Posts tagged France
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Breakfast links: Make taxicabs great again
Overhaul of the taxicab overhaul; Apartments are shrinking; New proposal for paid leave; Adjacent states worlds apart in business; TOPA-turvy in Chinatown; Elevator downer; The cool down begins; Peds on the Seine; London’s housing solution. Keep reading…
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Worldwide links: France
Today, we mourn for France, which was again the target of a horrific terrorist attack. Tragedy in France: A man killed over 80 people and injured at least 200 more when he drove a truck through a crowds celebrating Bastille Day in France’s southern city of Nice. The attack on the pedestrian-filled promenade was the third major terrorist attack in France since January 2015. Tramways… Keep reading…
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8 lessons about great transit I learned riding the Paris Métro
Paris has one of the world’s great subway systems. Beyond its truly impressive coverage and service quality, here are eight wonderful details about how it operates that US systems would do well to mimic. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Are you ready to ride?
DC Streetcar opening February; Not in your backyard; A dedicated rowing lane; Fight Baltimore’s blight; Reston speed bump; Walk dangerously; The math on housing policy; Wi-Fi in the City; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Limbo
Waiting game; Managing the streetcar; No answers; Wal-Mart crows; Returning to the mothership; Working together; Small streets; Paid to ride; Hopping down the bike trail. Keep reading…
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Cities worldwide are building beautiful, landmark pedestrian and bicycle bridges. Could Georgetown be next?
A new bicycle and pedestrian bridge may one day connect Georgetown with Roosevelt Island. Some recent bridges like this in other cities have become iconic landmarks. Could DC do the same and compensate for its freqently lackluster bridge designs? Here are a few of the world’s great pedestrian bridges. Keep reading…
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America can learn from this French city’s complete streets
Strasbourg, France is a beautiful city that takes its complete streets to heart. The roads through the old city gracefully mix street trams/light rail with bicycle paths and friendly traffic calmed streets. Pedestrians move easily. Its central intercity train station is a glamorous historic building sheathed in a chic, modern glass shell. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: In memoriam
Survivors remember Metro crash victims; Cuts could hit more than streetcars; Older Americans lead bike boom; I shall call him … Mini-Me; What about pop-ups?; Bucking trend, developer plans 3-bedrooms; New app helps estimate bus costs; Fairfax supervisor’s War on Bikes; Texas high speed rail progresses, quietly; And…. Keep reading…
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China may have figured out wireless trams
This December, wireless streetcars will start carrying passengers in Guangzhou, China. The new trams will run using supercapacitor batteries instead of overhead wires. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: CaBi safely
Only 95 CaBi crashes since 2010; Kid’s seat for CaBi; Fast ferry to Virginia; Metro’s got talent; Historic parking lots; France to pay people to bike; And…. Keep reading…