(Not all of these stories necessarily concern the South East loop of the project in particular – but they were published during the time I was on the rails for that loop!) Journalist Jon Worth gaat uitdaging aan: in 40 dagen alle Europese grenzen passeren met de trein OVPro […]
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Press coverage of the #CrossBorderRail project – South West loop
Železnice imajo težave pri prečkanju meja Dnevnik – Peter Pahor – 18.7.2022 “Jon Worth bo z vlakom in svojim zložljivim kolesom prepotoval 27.000 kilometrov dolgo pot in pri tem prečkal vse notranje meje Evropske unije. Na terenu že več kot mesec dni spoznava, kako se lahko stvari zapletejo, ko želiš […]
New videos: a question to European Commissioner Valean, and event live streams
I had the opportunity to ask European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean a question today at the #ConnectingEurope days event in Lyon. My question and her answer are here: There are also two recordings of events from the project – in Warszawa on Day 11 And Helsinki on Day 7
Press coverage of the #CrossBorderRail project – before departure and Northern loop
Sfinansowaliśmy wam tory i nawet perony, ale jak pociągi nie jeżdżą, to już nie nasz problem Publicysta Krytyki Politycznej – Michał Sutowski – 9/7/2022 “W Unii Europejskiej myśli się głównie o bardzo szybkich pociągach między wielkimi miastami, a powinniśmy zadbać o dobre skomunikowanie nawet wolniejszymi pociągami, które połączą miejscowości przygraniczne […]
Autonomy, reliability, and public transport
In Daniel Pink’s classic lecture about motivation and drive for the RSA, he talks about autonomy and the desire to be self directed. In recent weeks I have been wondering about this when it comes to public transport timetables. What constraints on a person’s autonomy are going to be too […]
Europe’s railways: unable to play the role they should in the climate transition
Two interesting pieces of information about transport and the climate transition crossed my timeline yesterday. This tweet from TUMI: Transport: Save money, protect the climate 🚶♀️🚶♂️🚲🚃🚋🔌@IPCC_CH pic.twitter.com/M04fFglFmN — 𝗧𝗨Ⓜ️𝗜 for 🚶♂️🚶♀️🚴♀️🚴♂️🚋🚍🔋🔌 (@TUMInitiative) April 5, 2022 And this New York Times story entitled In Europe, It’s Planes vs. Trains. For Many […]