Flickr isn’t immediate. After something new is built in the world, it takes a good few months to a year for the flickr community to build up a sizeable collection of images of whatever that new construction may be. Takes even longer for a good body of Creative Commons images to build up. Nevertheless, with...
Sometimes things just arrive in your inbox and you have no idea what it means. Take this for example: I would sincerely love to know more about this project. There are clearly some production values behind it and the involvement of the Arena Plaza shopping mall suggests this might be something more than someone’s hobby....
Yesterday I asked readers to check out this link that led to a picture of a double-double chair lift at Sugarloaf resort in Maine. I asked readers to discuss why such a system is important to the world of Cable Propelled Transit and Urban Gondolas. As the system in question had recently been involved in...
Check out this. What’s so important about it? Discuss. An explanation tomorrow.
Any good marketer knows that it’s better to sell a product with a higher margin than with a lower one. Furthermore, the higher the margin on the product, the more likely it will be viewed by the buyer as prestigious and luxurious. It doesn’t matter that one car may be identical to another, the higher...
A quick look at some of the things that make your cities work (or not): Ultimate pedestrianism: Japanese style Most expensive city in the world: Tokyo Rental cost of 2 bedroom apartment: $5000/month Less expensive alternative: Capsule living Cost: $30 Size: 200cm Sorry Yao: 229cm Birth place: Shanghai Latest city with capsule living: Shanghai Skydome...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondolas and Cable Propelled Transit: The CS Monitor writes a brief piece on Brazil’s attempt to win ‘hearts and minds’ via cable cars. Warnings that construction of the ever-controversial Oakland Airport Connector may drain millions more from BART’s general fund than previously thought. The American Institute...
As it’s the new year, a lot of blogs are posting things like their “10 most popular posts of 2010.” And while I considered doing something similar, I realized it wouldn’t make a lot of sense given that the 10 most popular posts are already listed on the widget in the upper-right corner of this...
As it’s the new year, a lot of blogs are posting things like their “10 most popular posts of 2010.” And while I considered doing something similar, I realized it wouldn’t make a lot of sense given that the 10 most popular posts are already listed on the widget in the upper-right corner of this...
People gotta’ get places. That’s why transit exists. And if the government or public sector can’t provide that transit, you can be certain the private sector will. Whether for better or for worse, they’ll provide things like these: ANY CHARACTER HERE