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• Expanded ULEZ cut toxic NOx pollution across London by 23% report finds (Guardian) • Vancouver testing accessibility app to help sight challenged better navigate transit (MassTransit) • The best rapid transit in the US is at airports? Video (RMTransit) • Why & when flying stopped being glamorous: Video (PhilEdwards) • Tokyo hopes new subway … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 13 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• A sneak peek inside the DLR’s new trains (IanVisits) • Network Rail & TfL announce partnership to create 20,000 new London homes (RailUK) • The hideous pedestrian tunnels marring access to the IMAX Roundabout (ALondonInheritance) • Developing Stockholm’s Congestion zone pricing implementation strategy: video (Streetsblog) • Extreme EV acceleration is the new traffic safety … The post Friday Reads – 10 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• The Chinese spy balloon shows the downsides of the technology (Wired) • Fallout London upgrade features working Underground system (TheGamer) • Transforming unused railway station spaces into community hubs (RailTechnology) • Two Types – The (railway) typefaces of Britain: video (BBC) • The Budd Rail Diesel Car (RDC), North American workhorse, in service & … The post Monday’s Friday Reads – 6 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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Our next monthly LR meetup is on at the usual pub, The Royal Oak in Borough, confirmed in the Upstairs room starting from 6:30pm on Thursday 9th February 2022. There are no known relevant strikes or other transport issues this month. As a bit of background information we intended to meet downstairs in January but … The post February 9th Meetup appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• Trainspotting unites my family: we share the pleasure of intricate details (Guardian) • Speed cushions, traffic humps, chicanes: many ways to slow cars (TrafficChoices) • Brussels-Amsterdam-Berlin night train March 2023 launch (RailwayGazette) • Berlin tries to cut traffic & emissions with a mobility sharing app (CityLab) • More trolleybus turntables (EuroGunzel) • US Transport … The post Friday Reads – 3 February 2023 appeared first on London Reconnections.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.
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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.
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• 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.
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