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Category Archives: Pedestrian infrastructure
Some notes on the transportation geography of San José, Costa Rica
Costa Rica is in many ways one of the world’s most admirable countries. It gave up its army in 1949 and has been a democracy ever since, holding freely contested elections every four years. No other Latin American country has … Continue reading
Posted in Urban, Transportation, Rail infrastructure, Pedestrian infrastructure
Tagged San José (C.R.)
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The Madrid Río project
I visited the parklands created by the Madrid Río project a couple of weeks ago. The area had still been under construction in 2010 when I was last in Madrid. The Madrid Río project is of course one of the world’s most famous … Continue reading
Being a pedestrian in central Kuala Lumpur
I spent a few days in Kuala Lumpur last week. While travelling I was reading a terrific book, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya : negotiating urban space in Malaysia, by Ross King, a professorial fellow at Melbourne University. I had been in KL … Continue reading
The “park connectors” of Singapore
Singapore is often described by urbanists as having gotten a great many things right. An explicit goal of Singapore’s planning is to have a “car-lite” society. Singapore’s government has taxed automobiles at a very high rate for many years. It also charges … Continue reading
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Tagged Singapore
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The Songdo International Business District: report from the ground
Many of the world’s major urban building efforts have occurred as part of “megaprojects.” It would be very difficult to define “megaproject” in a way that everyone would agree to, but it’s probably fair to say that urban megaprojects are … Continue reading
Walking, running, bicycling, and taking trains in central São Paulo
The São Paulo metropolitan area is by most measures the largest or second largest in the Western Hemisphere, but it doesn’t have a very distinct image in North America or Europe. In so far as most foreigners think of São Paulo … Continue reading
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Tagged São Paulo
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Delhi Metro
Delhi has added more rail transit in the 21st century than any other city outside of East Asia. Although the first line did not open until 2002, there are now 190 route kilometers and 2.4 million riders a day. Among … Continue reading
Posted in Pedestrian infrastructure, Rail infrastructure, Transportation, Urban
Tagged Delhi
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