Effective June 1, all types of alcoholic beverages were declared illegal on London’s Underground. Never having travelled outside our rather puritanical nation’s borders, I hadn’t really thought about “drinking and riding” being a problem. After all, beverages of all sorts are not allowed on Miami-Dade’s transit system.
Though, after giving this some thought, a refreshingly cool alcoholic beverage might make that interminable-seeming wait for the perpetually late eastbound 24 at FIU’s “Main Terminal” much more pleasant.
Photo from marcusbbyrne on Flickr
Speaking of cycling, another major European city has made a huge commitment to improving its bicycle infrastructure. London Mayor Ken Livingstone, famous for implementing
congestion pricing,
announced yesterday a £500 million ($1 billion US) investment package that aims to make the city a global leader in cycling. The plan includes:
- Velib-style bike-sharing program with 6,000 bikes for rent at stations approximately 300 meters apart
- New cycle paths
- Exclusive cycle zones
- Much greater bike parking capacity
Streetsblog has an excellent breakdown of the London cycling program.
I wonder how much longer Miami will view these ambitious bike plans as “unproven” or “a waste of time and money”?
Twice a week or so, I like to scan through the blogroll to see what is going on on the other transit/development blogs around the nation. Here are some articles worth reading:
Tropolism: The Guggenheim is cracking, its 12 layers of paint are chipping off and a new computer simulated model is here to show us what the facade really looks like.
CitySkip: The new era of Reality TV? Voyeurism, of course. The new HBO Voyeur program can be found
here…
Streetsblog: The effects of London’s Congestion pricing:
- In 2006, around 70,000 fewer vehicles entered the same area each day.
- Before charging began, some 334,000 vehicles entered the original zone each day.
- An increase in cycling within the zone of 43 per cent.
- Congestion Charge generated provisional net revenues of £123m in 2006/07, which will be spent on further improvements to transport across London, particularly bus services.
The Overhead Wire: Transportation costs get personal as TOW finds that Quicken lacks inputs for non-vehicular dependent transit costs. TOW goes on to confront the absurd cost of car ownership (on average, 18% of Americans’ income) and our uncanny dependency on it…
Telstar Logistics:
The 787 Dreamliner was unveiled on July 8, 2007 on schedule…
Inhabitat:
“…the U.S. House of Representatives has unveiled a plan to become carbon Neutral by the end of its current term. Legislation has also been introduced to make the entire Capitol complex- all 23 buildings- carbon neutral by the end of 2020.”
2020? So much for setting the example…
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