You need to know little about urban railways’ cartography to know the name Harry Beck, …
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The governing realities for Labour in power, & what it means for planning and transport
“I wanna be the leader, I wanna be the leader.Can I be the leader? Can I? I can?Promise? Promise?Yippee I’m the leader, I’m the leader.OK what shall we do?” Roger McGough Any Colour You Like …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 26 July 2024
• Libraries in stations and on public transport vehicles (Straphanger) • America’s Transit Exceptionalism: The US has pretty much given up building subways (BenjaminSchneider) • The Truth About Harry Beck: The Play, starting in September …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 22 July 2024
• How GM’s little car kicked off the EV boom 30 years ago (Fast Company) • What Paris Can Teach Other Cities About Removing Roads (Next City) • Sydney Metro City Extension – How much …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 19 July 2024
• To Fill or Not to Fill: Infill Stations in NYC (Vanshnookenraggen) • Why Traffic Congestion Grows Exponentially, Why It Matters, & What To Do About It: Video (CityNerd) • Why Michigan Central Station matters …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 15 July 2024
• HS2’s Old Oak Common station box excavation complete: Video (HS2 Ltd) • The Second Victoria Line: Video (Jago Hazzard) • London’s Cold War tunnels get final approval to open to the public (IanVisits) • …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 12 July 2024
• Watch this space on rail devolution, says Khan (BBC) • The 20 year-old 2016 tube map (Diamond Geezer) • Tokyo’s oldest train line (The Guardian) • Multimodal opportunities as Luxembourg tramway extension opens (Metro …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 8 July 2024
• Evolution of Accessibility of Transport in London (Wikipedia-James Scantlebury) • Building Transit Legacy Projects for Olympic Games – An Overview: Video (RMTransit) • Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines (The Guardian) …
Continue readingBonus Trains for Crossrail – More Details
We were surprised when on 14th June 2024 it was announced that agreement had been reach by TfL, the DfT and the train maker Alstom to provide 10 new trains for Crossrail. We were not …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 5 July 2024
• 1st tunnelled section of Elizabeth line gets high speed 5G mobile coverage (Rail UK) • London Overground begins trial of British Sign Language announcements (Rail Advent) • Andy Byford interview on Elizabeth Line, New …
Continue readingNorth American Cities Join the Fare Zone Club: Finally Integrating Intermodal Fares
For most of the history of public transport, integrated tickets and fare zones were largely unheard of. Passengers would generally pay the ticket clerk or conductor a distance-based fare for each leg of their journey, …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 1 July 2024
• Beck’s Maps at 90 (Cartographic Journal) • Nottinghamshire power station receives final coal delivery by rail (Rail Advent) • World’s longest railway tunnel to reopen after a year (Rail Technology) • The Paris RER …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 28 June 2024
• ‘Technical issues’ further delay DLR’s new trains (Rail Mag) • At Last. Trams reach Blackpool North station (BusAndTrainUser) • No Isle of Wight trains on Ryde Pier for 8 months due to works (Isle …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 24 June 2024
• AI cameras used to detect train passengers’ emotions without them knowing (Independent) • The Unbuilt Tube Line to London Lullingstone Airport: Video (Jago Hazzard) • How The Channel Tunnel Works: Video (How The Channel …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 21 June 2024
• TfL’s latest railway improvements: Trains, signalling, and station upgrades detailed (Ian Visits) • Blackpool’s first new tram extension in 98 years opens (Mainspring) • HS2: Progress on a grand scale (Rail Engineer) • London …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 17 June 2024
• Seeing inside the derelict Bishopsgate Goodsyard arches (Ian Visits) • Cars Are Slowing Down in European Cities (Reasons to be Cheerful) • Once a symbol of Detroit’s downturn, iconic Michigan Central Station reopens (CBC) …
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