• Closing Nuneham Viaduct the right decision says Network Rail boss (NewCivilEng) • History of women in London’s transport (LTMuseum) • Repurposed Thurgoland railway tunnel has otherworldly acoustic characteristics (AtlasObscura) • If only we saw public transport as a public service (BrigittePellerin) • Smartphones may be our greatest tool for indoor navigation (CBCSpark) • The future of the footpath: disrespected,…
Much has been written about the Crossrail project and the benefits of the Elizabeth line. Nearly everything written about its benefits looks at the benefits to users of the Elizabeth line. But often transport projects have benefits that go beyond direct users. Crossrail is one such project and here we look at the benefits (and the downsides) that this project…
• 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…
• 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…
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…
• 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…
• 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…
Sometimes you seek out transport architecture, at others transport architecture is thrust upon you, just as it was when I accidentally ended up in Workington a couple of months ago. With poor weather forecast on one of the days of a trip to the Lake District, I spent the day hopping buses on what turned […]
Sometimes you seek out transport architecture, at others transport architecture is thrust upon you, just as it was when I accidentally ended up in Workington a couple of months ago. With poor weather forecast on one of the days of a trip to the Lake District, I spent the day hopping buses on what turned […]
It is 1961. At Benson Airfield in south Oxfordshire, a test car driver employed by the Roads Research Laboratory is revving the engine of his Morris Oxford and preparing to release the handbrake. With his car (unbalanced atop due to the addition of a large road sign attached to its roof) aiming towards a small […]