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Random streets: November 2014
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Monday, 24 November 2014. Jersey, Channel Islands. The Channel Islands are an archipelago off the coast of Normandy. Despite being closer to France, the islands are dependencies of the British Crown. Jersey is the largest of the Channel Islands. It is governed independently from the other islands (and its government is also independent from that of the United Kingdom). Smaller minibuses are used on some services. The d...
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Random streets: London, UK
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Saturday, 16 June 2012. To set the scene, the first post is from my home city, London. Capital city of England, Great Britain and the United Kingdom. Host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Home to many well-known sights, including its world-famous red double-decker buses. TfL), with the buses operated by a number of private companies on TfL’s behalf. Apart from a small number of advertising buses, it is n...
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Random streets: June 2015
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Friday, 19 June 2015. For my 100th post on this blog, I'll come clean about my carbon footprint. So far, my posts spread over 24 countries across two continents. (Make it 31 countries if you count principalities, dependent territories and constituent nations of the UK separately). I've posted about places from Tromsø. In arctic Norway in the north, as far south as Gran Canaria. To the Canadian city of Victoria. As wel...
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Random streets: Manchester, UK
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Sunday, 31 May 2015. A century ago, trams were a common sight in towns and cities across the United Kingdom. Fifty years later only one system survived, in the seaside town of Blackpool. More recently, trams have had a limited revival, reappearing in five towns and cities across England and, most recently, one. The city of Manchester was the first in the UK to reintroduce trams, its system opening in 1992. There are al...
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The confused thoughts of a thirty-something cyber crawler. Suzy’s Easter and most of April catch-up. Apr 26th, 2015 at 5:53 PM. It’s been a good time of it. Here’s the highlights…. Cut for bus photos, personal photos, length, and wrestling. Hopes for the future. State of the suzy. Wedding, Bedford, Hair Colours, Brochures, Burritos, Quakers, Jonah, and everything else. Mar 18th, 2015 at 5:06 PM. Speaking of Nephews, as I was in my last blog post, here’s a shot of Jonah, my sister’s son, earli...Busy with...
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Pusskins's Diary
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The confused thoughts of a thirty-something cyber crawler. Suzy’s Easter and most of April catch-up. Apr 26th, 2015 at 5:53 PM. It’s been a good time of it. Here’s the highlights…. Cut for bus photos, personal photos, length, and wrestling. Hopes for the future. State of the suzy. Tangerines Draw, and contender for ICW Tag Team name of the year. Feb 25th, 2015 at 1:25 PM. Further to yesterday’s post. The penalty was converted, and we were 0-1 down. Now, at that point I feared the worst! I’ve been w...
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Random streets: February 2015
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Friday, 27 February 2015. Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. Updated 15th February 2 016. The Canary Islands lie off the western coast of Africa. With plenty of warm sunshine all year round, they are a popular holiday destination. The main holiday resorts are on the island's south coast. The largest of these, Playa del Inglés, is also one of the largest holiday resorts in Europe. While some of the buses had two axles...
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Random streets: Madrid, Spain
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Thursday, 2 July 2015. Europe's third largest capital city by population is Madrid. More than 3 million people live within the city boundary - only Berlin and London have larger populations. Admittedly, other cities have larger populations if you include their wider metropolitan areas. Madrid's transport system comprises an extensive network of buses, light rail, a metro and suburban rail. At the opposite end of the sc...
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Random streets: July 2014
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Monday, 28 July 2014. Ieper (Ypres), Belgium. 28th July 1914 was a dark day in European history. This date, a century ago, was marked by the outbreak of war. The Belgian town of Ieper is closely associated with the First World War. During the war, official documents in Belgium used the French language. So, despite being in the Flanders region, Ieper is better-known by its French name - Ypres. The First World War left I...
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Random streets: December 2014
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Observations of transport systems on the streets of random places, at home and abroad. Saturday, 20 December 2014. The city of Nürnberg (or Nuremberg) lies in the northern part of the German state of Bavaria. W. Ith around 500,000 inhabitants, Nürnberg. Is Bavaria's second-largest city (the largest is Munich. Nürnberg's public transport system is provided by V. A company wholly owned by the City of Nürnberg. In and around the centre of Nürnberg, the tram system has a mix of on-street and segregated track.
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