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Tag Archives: Amsterdam
Successful placemaking with an iconic new foot/bike bridge
It’s not often that communities have a chance to create something new that is truly iconic which also has the chance to become the very symbol of the community. The fact that doing so can also be a placemaking opportunity … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, branding, bridges, cities, civics, culture, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, government, health, hiking, infrastructure, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, revitalization, rivers/watersheds, skylines, Statistics, technology, third places, topography, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, walking
Tagged Amsterdam, biking, bridges, cities, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Dublin Ohio, footbridges, Great Plains, Greenville, Milwaukee, multi-purpose trails, Oklahoma City, Omaha, pedestrian, pueblo, Redding, walking, Wichita
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PROVOking the birth of bike sharing
Near the conclusion of his outstanding book, entitled In the City of Bikes; The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist, author Pete Jordan reveals an unknown [at least to me], yet significant part of bicycling history – the birth of the bike … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, branding, cities, civics, civility, Communications, culture, education, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, government, health, historic preservation, history, human rights, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, literature, marketing, new urbanism, planning, politics, product design, recreation, recycling, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, Travel, urban planning, volunteerism, writing
Tagged activism, advocacy, Amsterdam, anarchists, bicycles, bike sharing, cities, civics, civil disobedience, counterculture, Critical Mass, cycling, ghost bike, government, police brutality, politics, protests, PROVO, Ride of Silence, spirited anarchism, transportation, Yellow Bike Project
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Why Americans drive and the Dutch bike
I am in midst of reading the illuminating and intriguing book entitled In The City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Bicyclist by author Pete Jordan. If you ever wanted to know the bicycling history of this great European city, Mr. Jordan’s … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, art, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, book reviews, books, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, culture, Economy, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, geography, health, history, infrastructure, land use, literature, logistics, Maps, planning, politics, product design, recreation, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, writing, zoning
Tagged Amsterdam, art, bicycling, book reviews, books, cities, culture, history, Holland, land use, Pete Jordan, planning, The Netherlands, transportation, USA
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World’s 25 busiest air travel “markets” in 2011
It is often heard that Atlanta’s Hartsfield International Airport is the busiest airport in the world. On an individual airport basis, that is correct. But when you calculate the total air passengers passing through each market (single airport or multiple-airport), … Continue reading
Posted in air travel, airports, Asia, China, cities, Communications, economic development, Europe, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, placemaking, planning, South America, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, UK, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airlines, airports, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beijing, Chicago, cities, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Houston, Jakarta, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Moscow, New York City, Paris, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, statistics, Tokyo, tourism, transportation, Washington
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The ‘impossible city’ – review of “Amsterdam” by Geert Mak
Amsterdam is one of those great world cities that has always fascinated me. I am not sure exactly why, though the intricate network of canals and land reclamation projects certainly come to mind. To date, I have only briefly been … Continue reading
Posted in airports, art, bicycling, book reviews, cities, culture, density, diversity, economic development, Europe, history, land use, placemaking, planning, spatial design, transportation, urban planning
Tagged Amsterdam, book reviews, books, cities, Europe, Holland
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