Technology is making cities ‘smart’, but it’s also costing the environment

Mark Sawyer, University of Western Australia The Australian government has allocated A$50 million for the Smarter Cities and Suburbs Program to encourage projects that “improve the livability, productivity and sustainability of cities and towns across Australia”. One project funded under the program is installation of temperature, lighting and motion sensors in buildings and bus interchanges […]

Power to the people! Harrogate’s Electrics are live

A sparkling fleet of groundbreaking zero-emission electric buses has been unveiled in Harrogate. Transdev subsidiary The Harrogate Bus Company revealed the fleet of eight Volvo 7900e electric buses at a star-studded launch event in the North Yorkshire spa town on 26 July, attended by the Buses Minister, Nusrat Ghani MP, and local MP for Harrogate […]

The AOI and London Transport Museum’s Prize for Illustration deadline has been extended!

London Stories

Illustrators rejoice! The AOI and London Transport Museum’s prize for illustration deadline is now Tuesday 31 July. Submissions are now being accepted for the Poster Prize for Illustration 2019, in partnership with London Transport Museum, until the end of the day on Tuesday 31 July. This year’s theme, as illustrated in the promo for the competition […]

Stagecoach to trial the UK’s first full-size driverless bus

Stagecoach is set to trial the UK’s first full-sized driverless bus. Yes. It’s happening. The autonomous vehicle revolution is here. Well actually, it’s kind of underway already, with trials of AVs happening all over the world as we speak (see the partnership between manufacturer Navya, la Métropole de Lyon and Sytral for one such example). RATP in […]

A hundred years of Johnston – the iconic typeface of the London Underground

Paul Wilson, University of Leeds It’s been 100 years since the London Underground’s distinctive typeface made its first appearance. Alongside the unmistakable roundel, Johnston has helped to create some of the most recognisable signage in the world: a design which screams “London!”, no matter which language you speak. It has guided Londoners and visitors alike […]

Illustrating London – an interview with Julia Allum

London Stories

Julia Allum is an award-winning Norfolk-based illustrator with a love of everything vintage. Influenced by poster art from the first half of the 20th century, she uses simple bold shapes to create her colourful, eye catching illustrations. Julia’s worked with some of the world’s biggest brands, including Natwest, Expedia, the University of Birmingham, the NHS […]

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