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Category Archives: EVs and hybrids
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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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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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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Salt of the Earth: Striking beauty of desert salt flats (or pans)
If you haven’t had the opportunity to see a salt flat (or pan), they are one of the most strikingly beautiful natural features on the planet. The remoteness, the otherworldly feel, the arid environment, and the rugged visual contrasts are … Continue reading
Posted in aviation, climate change, deserts, ecosystems, electric vehicles, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, Food, geography, Geology, historic preservation, industry, land use, Mining, natural and organic foods, nature, planning, pollution, recreation, Renewable Energy, rivers/watersheds, Science, Statistics, sustainability, topography, tourism, Travel, visual pollution, weather
Tagged arid, climate, deserts, dry lakes, nature, playa, salar, salt, salt flats, salt pans, solar
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“Brainbelt” cities
I recently completed reading an interested and insightful book entitled The Smartest Places on Earth. Written by Antoine Van Agtmael and Fred Bakker, the book identifies and concentrates on those Rustbelt cities in the North America and Europe that have … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, aerospace, aviation, book reviews, books, branding, business, Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, Communications, culture, economic development, economic gardening, economics, education, energy, environment, Europe, EVs and hybrids, geography, government, health, Health care, history, infrastructure, internet, land use, literature, Maps, Mexico, North America, planning, product design, Renewable Energy, revitalization, schools, Science, Small business, Social media, spatial design, States, technology, Trade, transportation, UK, urban planning
Tagged books, Brainbelts, monikers, Science, smart places, technology
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Cases of great Dublingenuity!
I finished reading a quite interesting and enlightening book over the past weekend, entitled Ingenious Dublin: a guide to the city’s marvels, discoveries, and inventions, by author Mary Mulvihill. It catalogues a wide variety of important inventions, innovations, and accomplishments, … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, architecture, art, book reviews, books, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, downtown, economic development, Economy, education, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, Europe, EVs and hybrids, film, fun, geography, Geology, government, health, historic preservation, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, movies, nature, rail, spatial design, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged architecture, batteries, book reviews, books, cities, design, Drumm battery, Dublin, film, history, Howth, Ireland, Leo the Lion, literature, Mary Mulvihill, museums, railroads, William Bligh, writing
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Your zoning code/map is ahead of its time when…
There is an app for that. There is a required vertical altitude setback from flying car streets and highways. Your code book is entitled “Jetsonian Code for ___” (fill in the blank). You can actually find them on the internet. Landing … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, airports, Alternative energy, architecture, aviation, bicycling, Biking, books, Cars, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, culture, downtown, economic development, environment, EVs and hybrids, fun, geography, government, Green roofs, history, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Outer Space, placemaking, planning, recycling, Renewable Energy, satire, Science, skylines, Social media, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, zoning
Tagged aerospace, books, charging stations, cities, codes, EVs, futurism, land use, land use planning, laws, ordinances, outer space, planning, space, transportation, zoning
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Three favorite hybrid car logos
Below are my three favorite hybrid car nameplate logos. The first (and easily my favorite) is from Ford and includes a small segment of roadway with a green leaf. To me, this says it all and is a great design … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Alternative energy, branding, Cars, climate change, Communications, consumerism, energy, environment, EVs and hybrids, planning, pollution, product design, sustainability, technology, transportation
Tagged automobiles, branding, cars, environment, Ford, logos, nameplates, Saturn, sustainability, Toyota, transportation
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Ecomodal transportation hubs
This post summarizes several ideas that could be employed to facilitate the establishment of sustainable transportation hubs where intermodal cross-movement between multiple green (or active) transportation options takes place with ease. In a nutshell, these facilities are described by using … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Advocacy, Alternative energy, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, coffee shops/cafes, commerce, Communications, culture, density, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, energy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, Green roofs, health, historic preservation, humanity, infrastructure, internet, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, nature, new urbanism, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, recycling, Renewable Energy, revitalization, seasons, Social media, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, zoning
Tagged adaptive reuse, bike share, BRT, bus, car share, carpool, charging stations, cities, ecology, EVs, green, hubs, hybrids, infrastructure, intermodal, land use, light rail, placemaking, planning, rail, San Francisco, sustainability bicycling, Transbay Terminal, transportations, vanpool
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“Jetson’s cool” EV charging service stations
At the bottom of this post are several conceptual designs for EV (electric vehicle) charging stations. Needless to say, many resemble something out of the futuristic 1960s cartoon series, The Jetsons. Each has its own unique twist on the concept of … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative energy, architecture, art, branding, Cars, cities, climate change, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, economic development, energy, entrepreneurship, environment, EVs and hybrids, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, logistics, marketing, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, psychology, Renewable Energy, revitalization, Small business, spatial design, sustainability, technology, third places, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, charging stations, cities, EVs, land use, planning, service stations, sustainability, zoning
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