Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
On November 12, 1936, the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., which officially opened the bridge to traffic. This was a bit more than six months before the Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937.
Posted 4 weeks ago by bevans
The current standard for Long Haul passenger trains (with the odd exception) is a 4 carriage N set.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
Anyone who has visited the area over the past few months can’t have missed the huge amount of street works going on, as part of plans to revamp the road layout around Aldwych and Strand.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
A short post.If you are in public transport as an administrator, planner, operator or advocate, I need you to ask yourself one question.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
How well do you understand recycling? Do you know what material goes in which bin and why?
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
I was invited to do a Zoom presention to the St. Lawrence Division of the NMRA in Ottawa.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
RISSB is working with stakeholders to respond to some of the greatest challenges facing rail.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
There are many and varied standards and documents used by road asset owners and managers.
Posted 6 months ago by Railpage System User
The NSW Government welcomes NSW social housing’s addition to Infrastructure Australia’s 2021 list of national infrastructure priorities; viewing it as another positive step forward and opportunity to work in another strong, strategic partnership, to help solve common problems.
Posted 8 months ago by Railpage System User
Yesterday, the government announced an ambitious new plan, a grabbag of housing policies ranging from okay to highly laudable designed to lower the price of housing. However, this package is a donut: a tasty outer with a great big hole in the center
Posted 8 months ago by Railpage System User
Reading is credited with heling make the well-known Northeastern Design Caboose a reality.
Posted 8 months ago by 8502
Australians with rooftop solar panels could soon be charged for exporting electricity to the grid, under new rules being recommended by the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC).
Posted 9 months ago by Railpage System User
This problem is not unique to the railroad industry.
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
Sydney’s burgerphiles were rapt with drool-worthy anticipation last July, when American meat maestros Five Guys announced their intention to open the brand's first Down Under franchise in early 2021.
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
With such a difficult year behind us, it feels impossible to make resolutions fearing they may jinx an already chaotic 2021, or perhaps delay the desired ‘return to normalcy.’
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week.
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
Welcome to Media Insider, PR Newswire’s round-up of media stories from the week.
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
The rise of London and New York City as major global cities can be traced in part to investment in high quality transport networks, as we described in Part 1, which helped enable each city and its region to grow both organically, and in its competitive position compared to other city regions.
Posted 10 months ago by Railpage System User
With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire for Journalists.
Posted 11 months ago by Railpage System User
The card was lightly controversial because it has no public transit or urbanism theme, but I’m sorry: Hummingbirds are amazing.
Posted 11 months ago by Railpage System User
Today I took a stab at writing a holiday letter and discovered that, right at this moment, I can’t figure out how to cheer up transit advocates, or people who work in local government, or anyone else who loves cities.
Posted 11 months ago by Railpage System User
Welcome to Blog Profiles! Each week, we select a topic and handful of blogs that do a great job contributing to the conversation. Do you have a blog that deserves recognition? Tweet our writers at @BeyondBylines.
Posted last year by Railpage System User
In these troubled times, there is one constant and that is whenever new offices are planned, or transport upgrades announced, a chorus of voices will cry out together that it’s not needed any more. We’re working from home now, so why waste money on this they say.
Posted last year by Railpage System User
Welcome to Blogger Events, a monthly column of what’s happening in the blog world. If you have an event you’d like featured, reach out to the Beyond Bylines team via Twitter at @BeyondBylines.
Posted last year by Railpage System User
Being a serial writer is a demanding and mysterious craft.
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