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Category Archives: airports
Too close for comfort: Indiana’s brush with a nuclear nightmare
http:// As a child of the Atomic Age and the Cold War growing up on the far north side of Indianapolis, I never realized just how dangerously close my state came to suffering a major nuclear catastrophe a mere 55 … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, airports, archaeology, atomic age, environment, geography, health, Health care, history, land use, Maps, military, pictures, pollution, Statistics, weather
Tagged air force, air force bases, airbases, atomic age, Broken Arrow incident, Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Cold War, Grissom Air Museum, nuclear weapons, radiation, remediation, SAC, Strategic Air Command
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Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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World’s tallest* elevator test towers
The following list identifies the tallest elevator test towers in the world by their height (in feet) above ground. As is noted with an asterisk (*), there is also one major elevator testing site that utilizes a former mine beneath … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, airports, architecture, branding, business, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, rail, Science, shopping, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, technology, traffic, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Canny, design, elevators, Fujitec, Hitachi, Hyundai, Kone, Maspero, Mitsubishi, Otis, r & d, research, Schindler, skyscrapers, test towers, ThyssenKrupp, towers
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Longest roadway tunnels under North American airports
The following list identifies the longest road tunnels in the North America that operate beneath airport infrastructure. Any additional, corrections, or suggestions are most welcome, particularly for those tunnels without data or of other locations not included. 3,696 feet … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, bridges, Canada, cities, history, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, spatial design, traffic, transportation, Travel, tunnels, urban planning
Tagged airports, runways, taxiways, tunnels
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Ten Planning Lessons from Phoenix
Prior to 2019, the last time I had been in Phoenix was 1970. While I certainly expected the city to have changed in those nearly 50 years, I was unprepared for the largely unchecked growth and monumental differences that had … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, deserts, downtown, economic development, geography, health, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, placemaking, planning, pollution, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged Arizona, Phoenix, Sky Harbor Airport, Sonoran Desert, Tempe Town Lake
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Top engineering/design marvels seen to date by state/province
Alabama – U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville Alberta – Calgary’s Light Rail System (CTrain) Alaska – Alaska Railroad between Anchorage and Fairbanks Arkansas – Bobby Hopper Tunnel in NW Arkansas Arizona – Glen Canyon Bridge and Dam in … Continue reading
Posted in airports, architecture, bridges, Canada, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Outer Space, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, Railroads, revitalization, skylines, States, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged airports, bridges, buildings, cities, design, engineering, infrastructure
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Poll about the future of the Boeing 737 Max
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, commerce, deregulation, government, product design, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged 737 Max, air travel, aircraft, airplanes, Boeing, design, safety
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Catchy, clever, and weird transit names and acronyms
Below are some weird, wacky, clever, and catchy names for transit systems. While more examples from other nations would be nice, it’s difficult to decipher so many languages. Any additions, corrections, or suggestions, especially from overseas, to this list are … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, airport planning, airports, branding, Bus transportation, cities, fun, infrastructure, planning, rail, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged acronyms, bus, light rail, people mover, rail, transit, transportation
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States with the most heliports and seaplane bases
The following data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics identifies those ten (10) states with the most public and private heliports and seaplane bases in the United States. A separate list is provided for each. One of the more surprising … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, planning, Statistics, topography, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airport planning, aviation, design, engineering, helicopter bases, helicopters, heliport base, heliports, seaplane bases, seaplanes
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The UK’s loneliest commercial airports
http:// Many are familiar with crowded international airports in the United Kingdom like London Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, City, and Luton; as well as Manchester, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. However, the following list identifies the ten (10) least busy (loneliest) commercial airports … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airport planning, airports, aviation, cities, Europe, geography, planning, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, U.K., UK
Tagged air travel, airports, islands, passengers, statistics, tourism, transportation, travel, UK
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