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• London’s imperfect geometry from above: streets, buses, Tube entrances… (BernhardLang) • Victorian 3D paper concertina Thames Tunnel viewer for sale (IanVisits) • The invention of jaywalking (CliveThompson) • NYC speed cameras don’t operate evenings & weekends, leading to deaths (Streetsblog) • NYC MTA slowing buses to punish fare evaders (Vice) • The horn section: … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Grimshaw’s line wide Crossrail station design (ArchitectsJ) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • Flatpack railway stations are coming down the line (TheTimes) • New battery-electric ultra-light trains designed & built for Southend Pier Railway (T&UT) • EV capital Norway wants citizens to park them & ride the bus instead (TheDrive) … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• TfL’s new property company to build offices & homes to generate transport cash (MyLondon) • TfL to expand contactless payments outside London (IanVisits) • The 5.20 from Kyiv restored suburban rail offers hope as clean up intensifies (Guardian) • Seattle expanding its LRT network fivefold: video (B1M) • Moldova’s Eurovision 2022 song entry is … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Northern Line Bank Branch to reopen Monday 16 May (IanVisits) • Fare caps might get transit out of the pandemic slump (NextCity) • US cities testing benefits of Universal Basic Mobility (CityLab) • 16 states sue US Post Office plan to buy 100,000s of gas-guzzling mail trucks (Verge) • Badly designed nudges on highway … The post Friday Reads – 13 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Brno donating trams & trolleybuses to help rebuild Kharkiv, Ukraine (TheMayor) • Before there was Crossrail, there was Crosslink: video (JagoHazzard) • Harry Beck’s 1935 Imperial Airways diagram (TransitMaps) • Art Deco design of Antwerp’s St Anna’s Tunnel (EverybodyHatesATourist) • A European regional rail line in North America?: video (RMTransit) • Exploring America’s largest … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 9 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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Our next monthly LR meetups is on at the usual pub, The Royal Oak in Borough, in the Upstairs room starting from 6:30pm on Thursday 12 May 2022. All are welcome, and conversation is often as much general as it is transport-specific. If you feel comfortable socialising, then we very much look forward seeing you … The post 12 May 2022: The LR Pub Meetup Continues appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• HS2 under fire for Euston waste removal by road flipflop (NewCivilEng) • European cities urged to ban cars to stop funding Russia war (CitiesToday) • Romford-Upminster Line: Video of the successful, unwanted railway (JagoHazzard) • Sweden within easy reach of London by train (Independent) • Searching for lost 76th Street station, the Roswell of … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 May 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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