• HS2 being scrapped means fewer trains and higher rail prices, experts warn (inews) • The new housing case for extending Crossrail to Ebbsfleet (JamesO’Malley) • Chemical attraction: Hackney Wick Overground station (BeautyOfTransport) • Northern to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains (Northern) • As Bristol weighs its public transport options, can it learn about trams from France? (BristolCable)…
Having recently discussed how the laissez-faire approach to transit and urban planning in Jakarta is holding the city back, in this City Snapshot Dr Chris Hale focuses on one of Jakarta’s competitor Southeast Asian cities – Bangkok. Whilst it has recently opened the most new rail stations in a 5-year period in human history, a lack of public level engagement…
It Was An Oyster What Done It The political, technical and PR genius that created the “integrated” (but very much NOT integrated) transport service for London was the infamous Oyster Card. It was this card which enabled passengers to travel seamlessly between modes, For those unfamiliar with the genre, you load you card with money then tap in and tap…