Under the helm of UITP, the IP4Maas project tested intelligent mobility solutions for better mobility in cities across Europe The project started with an analysis of the landscape from the travellers’ point of view Creating a more sustainable, seamless and inclusive mobility system with digital tools: over the last two and a half years, this has been the mission…
A Man. A Plan, A Canal – But NOT Panama! He was a bit of a clever-clogs! John Smeaton FRS (1724 to 1792) was a British civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbours and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed “civil engineer”, and is often regarded…
Some stations are born parkways, some achieve parkway status, while yet others have parkway status thrust upon them. Such is the explanation for an arrival at Port Talbot Parkway being such a strange experience. As passengers step out of their trains they find themselves definitely somewhere. This is in stark contrast to many parkway stations […]
Some Places Are Just Facinating. Travel west from Glasgow along the A82 and you will pass close by the Erskine Bridge. Mrs fbb’s Aunt Jean announced that you would never get her up on that, just held up with two wee pieced of string! It replaced the Erskine Ferry. Neither ferry nor bridge has even been the busiest crossing of…
Yes, On Line Leaflet! Ir is rare for fbb to receive a Royal Mailed letter; a genuine hand typed letter not a letter trying to sell something or a threatening letter from somebody trying to con the old bloke. He was almost too excited to open the hand written envelope. The above is what he found therein complete with the…
• Manchester, Yorkshire, & Liverpool Mayors initiate legal process against ticket office closures (RailAdvent) • Full Tube Map of human anatomy [safe for work] (VisualCapitalist) • The American car death cult [close registration request] (AmericanProspect) • Cars, planes, trains: Where do CO2 emissions from transport come from? (OurWorldInData) • The aviation sector benefits from unjustified billions in tax exemptions (Transport&Environment)…
Mr Khan’s Plan To Get Rid Of Passengers Sajid Khan (as in “my dad was a bus driver”) seems to be developing plans for controlling Transport for London’s dire financial crisis. Part one of the plan is to increase Underground fares significantly so the really busy services make loadsa dosh. Part two is to keep the ludicrously cheap flat fare for the…
Are We Being Conned? Sometimes, Yes! The above diagram shows the relatively small amount pf hydrogen produced by electrolysis (GCSE science style), the electrical process which is less “dirty” than most, depending on how “green” the electricity is in the first place. Next we have hydrogen produced by the various chemical processes which create all sorts of less desirable emissions and…
A REMINDER : fbbs eyes are not too bad, but they do get tired if he is doing a lot of close work. Mistooks can slop through the nut and are corrected hoopfully next mourning. Please be patient rather than annoyed! So Can I, Can You? That’s the kiddies version. Here are the “correct” words. There is absolutely no doubt…
• London buses are slowing down, slowing down, slowing down (OnLondon) • Gloucester Road: Forgotten spaces, historic features, & art installation: Video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • Fare Dodger Bingo: Which excuses have you heard? (RailUK) • Freight Expectations: The real impetus for the development of Britain’s railways (AgeOfInvention) • How to fight bad faith planning (RMTransit) • Bangkok converted abandoned SkyTrain bridge…