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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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Tag Archives: cargo
Confluential cities
For purposes of this post, a “confluential city” is one that is situated at or near the confluence of two or more important rivers and which has had an influential economic, historic, strategic, cultural, political, and/or social impact on the surrounding region or … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Asia, Canada, China, cities, culture, diversity, economic development, Europe, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, Oceania, planning, revitalization, South America, tourism, transportation, urban planning
Tagged CAiro, cargo, cities, commerce, freight, geography, history, land use, logistics, Paducah, planning, rivers, shipping, topography, transportation, transportation planning, travel, waterways
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North American intermodal rail hubs – update
Freight railroads throughout Canada and the United States have been investing billions of dollars over the past couple of decades to upgrade their intermodal infrastructure. Unlike most other forms of transportation, nearly all rail infrastructure is privately financed and maintained … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, cities, economic development, economics, energy, geography, infrastructure, land use, North America, planning, rail, spatial design, Statistics, transportation
Tagged cargo, distribution, freight, geography, industrial, intermodal terminals, land use, logistics, maps, planning, rail, transportation, trucking
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Down by the sea: world’s 50 busiest container ports
Below is a list of the world’s 50 busiest container ports as measured by twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs). Of the top 50, eleven are in China, four in the United States and Japan, and two each are in the United … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, cities, economic development, Europe, land use, planning, transportation, Uncategorized, urban planning
Tagged cargo, cities, container ports, containers, harbors, ports, shipping, transportation, transportation planning
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