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Tag Archives: railways
India railway map/Nations with most railway miles
Above is a cool 2013 railway map of India. For a little end of the year statistical trivia, below is a list of the 50 nations with the most railway mileage. United States 224,792 (2011) China 98,000 (2012) Russia … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Asia, commerce, Communications, economic development, fun, geography, government, history, India, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, Statistics, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel
Tagged Asia, geography, India, infrastructure, logistics, maps, rail, railroads, railways, statistics, trains, transportation, travel
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Geography of AMTRAK’s 2013 ridership
Below are fiscal year 2013 ridership data from AMTRAK for the 20 leading states. As can be seen, passenger rail is no longer just a Northeast Corridor phenomenon. All three states along the Pacific Coast placed in the Top 20; as … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, cities, commerce, environment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged AMTRAK, cities, commuting, data, environment, intercity rail, passenger rail, planning, railraods, railways, states, statistics, tourism, trains, transportation, travel
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Shush! – you’ve entered a railroad quiet zone
Following yesterday’s list of the states with the most and least number of railroad quiet zones, at the end of this blogpost is a list of those metropolitan areas in the United States with the most quiet zones. Texas has four metropolitan areas … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, civility, commerce, Communications, environment, geography, health, humanity, infrastructure, land use, logistics, nature, North America, Passenger rail, peace, planning, pollution, rail, spatial design, Statistics, sustainability, technology, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged cities, environment, geography, land use, noise, noise ordinance, noise pollution, planning, rail, railroads, railways, safety, transportation, zoning
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Railroad quiet zones – state leaders and laggards
At the end of this post are lists of the leading and lagging states, based on the number of railroad quiet zones that have been established. At the present time there are a total of 570 quiet zones designated in … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, cities, civility, commerce, environment, geography, health, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, placemaking, planning, pollution, product design, rail, States, Statistics, sustainability, technology, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged environment, Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, land use, noise, noise pollution, planning, pollution, railroads, railways, San Antonio, Texas, trains
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Applying smart commute to travel
We were very pleased and proud to utilize forms of smart commuting for our entire trip to/in/from Ireland last week. The following is a breakdown of our smart commute trips during our eight days of travel: Commuter rail – 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Advocacy, air travel, aviation, bicycling, bike sharing, Biking, Bus transportation, Cars, cities, civics, civility, climate change, culture, energy, environment, Europe, fitness, fun, geography, health, hiking, infrastructure, Ireland, land use, new urbanism, product design, rail, Renewable Energy, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged An Post, bicycling, biking, bus transportation, carpools, commuter rail, hiking, Iarnrod Erieann, intercity rail, Irish Rail, jitney, light rail, railways, Smart Commute, telecommuting, tram, walking
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The loveliest commuter railway of all
I will grant that I have not ridden every commuter railway line on the planet, but one would find it hard to find a one any lovelier than the DART (Dublin Area Rapid Transit) line that extends 17 miles from Dublin’s … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, cities, civics, civility, commerce, Communications, entertainment, environment, Europe, fun, geography, Geology, government, hiking, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, Ireland, land use, logistics, nature, Nature, placemaking, planning, product design, spatial design, sustainability, technology, tourism, Trade, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged Bray Head, cities, commuter rail, commuting, DART, Dublin, Greystones, Irish Rail, land use, railroads, railways, scenery, transportation
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A dreaming planner’s “tunnel vision”
Recently I wrote a post about the idea of developing an intermodal freight bypass of the Chicago railway bottleneck by developing container ports on both the Michigan and Wisconsin sides of Lake Michigan. That post received a lot of commentary, … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, architecture, Asia, China, civics, commerce, Communications, economic development, entrepreneurship, Europe, geography, government, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, planning, product design, Statistics, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel
Tagged Chicago, commerce, infrastructure, Lake Michigan, Michigan, Milwaukee, Muskegon, planning, railroads, railways, transportation, tunnels, urban planning, Wisconsin
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Britain’s loneliest railway stations in 2011
After recently publishing a post on the busiest railway stations in the United Kingdom, I thought it might interesting (and fun) to also post the least busy (or loneliest) ones. The following list shows the ten loneliest railway stations in the United … Continue reading
Posted in fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, planning, rail, Statistics, tourism, transportation, Travel, UK
Tagged England, fun, Great Britain, railroads, railway stations, railways, Scotland, stations, statistics, transportation, transportation planning, travel, UK, Wales
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