Yearly Archives: 2024

Friday Reads – 12 July 2024

• Watch this space on rail devolution, says Khan (BBC) • The 20 year-old 2016 tube map (Diamond Geezer) • Tokyo’s oldest train line (The Guardian) • Multimodal opportunities as Luxembourg tramway extension opens (Metro Report) • Poorer New Yorkers Bear the Brunt of Online Delivery Boom (Streetsblog) • The deceptive influence of anti-transit groups (San José Spotlight) • The…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 15 July 2024

• HS2’s Old Oak Common station box excavation complete: Video (HS2 Ltd) • The Second Victoria Line: Video (Jago Hazzard) • London’s Cold War tunnels get final approval to open to the public (IanVisits) • The Forgotten Cross-London Railway Service: Video (The TfL Three) • Extreme Heat Is Coming for Your Rail Commute (Mother Jones) • Even Amtrak surprised by…

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Friday Reads – 19 July 2024

• To Fill or Not to Fill: Infill Stations in NYC (Vanshnookenraggen) • Why Traffic Congestion Grows Exponentially, Why It Matters, & What To Do About It: Video (CityNerd) • Why Michigan Central Station matters (Trains) • The Greatest Flying Boat That Never Was – The Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess: Video (Ruairidh MacVeigh) • Millions spent reopening mothballed Northland railway line…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 22 July 2024

• How GM’s little car kicked off the EV boom 30 years ago (Fast Company) • What Paris Can Teach Other Cities About Removing Roads (Next City) • Sydney Metro City Extension – How much quicker will it be? Video (Transport Vlog) • New York-Style High Line Is Coming to Tokyo Converting an Elevated Expressway (CityLab) • The Future of…

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Friday Reads – 26 July 2024

• Libraries in stations and on public transport vehicles (Straphanger) • America’s Transit Exceptionalism: The US has pretty much given up building subways (BenjaminSchneider) • The Truth About Harry Beck: The Play, starting in September (IanVisits) • Grand Railway Hotels: The Castles of Canada: Video (Clear as Mud) • What we get wrong about cycling in the suburbs: Video (About…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 29 July 2024

• French rail network hit by arson attacks before Olympics opening ceremony (Guardian) • 400% increase in GPS Spoofing; Workgroup established (OpsGroup) • Germany, autobahn: Will there finally be speed limits? (Slate) • Reflections of Buffalo Central Terminal (Trains) • Spain outsmarts hasty drivers with anti-braking speed cameras (The Mayor EU) • Metro Los Angeles’ Overlooked G & J BRT…

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Friday Reads – 2 August 2024

• Victoria line crowned hottest Tube line in 2023, surpassing Central line (IanVisits) • TfL board celebrates ‘remarkable turnaround’ in finances (On London) • Rome’s Historic, Wacky, and Modern Railways: Video (RMTransit) • Edmonton Valley Line Southeast Opens (Railway Age) • Pedestrian & Cyclist Safe Road Redesign could be the Future of City Travel: Video (Now This) • Barcelona reports…

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Monday’s Friday Reads – 5 August 2024

• Design Language Basics for TfL’s Digital Displays (TfL Blog) • Making the Multi-Colour London Transport Museum roundel: Video (Hidden London Hangouts) • So What’s the fare? A Short History of Cab Fares in London (SimanaitisSays) • Paris’ Secret to Managing the Olympics on the Métro? Bad Directions (Slate) • Building More Beautiful Bus Stops & Transit Stations Can Pay…

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