Interesting free and low cost online rail and transport webinars and conferences from around the world. Updated 13 May 2024. • The Bus Centre of Excellence (ITDP) is hosting a webinar on Re-Designing Bus Networks: …
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China’s annual December Metro openings bonanza
It has become a popular pastime among Chinese railfans to get really excited at around the end of December, as that is the period of a slew of metro openings across the country. And being …
Continue readingSydney: Suffering from style over substance
In the perennial battle to be the foremost Antipodean metropolis, Sydney has recently announced an ambitious addition to its existing extensive suburban rail, ferry, tram, and bus network – it’s first metro line, with automated …
Continue readingNudging public transport – Transport for Humans Book Review
Behavioural sciences, more commonly known as ‘nudges’, have only recently been applied to public transport. We review a new book by some experts in this new field, Transport for Humans, in which they describe the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – March 4 2022
• Vivarail to supply all-battery trains for West Ealing-Greenford line (Trains) • Every Story Matters: Discover TfL’s Pride roundels (LTMuseum) • Station to station: Spotters guide to prefab railway design (Guardian) • Tram-train for Catalonia …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 January 2022
• A day in the life of a London bus (LondonTravelWatch) • Moscow Metro opens China-built Great Ring Line section (RailwayTechnology) • NYC to study Interborough Express freight line upgrade (AMNY) • Minneapolis’ LRT & …
Continue readingSix better ways to visualize transit reliability (Klumpentown)
Reality, Perceived Reality, and Reported Reality The feeling of confusion, concern, and irritation that comes with waiting for an uncertain bus is ubiquitous for transit riders. Sure, some systems are more punctual and reliable than …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 13 August 2021
• Race to save Underground from flooding (Wired) • How safe do women feel travelling in London: prelim survey results (LondonTravelWatch) • New Highway Code: motorists to cede priority to pedestrians & cyclists (Forbes) • …
Continue readingMonday’s Friday Reads – 2 August 2021
• New Highway Code to cede priority to pedestrians & cyclists (Forbes) • Gravesend & Tilbury river bus day trips to London (ThamesClippers) • Silvertown Tunnel: pollution solution or environmental disaster? (AirQualityNews) • Europe leads …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 30 July 2021
• Bus privatisation destroyed British systems – but there is hope (Guardian) • TfL property company plans to build up to 46,000 homes (ArchitectsJ) • Leeds ponders transforming iconic Holbeck Viaduct to ped High Line …
Continue readingElectric bus fleet projects around the world (SustainableBus)
Electric bus adoption in public transport urban fleet is growing all over the world. It started in China, and it has taken a few years for other regions to start the transition. But now Europe is …
Continue readingEmpire of the Air Part 2 – R.100 Overseas
Whilst we in LR have generally been bound to the ground or under it, we once again turn our eyes up to the skies. The Imperial Airship Service was a very serious scheme authorised at …
Continue readingVehicle Design is an Inside Job ft. New Tube for London
Aeronautical designers have a saying, ‘Pretty works’. That is to say, an elegant and aerodynamic aircraft generally has excellent handling characteristics and good speed (the Spitfire and Concorde come to mind). London Transport’s Lord Ashfield …
Continue readingReconnections’ Transport Miscellany – May 2021
Tube Map Footnote Symbol Hierarchy Where footnotes are required, the hierarchy is in descending order as follows: † – dagger ‡ – double dagger § – section mark || – parallels # – number or …
Continue readingThe Paths to Public Transport Enlightenment
Advocating public transport improvements is often an exercise in long term frustration. Decades can go by with only poorer service and line closures. But there is a way to work through these feelings. A lot …
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