Posts tagged Hong Kong
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What Tysons can learn about walkways and mall paths from other cities
Tysons is evolving from suburb to city, but try to walk around and it still feels disjointed, with very long walks from one block to the next. Filling in these spaces is a growing network of non-street paths, including elevated walkways and mall promenades. Keep reading…
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44 photos of tramways around the world, for your nerdery pleasure
Tramways are like protected bikeways but for streetcars. Enjoy this nerdtastic collection of photos. Keep reading…
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Worldwide links: Cheap(ish) houses
Cheaper housing is doable, but it’s about way more than just construction costs, strict rules are killing Sydney’s night life, and a potential light rail line from Brooklyn to Queens. Check out what’s happening around the world in transportation, land use, and other related areas! A house, on the cheap: Auburn architecture students have developed a house… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: May day
Budget math; Fare skipping; Baltimore’s deep-rooted problems; Successful service; CaBi workhorse; No parking history; How we commute; Good transit, strong economy; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your history
The day the city burned; The Beltway’s golden; More affordable than we thought?; Historic districts are not the problem; The show will go on; Subway bag check; Scaling up urban farming; 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: Transit visions on the horizon
Another step closer to DC’s streetcar launch; GOOD profiles on bikeshare leaders; Housing and transportation costs combined; Busboys for mayor?; Empty lots to farms; Mapping to help the Philippines; Hong Kong cheaper than DC?. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: What happens in National Harbor ...
MGM coming to National Harbor?; National Harbor Metro pledge; Mayor Gray makes a stand; Purple Line foe drops opposition; Guesses for SSTC completion; Too much for DC DMV; Hong Kong’s model in the US?; DC is a generous city; Virginia students ace SAT; And …. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Know your rights
Public or private?; Legal video; How downtown is like Downton; Sequestration looms; Fairfax trail closed a year; A studio in Fairfax; What’s in a license plate?; And…. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: Arrive
Anacostia gets costlier; Gray flies to China on the cheap; Nationals sell out; DC aims to take back buses; Church looks to own entire block; The diversity of LeDroit Park; Hong Kong becomes mega-region without unity; And…. Keep reading…