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Making the Bow roundabout safer for pedestrians
‘So unfriendly that to make a safe circumnavigation of the roundabout on foot would take over an hour.’
london  tfl  roads  transport 
november 2011 by threedaymonk
London's ghost cycle super highway lanes will kill. All because TfL doesn't want cars to slow down.
‘EDIT UPDATE IN NOVEMBER - It is exactly this sort of “ghost bike lane” design that has now killed two people at Bow roundabout. And Transport for London is proposing dozens more junctions should be designed exactly like this.’
london  transport  cycling  safety  tfl 
november 2011 by threedaymonk
The Driver Privilege Checklist
Truth.
transport  cycling  cars 
november 2011 by threedaymonk
U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns As It Rolled Out Airport X-Ray Scanners
airport  security  transport  cancer  radiation  scanner 
november 2011 by threedaymonk
LCC Proposes Pedestrian And Cyclist Friendly Blackfriars
Seems good, but there's small chance of TfL doing something positive for humans.
london  cycling  tfl  safety  transport 
october 2011 by threedaymonk
foldboat.info
A simple boat made from a single sheet of flexible plastic; they claim it can be folded and unfolded in minutes.
boat  design  transport 
september 2011 by threedaymonk
BusMapper.co.uk
Click two points on a map of London and it tells you the best single bus journey between them.
london  transport  bus  travel  maps 
may 2011 by threedaymonk
Describe Online
Text guides to public venues. Explains how to change Tube lines, for example.
accessibility  uk  transport 
february 2011 by threedaymonk
Heathrow Airport Shutdown: What’s the Real Cause?
‘Suddenly, every terminal at the two main London airports, Heathrow and Gatwick, was remodeled around the shopping mall. The airports were, in effect, re-purposed, and the actual management and running of a business centered on flying people rather than selling to them became secondary.’
transport  travel  airports  heathrow 
december 2010 by threedaymonk
Why IPC Media want Boris to shift his Barclays Hire Bike station from their front door!
My vote is still on Nimbyism.
nimby  london  cycling  transport  commented 
december 2010 by threedaymonk
CBRD » Media » Fonts
British road sign lettering.
fonts  transport  typography  uk 
october 2010 by threedaymonk
Driving is Why You’re Fat
Visualisation of obesity rates and modes of transport used to commute to work for states of the US.
transport  obesity  health  driving  cycling 
august 2010 by threedaymonk
A Hundred and One Wankers
‘A catalogue of the insults and comments I get shouted at me whilst riding my bike. Placed on a map to create a London Wankermap.’
cycling  london  transport  maps 
august 2010 by threedaymonk
The bicyclist’s panopticon
A hypothetical device that would make cycling safer.
cycling  safety  transport 
june 2010 by threedaymonk
Why are female cyclists so vulnerable to lorries?
london  cycling  transport  safety 
may 2010 by threedaymonk
Most Dangerous Piece Of Equipment On The Road?
A clock.
cycling  driving  transport  safety 
may 2010 by threedaymonk
A tool I made for Londoners that makes journey planning quicker
Bookmarklet to plan a journey from your normal location, and a greasemonkey script that turns all postcodes into journey planner links.
uk  london  transport  tfl 
april 2010 by threedaymonk
King’s Cross to Beijing in two days on new high-speed rail network
And all ‘within the next ten years’, apparently. I really hope this happens.
railway  trains  transport  travel  china 
march 2010 by threedaymonk
New delivery auction websites save money and CO2
Courier things cheaply across the country by using space in empty vans on return journeys.
transport  environment  courier 
february 2010 by threedaymonk
Where Can I Live
Tells you where you can afford to live in London based on your destination station, how much you can afford to pay to rent or buy, and how long you are prepared to spend commuting. Useful and yet depressing.
uk  london  transport  housing 
january 2010 by threedaymonk
The Cycling Lawyer: Cycling against the car culture
uk  law  cycling  transport  culture  safety 
december 2009 by threedaymonk
a Roman thought: Ten tips for driving in Italy
Hilarious and terrifying.
culture  driving  transport  cars  italy  humour 
november 2009 by threedaymonk
Rider Down
Collecting information about cycle accidents in London.
cycling  accidents  transport  london 
october 2009 by threedaymonk
Hyperdia
Simple and quick way to look up Japanese train times and prices.
japan  travel  transport  shinkansen  railway 
october 2009 by threedaymonk
Tube Map shows hottest spots
The Central Line really is the hottest.
london  underground  transport 
august 2009 by threedaymonk
UFO-SCIENCE
Helicopter blades rotation-synced to the movie camera shutter. Looks like they aren't moving.
video  helicopter  transport 
april 2009 by threedaymonk
Rail fares: we've gone from passengers to customers to mugs
Lovely rant.
transport  uk  trains  humour 
february 2009 by threedaymonk
Prepay or Travelcard
Depending on how and when you travel, Oyster Prepay may be cheaper than a travelcard.
london  transport  travel  uk  underground  oyster 
january 2009 by threedaymonk
Who lives by the road, dies by the road
‘The genius of the pro-car lobby has been to convince the public that roadkill is acceptable collateral damage.’
transport  books  cars  society 
december 2008 by threedaymonk
In-flight surveillance could foil terrorists in the sky
Facecrime!
cctv  privacy  surveillance  eu  transport 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
One dead as bus crashes into tree
I often take this bus, and usually sit at the front of the top deck.
news  london  transport 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
STOP ILLEGAL NUMBER PLATES
uk  transport  numberplates 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Flickr: Bad Number Plates
uk  transport  numberplates 
may 2008 by threedaymonk
Cooling the Tube.
Fascinating. Apparently, it takes 20-30 years for heat problems to start.
engineering  transport  london 
march 2008 by threedaymonk
How CVTs Work
I now understand continuously variable transmission in cars.
engineering  cars  transport  technology  gears  cvt  transmission 
march 2008 by threedaymonk
The Suicide Station
A third of all rail suicides in the UK occur at or around Southall station, and most of them are by Sikh women.
uk  transport  society 
november 2007 by threedaymonk
hatsumelo♪.com
More Japanese railway platform jingles than you could ever need.
music  transport  japan 
august 2007 by threedaymonk
KICK MAP COMPARISON
A really good reworking of the New York Subway map, taking some geographical liberties for improved topographical clarity (like the London Underground map).
design  transport  london  newyork  maps  visualisation 
july 2007 by threedaymonk
What colours are the different lines on the London Underground?
Pantone, CMYK, RGB, etc.
uk  design  london  transport  colour 
march 2007 by threedaymonk
He came to London with ambition, talent and his family’s hopes. Then one day, his e-mails home stopped
A profile of the young Vietnamese man apparently knocked under an Underground train last week by idiots fighting on the platform.
london  transport  awful 
december 2006 by threedaymonk
Welcome aboard
A truthful in-flight announcement.
travel  humour  transport  airline 
september 2006 by threedaymonk
Bikely
‘Discover and share your favorite bicycle routes.’
maps  transport  cycling  collaboration 
august 2006 by threedaymonk
Anagram map of the Tube
Underground station names remixed.
humour  transport 
february 2006 by threedaymonk
Re-thinking urban car journeys
We need more of this in every city
transport  cars  city 
april 2005 by threedaymonk

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