Yearly Archives: 2023

Friday Reads – 21 April 2023

• HS2 confirms Euston tunnels construction has been put hold (RailTechnology) • UK’s not so Smart Motorways have been cancelled (Roads) • TfL is pushing on with the DLR extension to Thamesmead (IanVisits) • The all white design of Karlsruhe’s new light rail tunnel (ArchDaily) • Private jet emissions in Europe rocket 855% since start of pandemic (Quartz) • The…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 24 April 2023

• UK Orient Express dropped due to border hassles (RailTech) • ScotRail removing peak rail fares for six month trial (RailTechnology) • Rotterdam opens last extension of Line B, to the beach! (RailwayPro) • The $7BN plan to save New York’s hated Penn Station: Video (B1M) • North American parking reform is snowballing (CNU) • The derailment dangers of long…

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Superloop: Analysis, hopefully not paralysis

Someone at City Hall found the box of crayons. On the 28th of March, Transport for London unveiled a map of a new transport proposal. It featured a colour scheme to rival the New Jersey Transit disco stripes, a stylised loop around outer London, and a name that brings a certain ABBA song to mind. But what exactly is a…

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Friday Reads – 28 April 2023

• Euston, we have a problem (RailwayNews) • Île de France new tramway accomplishments & developments (FabriqueDeParis) • The incredible 1950s flywheel powered Gyrobus: Video (Megaprojects) • The Transit Tour Guide of Boston (TrainsBusesPeople) • Why you can’t go directly to the Amtrak platform to wait, not explained (Vox) • Parking lots across North America are being turned into housing…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 1 May 2023

• Kentish Town Tube station to close 26 June for a year for essential improvements (RailAdvent) • Active travel is more than bikes, it include accessibility devices, wheelchairs &c (AccessibleLink) • Absurd 200 foot railway dismantled after court closes shipping loophole (TheDrive) • Boston subway lines ran at half speed in March because it lost paperwork (Vice) • The global…

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