London Reconnections

Friday Reads – 23 August 2019

On 23 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Vertical transport

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 19 August 2019

On 19 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 16 August 2019

On 16 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, London Underground, New York, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 12 August 2019

On 12 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Cycles, Friday Reads, London Overground, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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) • …

Friday Reads – 9 August 2019

On 9 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Uber

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 August 2019

On 5 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 2 August 2019

On 2 August 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 July 2019

On 29 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Congestion Charge, Friday Reads, London Terminals, Maps, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 26 July 2019

On 26 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, New York, Pedestrians, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• 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 …

A short history of Crossrail 2 (Part 1)

On 23 July 2019 By Jonathan Roberts In Crossrail, Crossrail 2, Long reads

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? …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 July 2019

On 22 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Freight, Friday Reads, Maps

• 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) • …

Friday Reads – 19 July 2019

On 19 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT, Waterways

• 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 …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 July 2019

On 15 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• UK cities pollution warning over car tyre & brake dust (BBC) • Utrecht transformed its bus stops into bee stops (BrightVibes) • Judge orders reinstatement of Madrid’s LEZ (CitiesToday) • Could Seattle build light …

Friday Reads – 12 July 2019

On 12 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Trams/Streetcars/LRT

• ScotRail launches app for deaf passengers (RailTech) • Berlin considering Vienna’s euro-a-day public transport model (Guardian) • Banks steering maritime shipping toward climate goals (GreenBiz) • VW cheating scandal payback is funding US ebuses …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 8 July 2019

On 8 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Pedestrians

• Hammersmith Highline best and winning entries (HydeParkNow) • 1845 graphic train schedule & tool (SandraRendgen) • Signs, signs, everywhere there’s signs (PriceTags) • Billions spent in US highway boondoggles (CityLab) • Portland takes step …