Over half (57%) of UK van drivers still physically check their mobile phones while driving1, according to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles research. This is despite the most recent update to Regulation 110 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, banning the use of all handheld devices behind the wheel and an increased fine of £200 fine and six penalty…
Guangzhou’s Massive new Railway Station: A Stadium-sized Cathedral to Train Travel
Guangzhou, perhaps more familiar by its anglicised name of Canton, is a port megacity in Southern China. It sits alongside Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and several other cities in the Asian economic powerhouse that is Pearl River Delta, its metropolitan population of 32 million making up over a third of the Delta’s 86 million inhabitants. An important hub for the movement…
Sydney Monorail (2)
Particular Problem with Parking Most readers will be familiar with how a model railway “point” (a k a “turnout”) ensures that a train can move from one line to another. Essentially the two blades slide across creating (in the above example) a curved route instead of a straight route. But it is not so easy with a monorail where there…