You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Monday’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) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 July 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 July 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 July 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 July 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 July 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingNight Trains – They’re not dead yet
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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2019
• 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 …
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