Only a handful of North American cities have kept their pre-war streetcar networks. Why was …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 September 2019
• World’s most famous crosswalk (HydeParkNow) • Box in a box to avoid Crossrail vibrations (IanVisits) • UK’s first autism friendly rail line (RailTechMag) • Photo essays of North American rail systems (SubwayNut) • Flying …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 August 2019
• TfL’s retail innovation competition shortlist (RetailTechInnov) • 1929 Kew Underground map (MappingLondon) • Aerial photos of London’s super sewer work (Tideway) • Caen replaces guided buses with tram network (RailTech) • Drivers suing Uber …
Continue readingLondon’s Exiles: Chris Upfold and Toronto’s Second Design Age
At the dawn of the millennium, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) had a problem. The TTC had been a transit world leader in the 1970s, building fare integrated, barrier-free surface transit terminals at most of its subway stations. That was in the past, however, and now the system was a mess.
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 26 August 2019
• We need to talk about the Tube’s noise problem (Wired) • How walking makes us healthier, happier and brainier (Guardian) • Dutch build world’s largest multi-storey bike garage (TheVerge) • Europe edging towards post-car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 23 August 2019
• Colindale station rebuild with housing approved (IanVisits) • Alexandra Palace 1875 season ticket railway map (MappingLondon) • France’s solar roadway is a failure (Curbed) • Berlin’s Siemensbahn is coming back! (UrbanTransportMag) • 18 spectacular …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 19 August 2019
• South Wales Metro & Cardiff tram-train Crossrail proposals (BusinessLive) • Congress moves to ban Chinese made railcars (NextCity) • Circular radial map of Indianapolis railroads & interurbans (TransitMaps) • Retrofitting surburbia – building on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 16 August 2019
• No-one knows why Kennington Tube smells of sick (Guardian) • The Tube’s noisiest lines and spots (Economist) • Rapid transit fuels suburban building surge (Globe&Mail) • Boston Big Rail Dig could connect entire East …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 12 August 2019
• Romminster, TfL’s most obscure branch line, getting new trains (CityMetric) • ‘Genius’ protected intersection for British cyclists (Forbes) • Graphic history of Kaiser Ferdinands-Nordbahn Ry operations (TransitMaps) • Milan’s extensive tram renewal (UrbanTransportMag) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 August 2019
• AV industry’s frighteningly gated vision for cities (StreetsBlog) • The arrow that comes around, goes around (BeautyOfTransport) • Nice’s new tramline T2 goes underground (UrbanTransportMag) • SFO Uber/Lyft drivers are living in their cars …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 5 August 2019
• Kirkby Design does Underground Interiors Line (LicenseGlobal) • Stanmore Tube to convert part of car park into flats (IanVisits) • UK rail pax lose almost £100m compensation yearly (Railway-Tech) • Man transforms bus stop …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 2 August 2019
• Literary Tube map of London (InTheBook) • Paddington station’s 1930s ‘digital’ clock (HydeParkNow) • Commuters who interact with others have more pleasant ride (NPR) • Tram network expansion in Algeria (UrbanTransportMag) • Redesigning Delhi’s …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 29 July 2019
• The experimental TfL Braille Tube relief map (MappingLondon) • Why it’s good London has so many rail terminals (CityMetric) • Gas tax immune electric vehicles are a revenue problem (CityLab) • Hook of Holland …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 July 2019
• Second thoughts on The Tide elevated folly (HydeParkNow) • Getting down to grass tracks (RailTechnologyMag) • We need better surface transit whilst waiting for subways (Spacing) • New Yorker subway cover story & graphics …
Continue readingA short history of Crossrail 2 (Part 1)
Starting via Crossrail 1 If Crossrail 1 is currently symbolised by ‘not on time, not on budget’, then how much does this tarnish, delay or otherwise impede progress with further rail schemes, particularly Crossrail 2? …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 July 2019
• London not Top 10 of world’s most crowded transit lines (SmartCitiesDive) • HSTs for London parcels trains? (RailMag) • Or HSTs to alleviate CrossCountry overcrowding (RailMag) • Flight-shaming is now a thing (RailwayTechnology) • …
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