But Dan’s The Man! But not this Dan Lister (above) who is a footy player recently moved from Whitley Bay to Whickam. Maybe this Dan Lister (below) a Councillor in Herefordshire (and a little backward in his presentation?). Or this Dan Lister who is a much respected Barrister! But of course, we all know that Dan the Man for this…
One of the more frustrating things about working in the transport sector is the ever-present issue of funding. But this is not the issue that you may think it is. Most of you probably think that this is a matter of either total amount of funding available or its priorities. Both of these are issues, but they are known issues. In other…
Shoes Factory – Whose Future? Church’s have been renowned for top quality footwear in Northampton since footwear was ever fitted to feet. It is hight unlikely that fbb will ever wear Church’s shoes. Apparently you do get TWO shoes for the above price! The company is now owned by Prada, shoemakers to the Underworld according to a well known film!…
Issue 300 of Passenger Transport is published on November 3. Contents include: LEAD STORY Bee Network journeys rose 8% in first monthOne month after bus franchising began, Transport for Greater Manchester is reporting passenger growth, increased revenue and improved punctualitys NEWS New owners pledge to support Arriva growthArriva CEO says deal ‘will deliver significant benefits’ HS2 cancellation to fund…
• Edge Hill Engine Station: where it all began (Rail Engineer) • We Need To Do Something About Noise Pollution (Better Cities) • What TfL can learn about us from our mobile data (James O’Malley) • London’s Confusing Railways (Reece Martin) • Zaha Hadid Architects’ metro station nears completion (Dezeen) • Rolling Coal pollution machines fined (CNBC) • Japanese hotels…
Plans to build the first Very Light Rail system in the UK has reached a major milestone as the vehicle has been successfully tested on innovative track that was laid in weeks. The Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) project has successfully run one of its vehicles on test track at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley. The…
But Whose Train? Gina’s Train! Georgina Hope Rinehart (née Hancock, born 9 February 1954) is an Australian billionaire mining magnate and businesswoman. Rinehart is the Executive Chairman of Hancock Prospecting, a privately owned mineral exploration and extraction company founded by her father, Lang Hancock. She was Lang Hancock’s only child, and when he died in 1992 she succeeded him as…
Every 20 Minutes! fbb is grateful to correspondent Julian for sending a Daventry town services leaflet from the minibus-madness 1980/90s (leaflet dated 1994). The map shows routes serving the main estates much as today. … … with a caveat! The Street Shuttle brand … … was widespread (as above in Bedford) and was continued, for a while, by Stagecoach after…
A new study suggests it no longer makes sense to consider the continued dominance of fossil fuels a “business as usual” scenario. Solar power (also known as photovoltaics, or PV) is likely to become the dominant power source worldwide by 2050, according to a new study. The analysis suggests the shift is likely to occur even without additional climate policies…
Rail Ticket Offices to Remain Open (Railway News) Khan Hails Ulez Compliance as Revenue Doubles (LocalGov) Green Line Extension is So Defective That Key Part Will Need to Be Fixed (Boston Globe) Sydney Metro Waterloo (Architecture Design) What Led to a Looming Water Crisis in New Orleans (Bloomberg CityLab) New tramways for Rome (Urban Transport Magazine) Some notes on the…