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- 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
- North American cities with toll beltways and bypasses
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Tag Archives: subways
Working list – World’s longest ‘urban’ escalators
Below is a working list of the longest urban escalators in the world. This list does not include the sum total length of multi-escalator systems (such as the Central-Mid Levels Escalator/Walkway System in Hong Kong), but only individual escalators or … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, airport planning, airports, architecture, bicycling, Biking, cities, downtown, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, planning, skyscrapers, spatial design, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning, walking
Tagged airports, bike, cities, escalators, malls, metros, museums, railway stations, stadiums, subways
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World’s longest subway/metro systems
Below is a list of the longest subway/metro systems in the world, based on a minimum length of 100 kilometers. These do not include street trams, light rail, or commuter railroads, only subways/metros. Of those cities identified below, 14 are located … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, China, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, Statistics, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Asia, cities, Europe, metros, North America, planning, rail, South America, subways, trains, transit, transportation, travel
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Rail transit north and south of the border
Below are some interesting data on North American rail transit systems operating outside the United States in Canada, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. They are listed by annual ridership (as of 2012, except Xochimilco). As is obvious from … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Canada, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, North America, Passenger rail, planning, rail, spatial design, Statistics, technology, transit, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged Canada, cities urban planning, Dominican Republic, metros, Mexico, North America, Puerto Rico, rail, rail transit, subways, transit, transportation, transportation planning
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Where mass transit matters – metros/subways
The following is a list of the 100 busiest metro/subway systems in the world. Given that certain members of the United States Congress think mass transit is unimportant to fund, these systems are perfect counterpoints to their collective and individual … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, cities, density, Europe, land use, rail, spatial design, transit, transportation, urban planning
Tagged cities, mass transit, metros, subways, transportation
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