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- Geography of film and TV production hubs in the USA/Canada
- North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
- Cities/suburbs should replan street networks for low-speed electric vehicles
- Celebrity bridges of the United States in pop culture
- Cricket grounds with the largest capacity in South Asia
- Cities most often destroyed in movies – both real and imagined
- Skyscrapers of 100 stories or more above ground
- Three superb and fresh reads about Los Angeles
- Finding “Los Angeles” amid the aura of “LA”
- Humorous nicknames for complicated freeway interchanges
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Category Archives: engineering
North America’s tallest bridge towers and pylons (Las torres y pilones de puentes más altos de América del Norte)
The following list identifies the tallest bridge towers and pylons in North America. Such support structures are principally found on cable-stayed and suspension bridges and the height is measured from ground or water level to the top of the tower/pylon. … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, bicycling, bridges, Canada, Caribbean, cities, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, Latin America, North America, Passenger rail, planning, product design, rail, recreation, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, bridge towers, bridges, cable-stayed bridges, Canada, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, engineering, highways, Mexico, Panama, pedestrian bridges, planning, pont, puente, Puerto Rico, pylons, suspension bridges, towers, transportation, transportation planning
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Cities/suburbs should replan street networks for low-speed electric vehicles
As the electric vehicle revolution expands around the globe, one factor that cities and suburbs need to start accounting for is the increased adoption of low-speed electric vehicles for personal and transit use. Whether you refer to them as low-speed … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, consumerism, density, downtown, electric vehicles, engineering, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, geography, health, highways, history, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, logistics, new urbanism, parking, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, product design, revitalization, shopping, solar, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, technology, Trade, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged cities, electric vehicles, EVs, low-speed electric vehicles, LSVs, neighborhood electric vehicles, NEVs, suburbs, tiny cars, transportation, transportation planning
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Celebrity bridges of the United States in pop culture
The following images and information identify 12 of the most well-known and recognizable “celebrity” bridges in the United States . These impressive structures have starred in a variety of pop culture media, including movies, documentaries, television and radio shows, books, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, archaeology, architecture, art, bicycling, books, branding, bridges, business, Cars, cartoons, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, engineering, entertainment, film, fitness, fun, geography, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, movies, music, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, product design, psychology, recreation, scenic byways, Science fiction, skylines, songs, spatial design, Statistics, technology, Television, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, video, walking, writing
Tagged books, bridges, coins, commercial, design, film, history, logos, movies, Radio, stamps, television, video games, videos
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Finding “Los Angeles” amid the aura of “LA”
Downtown Los Angeles with the San Gabriel Mountains in the background – Source: unsplash.com Every city is unique unto itself. Just like human beings, cities have their own character, appearance, identity, flaws, attributes, and aesthetics. As a result, no single … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, books, branding, business, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, engineering, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, film, fun, geography, highways, hiking, historic preservation, history, homelessness, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, land use, literature, Love, mountains, movies, Music, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, politics, rail, Railroads, recreation, skylines, skyscrapers, songs, spatial design, sprawl, technology, Television, theaters, third places, topography, toponymy, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, writing, zoning
Tagged book reviews, books, California, cities, freeways, geography, history, LA, La La Land, land use, literature, Los Angeles, megacity, movies, planning, shows, Southern California, writing
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Humorous nicknames for complicated freeway interchanges
“The Beast,” “The Octopus,” or “East Delay” just east of downtown LA – Source: maps.google.com Below are the humorous names given to complicated freeway interchanges. The most common terms tend to be “Spaghetti Junction” (20), “Spaghetti Bowl” (6), “Malfunction Junction” … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, branding, Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, distribution, engineering, Europe, geography, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, Maps, North America, Oceania, pictures, place names, planning, spatial design, sprawl, topography, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged expressways, freeways, highways, interchanges, nicknames
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Confessions of a recovering freeway nerd
Source: wired.com I’ll admit it. In my younger days, I was a certified freeway nerd. Growing up in Indianapolis, I was in awe of the Interstate Highway System. Lucky for me, Indy had plenty of them, including my teenage and … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, bridges, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, density, distribution, downtown, economic development, electric vehicles, energy, engineering, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, futurism, geography, health, Highway displacement, highways, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, politics, pollution, poverty, product design, racism, rail, Railroads, recreation, Renewable Energy, revitalization, scenic byways, social equity, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, trucking, tunnels, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution, walking
Tagged expressways, freeways, highways, history, Interstate Highways, Interstates, mass transit, micromobility, nerd, planning, roads, transportation
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America’s most charming walkable neighborhood is in…
Los Angeles! Yes, you read that correctly. The city known for miles of freeways and lengthy traffic jams is also home to what this retired urban planner feels is the most charming walkable neighborhood in the United States. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, books, Cars, cities, civics, culture, density, engineering, entertainment, environment, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Maps, mountains, nature, new urbanism, parking, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, skylines, spatial design, technology, third places, topography, tourism, traffic, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged architecture, California, cities, design, High Tower Elevator, history, Hollywood Heights, LA, Los Angeles, neighborhoods, planning, stairways, urban design, walkability, walking, walkways
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Ten planning lessons from the death of Mountain Lion P-22
Source: Steve Winter of National Geographic via bbc.com and reddit.com The tragic death this weekend of Mountain Lion P-22 in/near Los Angeles’ Griffith Park struck a somber chord within me, much like the euthanized death of a neighborhood-roaming black bear … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal rights, Animals, architecture, Cars, charities, cities, civility, climate, climate change, culture, ecosystems, engineering, environment, geography, Geology, government, health, Highway displacement, highways, hiking, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, mountains, natural history, nature, opinion, Pets, pictures, placemaking, planning, recreation, rivers/watersheds, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, topography, toponymy, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, water, water conservation, water trails, Wilderness, Wildlife, zoning
Tagged animals, cities, ecology, environment, epidemiology, geography, humanity, land use, Los Angeles, Mountain Lion P-22, planning, transportation, Traverse City, urban jungle, wildlife
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North America’s busiest RO/RO motor vehicle seaports
Enormous Brunswick, Georgia RO/RO Terminal – Source: lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com RO/RO seaports are those that service ships that import and export motor vehicles including cars, trucks, construction equipment, farm equipment, and even boats; they literally roll-on and roll-off (RO/RO). Almost sounds like … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, distribution, economic development, electric vehicles, engineering, EVs and hybrids, geography, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, Mexico, North America, planning, shipping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, transportation
Tagged automobiles, exports, harbors, imports, motor vehicles, ports, Ro/Ro, seaports, shippings, transportation
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Working list: North America’s largest rail yards
Trains moving in the UP Bailey Yard – photo by author June 2021 Below is a working list of the largest active rail yard facilities in North America comprising 200 acres or more in acreage. Included are classification yards, rail … Continue reading
Posted in business, cities, commerce, distribution, economic development, engineering, geography, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, logistics, planning, rail, Railroads, shipping, spatial design, Statistics, Trade, traffic, transportation, urban planning
Tagged classification yards, intermodal, intermodal terminals, rail yards, railroads, terminals, tracks, trains, transportation
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