قم بزيارة لندن

Behavioural sciences, more commonly known as ‘nudges’, have only recently been applied to public transport. We review a new book by some experts in this new field, Transport for Humans, in which they describe the nudges and advertising insights that they have applied. Their book argues that applying insights from the behavioural...

• Day in the life of a London bus: video (LondonTravelWatch) • 50 rail bridges & tunnels could escape National Highways demolition (NewCivilEng) • Untold story of a hero who risked life & liberty to save Britain’s railways (BBCRadio4) • The 1942 plan to link UK’s canal network: video (Whitewicks) • Petrol duty...

• Bank Station upgrade reaches halfway mark (RailUK) • Oliver Green video previews his London’s Great Railway Stations book (LTMFriends) • Italy introduces hybrid trains on regional railways (TheMayor) • San Francisco to open trolleybus BRT line in April (MassTransit) • First branch of Boston Green Line Extension opens...

• The design concepts behind Crossrail station architecture (Crossrail) • The definitive ranking of MerseyRail Lines (MerseyTart) • ‘Computer says road’: Call for change to crude planning models (Guardian) • European cities are making transport systems more gender neutral (CityLab) • The world’s longest tram line, in video...

• How Kyiv transformed its Metro into bomb shelters (CityLab) • No train, no-gain? How can running fewer trains be better? (Railway-News) • The Art Deco Railway: The Chessington Branch (JagoHazzard) • The long history of Curzon Street Station (RailEngineer) • The Golden Age of Île de France tramways (FabricOfParis) • Pros...

First of all, massive apologies for being so late with this. We normally are pretty bad at promptly analysing the results but this time was it was exceptional. However, we do not live in normal times so we hope you will forgive us. Here are the links to the Quiz posts: 2021 Quiz Questions 2021 … The post 2021 Christmas...

• A megalopolis of engineering: the new Crossrail (Guardian) • SNCF to install solar panels on 1.1M m2 of station areas by 2030 (RailTech) • Vienna’s U2xU5 line cross will reshape the U-Bahn & increase capacity (RailwayGazette) • New York City fare capping pilot could become permanent if popular (Gothamist) • New York’s...

• Rail is a lifeline for Ukrainians during the conflict (RailInsider) • Why it’s time to redraw the Underground map for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Surrey Quays station upgrade consultation opens (IanVisits) • Video history of the Interborough Express (IBX) NYC proposed line (B1M) • Delhi’s impressive new regional rail...

Today on Reconnections: Asset Management Hierarchy, in ascending order: a. Run to failureb. Corrective maintenancec. Preventative maintenanced. Condition-based maintenancee. Predictive maintenancef. Prescriptive maintenanceg. Foresight maintenance There’s also percussive maintenance – the art of hitting something to get...

After a long period when we thought it wiser not to hold our usual monthly pub nights or only hold a very low-key pub meeting, we have decided that the time has come to reinstate the London Reconnections Monthly Meetup at the Royal Oak in Tabard Street. A lot has happened in the past two … The post Pub Night Returns!...

• What’s keeping Ukraine’s trains running (BusinessInsider) • St Pancras station to become an opera hall for Int’l Women’s Day (Guardian) • Reducing congestion at London Bridge Tube station entrance (IanVisits) • The secret bunker under Paris Gare de l’Est (Midnight-Trains) • Zurich voted against expressways & U-bahns...

• Vivarail to supply all-battery trains for West Ealing-Greenford line (Trains) • Every Story Matters: Discover TfL’s Pride roundels (LTMuseum) • Station to station: Spotters guide to prefab railway design (Guardian) • Tram-train for Catalonia (UrbanTransportMag) • The town that uses golf carts for transport (TomScott)...