You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 25 March 2019
Do not adjust your screen – we’re starting a twice weekly Friday Reads as we have a backlog of great stories and links. • Moquettes as razzle dazzle camo (CityLab) • Cities are recycling car …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 March 2019
I’d rather be a prisoner of a gentleman than a free man in a world gone mad. • Bunker reuse ideas (BusinessInsider) • London’s original zero-emissions buses (TheEngineer) • Disused rail stations comeback plans (LiverpoolEcho) …
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• Designing wayfinding for the 2012 Olympics (CityWayfinding) • LNER 1939 suburban lines map (MappingLondon) • Paris’ 1900 moving sidewalk (TreeHugger) • Historic & modern transit system maps compared (Guardian) • Seattle’s Waterfront, minus expressway, …
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Ides of March edition • Decluttered Tube and Rail map (EveningStandard) • Quirky solution for feets on seats (GoNorthEast) • Emitted but omitted: runaway runways (Isonomia) • Cities & transit can fail the most vulnerable …
Continue reading2018 Quiz: Results and Winners
Firstly, thank you to everyone who took part. Writing the questions is fun, but seeing how you all approach (and answer) them is even better. As we’re aware that it always takes us a while …
Continue readingOperation Umbrella: Rebuilding Oxford Circus
As the Victoria line celebrates its 50th birthday, we look at a largely forgotten triumph of transport construction: Operation Umbrella.
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 March 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Fridays: • London’s most stressful Tube stations (MappingLondon) • Ongoing saga of Berlin-Brandenberg airport (OneMileataTime) • Aerial views of the world’s oldest metros (QuickQuid) • Latest developments in mapmaking event (SchematicMapping) • …
Continue readingHow & when we work is changing podcast (AgileMindset)
In Episode Five of the Agility Mindset Podcast, Fiona Cannon meets: • Reconnections’ Nicole Badstuber, Doctoral Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance at UCL’s Centre for Transport, and • Christine Foster, Managing Director for Innovation, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 March 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Fridays: • Tube map of human body subsystems (VisualCapitalist) • Edinburgh car ban plans for greatness (Herald) • Speed limiters for all new European cars in 3 years (Evo) • Cheaper, greener …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 22 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Alternative Holden/Green Tube stations (Londonist) • Urban rooms where people design their city’s future (TheConversation) • The role of rail in tackling loneliness (RailwayTech) • Largest drive-free vehicle at …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • The first Underground fare zones map, by Phil Roe (TransitMap) • Europe’s 5 most epic sounding modern trains (TransportDesigned) • Railway station vision accessibility pilot project (VIARail) • NYC’s …
Continue readingDon’t Bank on Crossrail
Throughout TfL’s recent trials and tribulations, there seemed to be one major project that remained on schedule. It was also largely on budget, but facing ‘cost pressures’. Unlike just about every other substantial TfL project, …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 8 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • London Underground line chyrons (Baggma) • Abandoned Tube station conversion to co-working space proposal (Dezeen) • Euston Green Link (HydeParkNow) • How Black train porters transformed Canada (TheStar) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 1 February 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • TfL bans junk food ads (RailwayTechnology) • New life for the red phone boxes (E&T) • Conversion of Swedish bridge to flats & park (TheSpaces) • Toronto to pioneer …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 25 January 2019
Welcome to Reconnections’ Friday Reads: • Hyde and seek – the road in Hyde Park (RoadsUK) • Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone comes into force (AirQualityNews) • Historical review of the Reconnections site (HydeParkNow) • Manchester’s …
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