You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Friday 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 …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 June 2019
• 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 …
Continue readingHammersmith Bridge: The signs are not good.
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 …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 June 2019
• The search for Britain’s forgotten footpaths (NewYorker) • Early pioneer of battery-trains wants nationwide fleet (CityLab) • Bike architecture Bienniel (Forbes) • Best conversion of parked cars (PopUpCity) • Research determines financial case for …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 June 2019
• The architecture & history of Victoria Coach Station (NewWipersTimes) • Dick Robbins, TBM innovator obituary (TunnelTalk) • To reduce emissions, ban non-electric cars (Bloomberg) • Five promises of micromobility, based on the data (FlorentCrivello) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 June 2019
• Old Street roundabout transformed to improve safety (Transport-Britain) • The urine deflectors of Fleet Street (AtlasObscura) • Homemade app shows shocking scale of Northern Rail delays (Wired) • Seattle found the solution to driving …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 14 June 2019
• London tops most pricey public transport league table (Forbes) • Four new London Low Emission Neighbourhoods to be created (AirQualityNews) • New interactive map provides UK railway station accessibility info (SignDesignSoc) • The Magic …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 10 June 2019
• Hydra London High Line at Greenwich O2 (HydeParkNow) • Newcastle reopening Northumberland Line (RailEngineer) • Mulhouse beat High Street blues with transport, pedestrians (PriceTags) • Living close to public amenities could improve your life …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 June 2019
• Thames Barrier pedestrian/cycling bridge proposal (IanVisits) • Tyne & Wear Metro modernisation video (RailBusinessDaily) • Bus use increasing in only one part of Britain (UrbanTransportGroup) • Living on top of a railway viaduct (PopUpCity) …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 3 June 2019
• Cutaways of London landmark buildings, incl. KXSP station (Standard) • Air France cutting short haul capacity 15% (SimpleFlying) • Austrian rail stations now green powered (RailTech) • New York subway costs 3 times more …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 31 May 2019
• Updated Legible London mono- & mini-liths for the City (CityWayfinding) • Crossrail Place at Canary Wharf Crossrail (BeautyOfTransport) • New ideas for old Paris infrastructure (CityLab) • Cyclists break far fewer road rules than …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 27 May 2019
• London mobility in the global league table (UrbanMobilityIndex) • It’s high time airlines paid fuel tax (AirQualityNews) • Rail delays prompt German identity crisis (Politico) • What city parents do to live car-free (CityLab) …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 May 2019
• Can a Crossrail City Airport station be built? (HydeParkNow) • TfL extends Walking Tube Map to Zone 3 (MappingLondon) • Clean air is a national responsibility (TransportXtra) • Grand Paris Express tunneling progress video …
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