Posts tagged Germany
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This German city’s monorail redefines river transportation
A suspended monorail in one German city proves that transportation infrastructure doesn’t have to obstruct access to parks and rivers. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Movement in city hall
Move city hall?; House(ing) committee; JBG publishes its own paper; Arlington draws residents for jobs; What about Baltimore’s alleys?; Infill stations are good for transit; Urban parents struggle with expenses; Walking and thinking; And…. Keep reading…
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A streetcar is more space-efficient than individual cars. And we knew it 70 years ago.
Martin Austermuhle found this 1945 advertisement from DC’s Capital Transit Company, the operator of the streetcars. It makes a familiar point: Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Cross with care
College Park focuses on pedestrian safety; More transportation options for young people; CityCenterDC only for the wealthy; Blame the canal; DC issues bad parking tickets; Farmers’ markets face red tape; Time changes Howard Theatre; Sell your house; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Saving the city
Self-policing DC; Best design of the year?; Shaw and Anacostia sites ready for development; Pay-to-play meter deal; Defense of streetcar in Arlington; Urbanism from scratch; 1 car = 10 bikes; 11-year BRT timeline; Utah’s transit gem. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Welcome back
Purple Line may impact endangered species; Food trucks receive lotteried spots; Fatal derailment in New York; Bike trains help novices; Finer street grids improve walkability; Germany plans deep emissions cuts; Kolkata cyclists protest ban; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: The political consequences
The GOP’s Virginia hopes; Conservatives take on transit; Japan’s big maglev offer; Instant biking cities; Where are the fed jobs?; Monday night derailment; Pentagon City Mall improvements; Bike lanes planned for North Bethesda; DC approves licenses for the undocumented; Around the world. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Columbus Day
Streetcars get historic; Zoning update hyperbole; Don’t bother with new bike map; Germans love transit; Live on the Mall?; Homelessness rises; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Uncertain developments
Transit center further delayed; MLB forbids paying for late Metro?; Bikeshare-athlon; Groceries for U Street; The school spot shuffle; Fake bus stops for the disoriented; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Making plans
A new library; A Ward 7 Walmart; More CaBi for Arlington; WMATA hires in planning and development; Maryland sees crime rate fall; Don’t “like” new Facebook HQ; Dresden rolls out longest bus; And…. Keep reading…