Monthly Archives: November 2023

Highlights Article systematically reviews London Low Traffic Neighbourhood monitoring data. Meta-analysis of pre-post data from 587 count locations from 46 schemes. Substantial falls in motor traffic within LTN schemes, especially in Inner London. By contrast, little average change in motor traffic on LTN boundary roads. LTNs can form part of wider traffic reduction schemes alongside other measures. Abstract This paper…

Lidingobanan It is one of those islands that, according to fbb in his intro blog, makes public transport in Stockholm “interesting”. As you can see, it is linked to Stockholm city by a bridge, but it was not always thus. In 1803 the link was by, literally, a floating bridge consisting of a line of pontoons. This was renewed and…

Two Rails Local Network fbb can manage “karta” (map) and “trafik” (traffic) and can guess that “spar” might be train or rail. But “spar” is the name of a chain of convenience stores … … which fbb always thought was a play on the words for cheap and pine tree! And rail in Swedish is “jarnwag” (iron road, surely) whilst…

Big Brother meets Big Data It’s a well known maxim in the tech industry that if you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product. We get to use incredible services like Gmail, Facebook and Twitter1 for free – and in return, the big tech firms sell access to our eyeballs to advertisers2. But this isn’t always the case. Sometimes, even…

Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation. In the beginning, parking lots were created to curb chaos on the road. But climate change has turned that dynamic on its head. Since the 1920s a little-known policy called parking minimums has shaped a large facet of American life. In major cities, this meant that any type…

But Maybe Not For SL? When fbb was a childhood and ignorant collector of postage stamps. he remembers that those fot Sweden were printed on very cheap paper and not a patch on those of Queen Elizabeth II. They look a bit brighter now but still a bit flimsy. But there is no monetary value on them. There is a…

• Eurostar Amsterdam to London Trains Will Run Empty (Evening Standard) • Superloop Begins to Take Shape (BusAndTrainUser) • Driving trains on the Jubilee Line for the Last Time: Video (It’s just an idea) • The New Paris Métro Is Coming, And It’s A Very Big Deal (Forbes) • Amtrak 30th Street Station redesign: Noticeable construction early next year (BillyPenn)…

Livery Delivery – A P.S. The four new routes currently being examined in some detail by fbb are branded in the timetable PDF tables as Connect Herts with, of course, a logo. But, as noted by Roger French, there is really no other sign of the brand. Rog pictured a departure list or two, again with no branding. If course,…

London’s push toward a zero-emission future has reached a significant milestone with the introduction of innovative pantograph technology at Bexleyheath bus garage. This technology facilitates rapid, wireless charging for buses on the all-electric route 132, showcasing London’s commitment to a cleaner and greener public transportation system. TfL’s plan aims for a fully zero-emission bus fleet for all of its 9,000…

Why 907? Why 908? Why 721? Why 725? Yesterday, Roger French reported on the third and fourth new routes offered by Herefordshire. The route numbers have been chosen, presumably, to reflect the ancestry of route 724 which runs from Harlow to Heathrow. Green Line does have a noble ancestry, being the long distance limited stop coach network of London Transport.…