Gareth Long is an artist in New York and one of my oldest and dearest friends. Sadly, due to the two-headed monster known as Geography and Life, we rarely get to see each other. But given the recent reopening of the Roosevelt Island Tram, it seemed like a logical opportunity to work together and see...
Back in October, I brought notice to Rio’s Complexo do Alemao Teleférico. In that post I stated that based upon available information, the system was to be operational by the end of this year. Unfortunately in late November, Rio and the Complexo do Alemao favela were witness to a nasty battle between insurgent drug cartels...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): No pant’s day: Underwear everywhere Pantless subway ride: 44 cities Participants: 5000 Pantless subway ride: New York style Next event: Sunday, January 9, 2011 Telstar Logistics: Free illegal loading zone parking Parking pet peeve: Empty shopping carts in parking spots...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit: The state governments of of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh in India plan to install a ropeway to link the historic town of Anandpur Sahib to the Hindu shrine at Naina Devi. The city of Bucharest, Romania is planning a new series...
CABE is the UK government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. And they’ve just now released their opinion on the London Thames Cable Car. Generally-speaking, CABE is quite positive on the project. They “welcome” the project and are utterly effusive when it comes to the tower design: “The selection of a cable car...
As any Torontonian knows, Toronto’s transit plans are seriously in flux. After what seems like an eternity of planning a network of Light Rail lines, new mayor Rob Ford has decided to unilaterally nix that idea and build a new subway under the auspice that the “war on the car is over.” Yet amidst all...
A thought experiment: Do we have a transportation supply problem? I’d say no. We’ve got plenty of roads, plenty of transit and plenty of freeways. We do not have a transportation supply problem. (I’m well aware, of course, that there are certain large American and developing world cities that have slim to no transit, but...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): World’s first highway integrated building: Japan’s Gate Tower Building Toyota’s Segway: Winglet Max speed: 6km/h Max speed of world’s first electric motorcycle, Enertia: 72km/h Range: 72km Range of hydrogen fuel bus: 400km Cost: $2 million Time to charge: 6 minutes...