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European Union, In the media

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 […]

Analysis

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 […]

Analysis

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 […]

Quick takes

Open source mapping tools

One of the headaches when planning the #CrossBorderRail trip was to be able to map railway routes adequately accurately. The number of railway routing tools available in public is considerably fewer than for road transport! But on this – as on so many other railway topics – it was a […]