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• The secret plan to charge London’s drivers by the mile (London Centric) • Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme (Construction Enquirer) • New 3D maps give disabled passengers more ...

Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.

Malcolm Dobell described the Revolution VLR (RVLR) in Issue 193 (Nov-Dec 2021). Design of this demonstrator vehicle started in 2018, construction in 2019, and the vehicle was completed in 2021. It was ...

• Go-op: Britain’s first cooperative railway (The Guardian) • South Australia introduces special license for drivers of “Ultra High-Powered Vehicles” (CarScoops) • Who Owns the Streets? How Cars Took ...

Correspondent and Friday Reads compiler for London Reconnections.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey finally secured the green light to start its $10 billion replacement and expansion of the world’s busiest bus terminal. The FTA announced final go-ahead ...

It’s that time of year and so here is the 2024 London Reconnections Christmas Quiz. 2024 was significant for your quizmaster as it was his first full year of retirement and, also, an increasingly ...

• The secret plan to charge London’s drivers by the mile (London Centric) • Extra tunnels included in £6bn East West Rail scheme (Construction Enquirer) • New 3D maps give disabled passengers more ...

• Pollution on some new UK trains 13 times London’s busiest road (Guardian) • Underground trains getting faster thanks to signalling upgrade (IanVisits) • The Overground’s secret station ...

• The new sounds of London’s electric buses (TheVerge) • London Plan 1946 Railways for peace Report (ALondonInheritance) • A Prime Meridian station (BeautyOfTransport) • Kids who cycle or walk to ...

In an unexpected piece of potentially good news for London, it was reported last month that 10 new trains could be built for Crossrail. We look at the substance of the reports, catch up with … ...