Posts tagged Puerto Rico
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National links: The availability of shade is an important measure of equity
The availability of shade—think trees and bus shelters—isn't equitably distributed in cities like Los Angeles. Mexico's Bus Rapid Transit is a success story. Atlanta, long known for being car-centric, may install a Dutch-style “woonerf” to create the “Time Square of the South.” Keep reading…
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Metro has a twin in San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico has a subway system called Tren Urbano that offers quick, comfortable rides from the city’s outskirts to near its center. A lot of visitors don’t even know it exists, let alone that it was the last system like Washington DC’s Metro built in the US. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Where the sidewalk’s too small
Popular food truck spots in peril; Voters call for light rail in Virginia Beach; Will aging boomers bring down car usage?; DC area turns towards transit use; Puerto Rico, DC statehood link?; “Mega” recreation centers?; Charges in cyclist assault. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Walkable retail for C. Park
UMD wants transit, town center; Restore the sidewalk; CSX blocking RI Ave bridge; Bond tax stays in budget; ART strike over sexual harassment, bathrooms; Anderson joins Planning Board; Sex and the city; The mother of all unexpected rankings; And…. Keep reading…