Moving Together, Faster
Why you should use the Jakarta busway, originally uploaded by fishkid.
This picture illustrates the typical lane designations busways receive across the world. The vast majority of busways, bus lanes, and BRT lanes are dedicated solely for Bus and emergency vehicle use (ie. no private vehicles.) This bus lane in Jakarta demonstrates how bus only lanes should be implemented in urban areas…
Why do European business travelers have a 30-minute jump on us? Well, one reason is the amount we’re willing to invest. The U.S. Senate is proposing to spend just $11.4 billion to keep the entire nationwide Amtrak network running for the next six years. And even that level of funding is a political hot potato. When Trent Lott, the right-wing Mississippi Republican, is on the same side of a funding debate as Frank Lautenberg, the left-wing New Jersey Democrat, you know for sure that Amtrak is a party-bending, policy-warping, money-eating conundrum.
Art Deco, taking many cues from fascist architecture and graphic design, who in turn was referencing early Roman design.
The new Freitag flagship store in Zurich’s western developing area, made of seventeen used freight containers stacked together.
Sorry about the sluggish pace of the website lately folks, it certainly isn’t because of a lack of information this week, but rather the time…
Tonight however, I am headed to Manhattan to get my winter dose of Urbanism…
Coming soon: the Dubai Metro…
The Chevy Volt concept Electric Car is finishing up its Miami tour today from 10am to 9pm: Dolphin Mall (Doral, 11401 NW 12th Street, in front of the Texas de Brazil restaurant)…
More tolls to come? What will they fund?
-Via TM reader Robertson
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National Park(ing) Day 2007, West Palm Beach…
If the view above seems familiar, its probably because you’ve been sitting in traffic for 50 extra hours per year.
“Americans sat in traffic 4.2 billion hours, or 38 hours per driver, in 2005, up from 4 billion in 2004, according to the transportation research center at Texas A&M University.”
Today’s Transitography comes from one of our own readers (Join and add your own photos.) The Athens LRT, is one of the city’s more modern transit lines, opened in 2004.
Transit systems like this will become impossible to construct in the US if Federal funding is switched to also include HOT lanes.
Dallas Area Rapid Transit recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion project which will stretch the green line a total of 27 miles with 20 stations.
We’ve turned today’s Transitography into a quiz. Can anyone guess what urban park this is and what exactly makes it so appealing to hundreds of visitors everyday? Check back this afternoon for the answer and to see how this park relates to the findings outlined by William Whyte…
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