قم بزيارة لندن

• Lambeth strategy to make its kerbsides fairer, more accessible, & more climate resilient (LambethCouncil) • The 1930s, the decade that schematic map diagrams matured (MaxwellRoberts) • Amsterdam’s new underwater bike garage is next-level cycling infrastructure (CityLab) • Washington DC Union Station Expansion Project CGI animated render: video (UnionStation) • We may not actually need … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 30 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/Shf8ld

• Inside HS2’s new Old Oak Common railway station (IanVisits) • Stanley Heaps: The other London Underground Chief Architect (ModernismInMetroland) • A public transport system of epic proportions – the Paris RER: video (RMTransit) • Europe’s attempt to increase international rail share: Treating trains like planes: video (Wendover) • Germany’s 27-Year struggle to complete a … The post Friday Reads – 27 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/ShWMND

• Low Traffic Neighbourhoods – LTNs – do not push traffic onto boundary roads: study (Guardian) • Plans to open a disused railway as the Camden Highline are approved (IanVisits) • Macron announces RER commuter train projects for 10 French cities, Strasbourg first (ConnexionFrance) • Germany-wide rail ticket is coming in 2023 (UrbanTransport) • Waiting … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 23 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/ShHqh7

• New transport campaign encourages culture of active bystanders to deter harassment (RailUK) • Improving wellbeing at stations with living walls (RailStaff) • Getting bus priority right: Lessons from Bologna (ItalianUrbanLetters) • Warszawa offers 60 metro cars to Kyiv as humanitarian aid (MetroReport) • A century of New York Subway signaling history, & modern slowdowns … The post Friday Reads – 20 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/Sh92z6

Jakarta, the (current) capital of Indonesia and home to over 10 million inhabitants, has long been plagued by choking traffic and air pollution. It spent the previous decade developing integrated public transport to increase modal share, culminating in the winning of the 2021 Sustainable Transport Award. However, in this City Snapshot, Dr Chris Hale argues … The post Jakarta’s Transport & Urban Planning – Progress? appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/Sh5qLm

• Adrian Shooter obituary, by Christian Wolmar (Guardian) • Edinburgh’s Newhaven tram extension almost complete (RailEngineer) • Public transport openings & construction starts planned for 2023 (TransportPolitic) • Here & There: Art of public transport (PeterHarris) • Cities can reduce highway congestion & pollution by supporting railroads (CityLab) • Why EMD built North American tunnel … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 16 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgxP21

• The world’s most congested cities: London is #1 (CityLab) • New European Sleeper train will start between London & Berlin from May (Seat61) • New York’s plan to pedestrianise Fifth Avenue, w/ bus & cycling lanes (Gothamist) • Twitter bans the official Washington DC Metrobus account with no explanation (NBC) • San Francisco’s Central … The post Friday Reads – 13 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgpcLm

• The smells of London: The aromatic Tube Map (Londonist) • In search of perfection: Plato’s Double Arrow – Rail Symbol 2 (BeautyOfTransport) • A new UK wine train to Bordeaux by 2026 is in the works (DrinksBusiness) • Islamic schematic road maps that pre-date Beck by a millennium (RoubenGalichian) • US addiction to road … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 9 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgZrY0

After a Christmas break our next monthly LR meetup is on at the usual pub, The Royal Oak in Borough starting from 6:30pm on Thursday 12th January 2022. Because of, understandably, reduced numbers in the past few months we will have a couple of reserved tables DOWNSTAIRS instead of our usual upstairs room. Most public … The post January 12th Meetup appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgZRKT

• Govt blocks release of CO2 road transport emission figures (Guardian) • TransPennine Express launches British Sign Language departure boards (RailUK) • ‘Lift & shift’ bridge installed at Shropshire rail crossing (BBC) • Berlin tries to cut traffic & emissions with a mobility sharing app (CityLab) • Barcelona first city to levy Amazon tax to … The post Friday Reads – 6 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgSL74

• Secrets of Clapham South deep-level shelter: video (HiddenLondonHangouts) • The Shakespeare Tube Map by TfL (Mapway) • Cool contemporary Thameside sculpture (TidalThames) • Andy Burnham calls for London-style public transport for Manchester (Standard) • The lowly boxcar can make your city a better place to live (CityLab) • Densely populated Dhaka, Bangladesh opens its … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 2 January 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgFvwv

• A look at London’s recent railway upgrades (IanVisits) • The strategic case for the West London Orbital (TfL) • Progress & delay for East West Rail (RailEngineer) • Mumbai metro project plans for depot in city’s only large ‘green lung’ park (CityLab) • Singapore Thomson-East Coast Metro extension opens after engineering feats (GroundEngineering) • … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 12 December 2022 appeared first on London Reconnections.
http://dlvr.it/SgCR1Z