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SkyScraper City Transport Appraisal Economics (COBA, NATA)  
15:47 15-Apr-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 248]    By: Unnamed
I'm trying to do a bit of coursework which is based around the COBA analysis of transport projects. Basically we have to input estimated values for Social Costs and Social Benefits into an excel s...
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SkyScraper City Petition defeat for HACAN and other Heathrow nimby groups  
11:57 14-Apr-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 206]    By: Unnamed
A petition against the expansion of Heathrow has been heavily advertised in some of the west London newspapers over the last weeks. The petition: 2 million residents, predominantly of West...
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SkyScraper City Ryanair to fly to US for just £7  
19:09 12-Apr-07   [Replies: 40, Views: 1198]    By: Unnamed
Ryanair to fly to US for just £7 Ryanair today announced plans to fly to the US for less than £7 a ticket. Its chief executive Michael O'Leary said he would launch a new no-frills service ...
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UrbanPlanet.org A Stadium Done Right?  
17:18 12-Apr-07   [Replies: 18, Views: 1645]    By: Unnamed
Today saw the release of the design for the new Minnesota Twins Baseball Stadium. It will be located on the edge of downtown Minneapolis, about a block away from the city's main entertainmen...
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SkyScraper City Gatwick Station revamp  
01:02 12-Apr-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 329]    By: Unnamed
From propertyweek Croydon aims to take off with Gatwick station revamp 23.03.07 SEEDA in talks with BASA and Network Rail to provide Schiphol-type airport terminal By Mark Shepherd ...
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SkyScraper City Gatwick express saved  
12:25 4-Apr-07   [Replies: 22, Views: 610]    By: Unnamed
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle1611712.ece [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article1611712.ece]> Government admits Gatwick Express U-turn ...
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SkyScraper City Spending to expand rail network doubles to £2.4bn  
14:34 3-Apr-07   [Replies: 34, Views: 894]    By: Unnamed
Spending to expand rail network doubles to £2.4bn Mark Milner, industrial editor Tuesday April 3, 2007 Guardian Unlimited Network Rail is more than doubling its spending on expanding...
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SkyScraper City Tube carries one billion passengers for first time  
22:00 29-Mar-07   [Replies: 28, Views: 1119]    By: Unnamed
Tube carries one billion passengers for first time http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/medi...ntre/4770.aspx [http://www.tfl.gov.uk/corporate/media/newscentre/4770.aspx]> 28 March 2007 Tran...
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SkyScraper City Who is in charge of rolling stock?  
17:31 28-Mar-07   [Replies: 21, Views: 598]    By: Unnamed
I'm hoping somebody can help me figure this out. I read recently that Transpennine Express wanted to add a 4th carriage to their 3 carriage new trains but were refused permission to do so by t...
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SkyScraper City The 10 most overcrowded train services in Britain...  
14:19 28-Mar-07   [Replies: 3, Views: 389]    By: Unnamed
Taken from: http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article...nsportintheuk1 [http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2007/mar/26/travelnews.transportintheuk1]> "Environmental campaigners today rev...
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SkyScraper City Tyne-Tees the first in UK for Maglev?  
17:12 23-Mar-07   [Replies: 70, Views: 2769]    By: Unnamed
The association of North East Councils (ANEC) this week announced its intention to work more closely with UK ultraspeed to study plans for a maglev link that would connect Newcastle and Middlesbor...
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SkyScraper City Are we there yet? BBC2  
17:03 19-Mar-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 213]    By: Unnamed
Tuesdays 7:30 BBC2 A good series looking at some of the transport issues in Britain today. Managed to catch the program last week, which talked about the need to expand London’s public transport...
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SkyScraper City stagecoach to increase dividend to 700 million  
23:47 18-Mar-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 105]    By: Unnamed
Stagecoach founders to net £168m By Michael Harrison, Business Editor Published: 15 March 2007 Brian Souter, the chief executive of Stagecoach, and his sister Ann Gloag, who helped him fou...
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SkyScraper City Tube Night on BBC FOUR  
14:18 16-Mar-07   [Replies: 20, Views: 645]    By: Unnamed
Since Tubey hasn't mentioned it yet, BBC FOUR is showing a number of programmes to do with the London Underground this coming Sunday: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/documen...be-night.shtml [htt...
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SkyScraper City Please Support LEEDS' Transport Aspirations  
19:38 12-Mar-07   [Replies: 2, Views: 247]    By: Unnamed
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Leeds-Supertram/ [http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Leeds-Supertram/]> Please sign the petition for fairer funding for Leeds - Croydon, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, S...
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SkyScraper City Future Transport Planning in the United Kingdom  
23:50 4-Mar-07   [Replies: 11, Views: 476]    By: Unnamed
Does it actually exsist? Or do we just rely on incompetent buffoons to try and fob the public/voters off with gimmicks and headline catching ideas? Does anyone have any evidence of example...
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SkyScraper City Humber Bridge Tolls Petition  
23:40 1-Mar-07   [Replies: 83, Views: 2477]    By: Unnamed
From the BBC Humber Website: Bridge petition signed by 2,000 More than six million vehicles cross the bridge every year More than 2,000 people have signed an online petition calling...
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SkyScraper City Britain's Worst Roads  
00:21 27-Feb-07   [Replies: 24, Views: 815]    By: Unnamed
Motorists name A12 as worst road BBC 27 February A key route linking London to East Anglia has been named as the worst road in Britain in a survey of 4,000 drivers by an insurance company. The...
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SkyScraper City !!!VIRGIN TRAIN DERAILS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT!!!  
22:18 23-Feb-07   [Replies: 19, Views: 735]    By: Unnamed
......not again http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6391633.stm [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/6391633.stm]> ...
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SkyScraper City HSR for the west  
18:55 20-Feb-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 264]    By: Unnamed
First of all, apologies for my mapping skills below! First Great Western proposed a new high-speed line from London to Bristol a few years ago, but were turned down by the government, despite ...
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SkyScraper City Interesting report on London Underground PPP contracts  
23:48 16-Feb-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 169]    By: Unnamed
Here is a recent report on the state or progress, or lack of in the LU 30yr PPP upgrades. Interesting contrast between Metronet & Tubelines. http://www.london.gov.uk/assembly/re...o-infrac...
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SkyScraper City The French do it again  
22:17 16-Feb-07   [Replies: 250, Views: 10562]    By: Unnamed
French train breaks own record at 553 kph From correspondents in Paris, France, 07:01 PM IST The French high-speed TGV train broke its own rail speed record when it touched 553 km an hour, t...
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SkyScraper City Birmingham New St renewal/replacement - Petition  
00:32 13-Feb-07   [Replies: 1, Views: 201]    By: Unnamed
Yes I know there is a discussion thread for this in the Birmingham section but i think there is a placed for it here too... Brum thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...9#post11716179 [...
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SkyScraper City DfT - Get your hands off our railways!!!  
20:02 12-Feb-07   [Replies: 4, Views: 256]    By: Unnamed
GRRR!!!! I have loads recently about the DfT's micromanagement of the railways since they got rid of the SRA and how it has lead to big problems. It makes me so annoyed that our 'privatised' r...
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UrbanPlanet.org New Urbanism vs the big box and the bad neighbor  
11:35 10-Feb-07   [Replies: 5, Views: 573]    By: Unnamed
This thread is a discussion regarding how big box or the bad neighbor affects those quaint mixed use placeful neighborhoods called new urban neighborhoods. The struggles, the failures, the heroe...
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