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Tag Archives: beltways
North American cities with toll beltways and bypasses
This list provided below identifies those toll roads/turnpikes that serve as beltways and bypass in of cities in North America. For purposes of this post, tolled bridges, causeways, and tunnels are not included unless they are part of a larger … Continue reading
Posted in business, Canada, Caribbean, Cars, Cities, commerce, distribution, economic development, engineering, geography, highways, land use, Latin America, Mexico, North America, planning, spatial design, tourism, Trade, traffic, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged beltways, bypasses, Canada, Carretera, cities, Dominican Republic, highways, loops, Mexico, toll roads, turnpikes
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Airports with 360 degree orbital beltways
As a follow-up to my last post, I thought it would be interesting to list off the airports around the globe that are ringed by limited access expressways. Such a design has several benefits – the expressway can serve as … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, aerospace, air travel, airport planning, aviation, business, Cars, Cities, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, planning, spatial design, sprawl, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged beltways, loops, orbitals, ring roads
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360 Degree Orbital Beltway Cities
The following list identifies those cities around the globe that are circled by a full orbital expressway system (a.k.a. beltway, ring road, perimeter highway, loop, beltline etc.) encircling the city 360 degrees. Inland cities have an advantage for being included … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, Cars, China, cities, economic development, Europe, geography, India, infrastructure, land use, Maps, Mexico, North America, Oceania, planning, South America, spatial design, sprawl, States, Trade, transportation, Travel, UK
Tagged beltlines, beltways, loop, orbital motorways, perimeter highways, ring roads
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The age of the aerotropolis beltway
In the midst of reading John Kasarda and Greg Lindsay’s definitive and thoroughly interesting book entitled Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next, I began to ponder some of the surface transportation ramifications of this megatrend. In particular, those impacts taking … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, consumerism, culture, density, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entrepreneurship, fair trade, geography, globalization, government, land use, new urbanism, North America, placemaking, planning, politics, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, technology, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, writing, zoning
Tagged aerotropolis, air travel, airport planning, airports, beltways, books, cars, cities, commerce, economic development, freeways, geography, Greg Lindsay, highways, Interstates, John Kasada, land use, planning, publications, ring roads, spatial design, sprawl, trade, transportation, transportation planning, travel, urban planning, writing
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