You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 September 2019
• Plans to reopen Brentford to Southall railway (IanVisits) • Why fewer people are riding the Underground (TheDeveloper) • The tale of two Underground posters (20thCPosters) • Mexico City’s trolleybus revival for clean air (UrbanTransport) …
Continue readingSenior mobility crisis of declining options
By the year 2030, approximately 72 million people, one in five Americans (20%), will be 65 years of age and older. In this age group, people outlive their decision to stop driving by about 10 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 20 September 2019
• Decommissioned double decker conversions (Buses4Homeless) • West Midlands Metro’s tram extension program (MetroAlliance) • Union Station dig down doesn’t disrupt trains (CBC) • Federal program to help US cities demolish highways (StreetsBlog) • Meteor …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 16 September 2019
• Experience London transport in a wheelchair, without working hands (CityMetric) • CR Mackintosh’s Gothic railway terminus design (MackintoshArch) • How safe is the air in five major cities? (FT) • How developers are remaking …
Continue readingToronto LR Meetup – 21st September 2019
In a first, a number of transport commentators and writers will be meeting in Toronto later this month for a social evening. Like the London LR meetups, these are informal affairs where the beer flows. …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 September 2019
• Depressing lesson of west London’s lost cycle route (Guardian) • Gare du Nord addition ‘une grave offense’ to passengers (CityLab) • Senate moves temporarily to old rail station (OttawaMag) • ‘Smart’ Cities – not …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 9 September 2019
• Croydon tram crash safety report watered down (BuzzFeed) • Tube map of Roman London (Londonist) • Accessible UK Travel Policy Guidance published (RailwayNews) • Art Deco, Poirot & the Orient Express (ArtDecoSociety) • Boston …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 6 September 2019
• NYC new farecard decades behind London’s Oyster (NYPost) • E-scooters pulled from Miami streets to avoid ‘Scooternado’ (Gizmodo) • Toronto Green Line parkway proposal (UrbanToronto) • Freight trains could help predict earthquakes/ (PhysicsWorld) • …
Continue readingMonday’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 …
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