Now Reading
Planned books:
- Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt
Current books:
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Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker
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Op de tram by Jorie Horsthuis
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Onze excuses voor het ongemak by Robert Giebels
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Lonely Planet Chile by Carolyn McCarthy, Jean Bernard Carillet, Kevin Raub, Greg Benchwick
Recent books:
- Introduction to Probability Models, Tenth Edition by Sheldon M. Ross
- Gothenburg and its Trams by Andersson
- Bicycle Mania by Shirley Agudo
- Max Plus at Work: Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and It by Bernd Heidergott, Geert Jan Olsder, Jacob van der Woude
- Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Monthly Archives: September 2010
InnoTrans Photos
InnoTrans is the biggest trade fair of the railway industry, in Berlin every two years – not only vehicles and infrastructure companies are present but also planning consultants, timetabling and passenger information systems. Until I have the time to write … Continue reading
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A Race Track for Trains (Wegberg-Wildenrath)
“Some of you might have had an oval train track in your basement or under your roof – here we have one 1:1″, said the director of the Siemens railway test- and validation center in Wegberg-Wildenrath, on the German-Dutch border. … Continue reading
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This Week in Sustainable Transport: Hague-Budapest Tram and London Superlieways
Rail Switzerland is preparing for the breakthrough of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (source in Dutch, German and Italian). At the moment of writing, only 180 meters are left between the two Tunnel Boring Machines in the east tunnel. The birth … Continue reading
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