London Reconnections

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 …

Friday Reads – 5 July 2019

On 5 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Friday Reads, Maps, Micromobility

• Seven colour blind Tube maps (BrilliantMaps) • SF Salesforce Transit Centre retake (Dirt) • The first org chart was by a railway (SandraRendgen) • Confessions of an electric scooter (McSweeneys) • When they used …

Night Trains – They’re not dead yet

On 2 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Sleeper Trains

Germany’s Deutsche Bahn and France’s SNCF terminated most of their respective City Night Lines and Intercités de Nuit pan-European night train routes by the end of 2016. The cessation of services by these two large …

Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2019

On 1 July 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Data, Friday Reads, Micromobility, TfL, Uber, Waterways

• 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 …

Friday Reads – 28 June 2019

On 28 June 2019 By Long Branch Mike In Buses, Cycles, Friday Reads, Pedestrians

• Manchester to begin its own bus franchise (LGC) • 1876: Building a Channel Tunnel (TheEngineer) • Pedestrians pushing back in car-choked Brussels (CityLab) • Bus driver learns Punjabi from passengers (CBC) • Portland congestion …

Hammersmith Bridge: The signs are not good.

On 25 June 2019 By Pedantic of Purley In Buses, River crossings, Roads

On 10th April 2019 the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham suddenly and without notice announced that Hammersmith Bridge was closed to all traffic due to urgent concerns about its structural integrity. To anyone familiar …