (NewStatesman) • Integration of all transit key to public transport success (Globe&Mail) • Philadelphia bucks trend & …

Friday Reads – 31 January 2020

On 31 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Pollution, Waterways

• 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) • …

On The Buses: Fares, Fumes and Finances

On 29 January 2020 By The Walthamstow Writer In Buses

It’s been a while since we looked in detail at London’s bus network and its related issues on LR, so it’s time for an update. We begin by looking at what has happened in recent …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 27 January 2020

On 27 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Eurostar, Friday Reads, Pollution, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• Toxic brake dust could be causing ‘London throat’ (BBC) • Euston Taxi Rank Part 2 – conversion to HS2 space (HydeParkNow) • The second King’s Cross Station that never was (Londonist) • Amsterdam tests …

Friday Reads – 24 January 2020

On 24 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Accessibility, Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Waterloo & City

• Part time step-free access on Waterloo & City line (StepFreeLondon) • 1947 Map of London trolleybus and tram-routes (MappingLondon) • Making public transit fairer to women requires data (Wired) • Parisian transport developments planned …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 20 January 2020

On 20 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Freight, Friday Reads, Maps, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• TfL & Santander reach 87m bike hires since 2010 launch (IntelTransport) • We need a new Treaty of Ghent to remove cars from cities (TreeHugger) • Swedish car separating device documentary trailer (TheLocal) • …

Friday Reads – 17 January 2020

On 17 January 2020 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, Maps, Pollution, Waterways

• 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 …