• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
“I wanna be the leader, I wanna be the leader.Can I be the leader? Can I? I can?Promise? Promise?Yippee I’m the leader, I’m the leader.OK what shall we do?” Roger McGough Any Colour You Like Come 5th July 2024, there is a new Labour government, voted in on a strongly-supported mandate, and pledged in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s lunchtime speech…
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…
There is a lot of change coming down the tracks for the railway. Earlier this month the King’s Speech set out plans for a Railways Bill, a welcome step towards the establishment of Great British Railways. Another, the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill, will have its second reading in the House of Commons today. These reforms are hugely significant,…