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- Place Name Hall of Fame: Distinctly recognizable town/small and mid-sized city names
- Twelve planning lessons from Taos and the Taos Pueblo
- Solar energy production in the USA on former surface mines
- Monikers/nicknames for film and movie-making hubs
- Albuquerque – A city at the convergence of unparalleled geophysical landforms
- Strict planning & zoning destroys eclectic, offbeat, and funky
- Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
- The many moods of the Sandia Mountains in a single day
- The “unity of drought” must supersede myths and self interest
- Gnarly Native American art on skateboard decks
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Tag Archives: engineering
The road ate my neighborhood!
Absolutely spot-on example of the bass ackwards thinking from old school Traffic Engineers. Sadly, we have a serious overpopulation of them living and working here in Michigan. The video created by Strong Towns would be hilarious if it weren’t so … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, Alternative transportation, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, infrastructure, planning, satire, sustainability, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged advocacy, bicycling, cars, cities, complete streets, engineering, infrastructure, planning, roads, satire, traffic, Traffic Engineers, transportation, urban planning, walking
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Austria’s tallest building completed
At an impressive 820 feet high and 60 stories, the recently completed Tower 1 in Vienna’s Danube (Donau) City is the tallest building in Austria. Above and below are two images of the new building along the Danube.
Posted in architecture, cities, downtown, economic development, Europe, land use, pictures, placemaking, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, Travel, urban planning
Tagged architecture, Austria, buildings, cities, Danube, Danube City, design, engineering, land use, pictures, planning, skylines, skyscrapers, towers, Vienna
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The flaws of vehicular cycling (VC) theory
One of the first comments often heard from fellow cyclists when starting to bicycle commute was not to ride on the community’s bike pathway system because it is less safe than riding in street traffic. A whole litany of perceived … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, books, Cars, civics, civility, culture, education, environment, fitness, geography, government, health, history, infrastructure, land use, literature, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, politics, product design, reading, recreation, Science, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking, writing
Tagged advocacy, bicycling, bikes, books, cities, cycling, design, engineering, infrastructure, literature, planning, Science, transportation
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Miami to join the super-skyscraper club x 2
Just ten days ago I wrote about Philadelphia’s foray into the elite 1,000 foot skyscraper club. Well, Miami is about to join this illustrious group as well, but not with just one sky-high tower, but two. As a result, the … Continue reading
Posted in airport planning, airports, architecture, aviation, cities, civics, downtown, economic development, entertainment, geography, land use, new urbanism, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, States, Statistics, technology, tourism, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged architecture, aviation, Brickell City Centre, buildings, cities, construction, design, engineering, Florida, land use, Miami, Miami International Airport, One Bayfront Plaza, planning, skylines, SkyRise Miami, skyscrapers, zoning
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A bicyclist’s wildest dream come true
“Oh my goodness,” is the best term I can come up with for describing this marvelous feat of sustainable engineering and design. Located in metropolitan Eindhoven, Netherlands – this 237 foot diameter cable-stayed bicycle roundabout is literally suspended in mid-air from a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, architecture, art, bicycling, Biking, bridges, Cars, cities, civics, commerce, culture, economic development, environment, Europe, fitness, fun, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, recreation, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, trails, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged architecture, bicycling, biking, cities, design, Eindhoven, engineering, geography, Holland, land use, roundabout, The Hovenring, The Netherlands, transportation
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Magnifico puente de Mexico!
Words can hardly describe the majestic beauty of this magnificent new cable-stayed bridge in Mexico. Completed in 2012 and formally opened to traffic in late 2013, the Baluarte Bicentennial Bridge can boast a number of superlatives, including: The second highest bridge … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, bridges, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, North America, pictures, planning, product design, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged bridges, cable-stayed bridges, design, engineering, highways, Mexico, planning, transportation
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Feck the straight-line mindset!
Please excuse me for utilizing the Irish version of a well-known four-letter profanity. It was picked up while visiting that lovely island last month. The milder term “feck” seemed to be the most appropriate word for titling this post with … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Cars, cities, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, technology, trails, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged air-line railroads, bicycling, construction, design, engineering, hiking, infrrastructure, land use, planning, public works, railroads, roads, sewers, streets, trails, transportation, utilities, water lines
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Maintain the paved shoulders too!
As a bicycle commuter and recreational cyclist, one of the more frustrating things about riding is the lack maintenance and care given to paved shoulders along roadways. If these are meant to provide some margin of safety and security for … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Cars, cities, civics, climate change, commerce, environment, fitness, geography, government, health, infrastructure, land use, logistics, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, sustainability, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged active transportation, alternative transportation, bicycling, engineering, planning, transportation, walking
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Why must we play crosswalk roulette?
I don’t know about other parts of the country, but here in Greater Lansing, crossing (or crosswalk) signals seem to be timed based on Olympic sprinters. Personally, I cannot even make it across while riding my bike before the dumb signal starts blinking (please note … Continue reading
Posted in bicycling, cities, civics, climate change, culture, density, diversity, economics, education, energy, environment, fitness, health, infrastructure, land use, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, revitalization, spatial design, sprawl, sustainability, trails, transportation, urban planning, walking
Tagged bicycling, biking, cars, civics, engineering, health, planning, roads, safety, traffic, transportation, walking
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