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John Band

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I'm a tech, transport, media and marketing consultant and writer. Find out more at johnband.org.

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It will be interesting to see how the inquiry plays out, but the glaringly obvious point so far is "manual override mode is when bad things occur" gov.uk/government/new…

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He is not, by any stretch of the imagination, Winston’s great nephew. His great grandfather was Winston’s first cousin. So he is a cousin, thrice removed.

He is not, by any stretch of the imagination, Winston’s great nephew. 

His great grandfather was Winston’s first cousin. So he is a cousin, thrice removed.
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Using a second green light for a more restrictive signalling aspect doesn't seem, ah, obviously condusive to safety mx-schroeder.medium.com/saw-a-light-th…

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Paragraphs 70-85 of this report suggest that the Train Simulator version of the Class 158 is extremely close to the real version in terms of its handling at low speeds assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/668e7b77…

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Good pit on the new Sydney tram proposal. Real shame that the government isn't behind it despite council enthusiasm youtube.com/watch?v=uoziZD…

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A much more minor incident, thankfully, but interesting parallels to Hillsborough and various other football tragedies where the initial reports of fan violence turned out to be complete bollocks mx-schroeder.medium.com/fans-freezing-…

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This is quite fun, on why modern container ships look like the opposite of anything you made in school physics exercises youtube.com/watch?v=2VUYCs…

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This is quite fun. The Russian Voksol for station *is* derived from London's Vauxhall, but not in the way that everyone thinks youtube.com/watch?v=5MOi2c…

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This is an impressive piece - vibes of optimistic postwar public information films with 2020s production values! youtube.com/watch?v=xubslJ…