Monthly Archives: December 2018

Dubai becomes a little more walkable

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Christopher Winters

Dubai is known as a very car-oriented place. Exhibit number one is Sheikh Zayed Road, a 16-to-24-lane limited-access highway that extends through nearly the whole length of Dubai’s post-1990s neighborhoods including those containing most of the city’s famous skyscrapers. Pedestrian … Continue reading →

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New streetcar lines in St. Louis and Milwaukee

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Christopher Winters

Two Midwestern cities—St. Louis and Milwaukee—both acquired new streetcar lines in November, and I went and rode them last week. The lines are comparable in size. Both are miniscule given that they’re in urban areas that are dozens of kilometers across. … Continue reading →

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“Transit villages” in Hong Kong that predate the use of the term “transit village”

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Christopher Winters

Hong Kong has four quite distinct urban rail systems: [1] the MTR (Mass Transit Railway), which consists of approximately 231 km of modern urban rail lines that run throughout the special administrative region; it incorporates the formerly separate lines of … Continue reading →

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