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الاثنين، 28 فبراير 2022

Monday’s Friday Reads – 28 February 2022

• London Emirates cable car line fails to find new sponsor (Guardian) • Bank Station Capacity Upgrade video walkthrough (HiddenLondonHangouts) • NY MTA vows $10B+ transit expansion by 2030 (NYDailyNews) • Work beginning on High Line connection to Moynihan Train Hall (NBCNewYork) • Tramway & cable car lines proposed to relieve Andorra’s roads (MetroReport) • … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 28 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الجمعة، 25 فبراير 2022

Friday Reads – 25 February 2022

• TfL secures deal to build new Elephant & Castle station entrance (IanVisits) • Two UK rail museums plan exciting future (RailInsider) • Cargo without the carbon: Stunning rise of e-bike deliveries (Guardian) • Subway platform edge doors to be trialed at 3 NYC stations (NYTimes) • Was the automotive era a terrible mistake? (NewYorker) … The post Friday Reads – 25 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الاثنين، 21 فبراير 2022

Monday’s Friday Reads – 21 February 2022

• TfL warns of bankruptcy during government funding talks (IanVisits) • A fearsome beauty: Cambridge North station, Cambridgeshire (BeautyOfTransport) • NYC subway pandemic ridership changes, & time-lapse videos (NYTimes) • 4 underused US rail lines that should get a second life (FastCompany) • Why Canada gets less for more in building transit (TheStar) • The … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 21 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الجمعة، 18 فبراير 2022

Friday Reads – 18 February 2022

• DLR extension to Thamesmead raised in Parliament (IanVisits) • The short, little known history of City, Greenwich, & Lewisham Railway (HydeParkNow) • Why Aston Martin’s ex-CEO is betting his career on electric buses (CityMonitor) • Prague public transport’s free bikeshare program to become permanent (Expats) • How to dig another level under Union Station … The post Friday Reads – 18 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الخميس، 17 فبراير 2022

Lisbon: The public transit design utopia

Lisbon is a public transit aficionado’s dream. Whether it is the unique Elevador de Santa Justa or the city’s iconic yellow trams, picturesquely winding their way up the steep narrow streets. In this City Snapshot, Dr Chris Hale heads west and argues that Lisbon’s metro should be what puts this ancient city at the forefront … The post Lisbon: The public transit design utopia appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الاثنين، 14 فبراير 2022

Monday’s Friday Reads – 14 February 2022

• Bond Street station to miss Elizabeth Line opening (NewCivilEng) • Scots study shows benefits of new walking & cycling measures (SusTrans) • New La Dolce Vita Italian Orient Express to launch in 2023 (RailTech) • Lesson from the Washington DC Metro, America’s last great subway system (MassTransit) • Metro city Moscow: The megacity that … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 14 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الجمعة، 11 فبراير 2022

Friday Reads – 11 February 2022

• Automated people movers from 1924 British Empire Exhibition to HS2 (RailInsider) • History of the South Kensington Subway (IanVisits) • Glasgow Subway complete refurbishment, with new trains (RailEngineer) • The geopolitics of Rail Baltica’s massive gauge change (MidnightTrains) • What? The Greeks invented trains too? (MidnightTrains) • How U.S infrastructure plans shrank in ambition … The post Friday Reads – 11 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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الأربعاء، 9 فبراير 2022

Monday’s Friday Reads – 7 February 2022

• New TfL gov’t long term funding deal delayed again, short reprieve (OnLondon) • London’s phantom station: London International CIV (IanVisits) • New York MTA retires 1960s era subway cars (MassTransit) • Indian railways to build HS bullet train corridors to all major cities (MetroRail) • How Japan saved Tokyo’s rail network: Part 1 (SYLee) … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 7 February 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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