• Victoria Embankment and cholera – urban form & disease (Guardian) • The fashionable history of social distancing (TheConversation) • Dirty air, tailpipes & COVID-19 (TransportWeekly) • The ...
In November 2017 a London Overground train came to a sudden halt just outside Peckham Rye station. It began a chain of events that would eventually lead to over eighty passengers standing at trackside ...
• More spent on failed Garden Bridge than on TfL crossings in 10 years (NewCivilEng) • Safeguarding the Bakerloo Line Extension (IanVisits) • Hammersmith High Line competition ideas (HydeParkNow) • ...
With discussion of ticket office closures and rail passenger numbers a political hot potato, it’s easy to forget that firm data on the state of rail in Great Britain does exist. We take a look at the ...
As both the Underground, and rail in general, become increasingly reliant on their digital infrastructure, so the potential impact of a cyber attack grows. We look some of the core cyber-security ...
Long Branch Mike will be presenting at the London Underground Railway Society (LURS) on Tuesday 9 August, 2016, at the Society’s monthly meeting, on the development and evolution of the Pneumatic ...
On 10th April 2019 the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham suddenly and without notice announced that Hammersmith Bridge was closed to all traffic due to urgent concerns about its structural ...
New York City’s public transportation is in the midst of a slow-moving crisis. Years of deferred maintenance, staff shortages, and insufficient funding have left subway commuters navigating regular ...
New York City’s public transportation is in the midst of a slow-moving crisis. Years of deferred maintenance, staff shortages, and insufficient funding have left subway commuters navigating regular ...
Škoda Group has carried out a demonstration in Finland of a tram being driven autonomously without a driver. Škoda’s breakthrough took place at a tram depot at Tampere Finland, with a tram fitted with ...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved eight new line projects which are intended to improve connectivity, minimise logistics costs, reduce oil imports and lower CO 2 emissions. The ...
As part of the LogIKTram research project, it was determined how future urban freight transport can be shifted by tram or regional train. At the final event of the LogIKTram research project in ...