Live tube map
A couple of people have put together a real time tracking map of all trains on the London Underground. It is extremely awesome: This wouldn’t have cost a single dollar in public money to put together, and from the sound of it the people who put it together just needed the raw data, ran a clever program and came up with something exceedingly useful in just a couple of hours.…
12 Comments History of the London Underground
The largest transit system in the world began with but a single line, something to keep in mind when thinking about Auckland’s PT future: Note: The videos have not been uploaded very well and you may need to jump forward and back a bit…
The end of the Circle Line
The excellent Human Transit blog reports that London’s Circle Line is being turned into something that more represents a “tadpole” – well at least according to Jarret from Human Transit.
The difference between the old line and the new are clearly visible in the two maps below.…
London v Auckland – transport emissions
Joel Cayford is on the Auckland Regional Council, and keeps a most excellent blog where he comments on planning, transport and other matters quite regularly, and in good detail too. A post that he made a week or so ago included a table that really caught my eye:
London’s population in 2006 was just over six times Auckland’s population, and yet their transport emissions were below twice of ours.…
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