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Tag Archives: travel
“All aboard”: Ten planning lessons from riding USA railways
Moonlight over Fort Madison, Iowa After completing a long-distance trip across much of the United States this week, it seemed appropriate to list those planning lessons learned from this and previous rail travel experiences. While much of my ridership has … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, advertising, air travel, Alternative transportation, art, books, Canada, Cars, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, engineering, entertainment, environment, Europe, fun, geography, government, highways, historic preservation, history, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, rail, Railroads, spatial design, technology, topography, tourism, Trade, traffic, trails, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, urban planning, visual pollution
Tagged AMTRAK, cities, commuter rail, intercity rail, passenger rail, planning, rail, railroads, railways, tourism, transportation, travel
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Ten planning lessons from Daniel Burnham’s Chicago
The following are ten planning lessons from multiples visits to the dynamic City of Chicago. Source: onlyinyourstate.com ________ If Chicago intrigues you too, here are several books about the city that are available via Amazon.com.* ……….Link – The Third Coast……………………………………………Link … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, air travel, airport planning, airports, Alternative transportation, architecture, bicycling, Biking, Bus transportation, Cities, civics, commerce, culture, downtown, engineering, fun, geography, historic preservation, history, land use, Passenger rail, pictures, placemaking, planning, rail, Railroads, rivers/watersheds, skylines, skyscrapers, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, tourism, traffic, transit, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, weather, zoning
Tagged airports, architecture, Chi-town, Chicago, cities, environment, land use, mass transit, O'Hare, planning, rapid transit, rivers, transportation, travel
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Aerial tramways – a “last mile” transit solution for airports and stadiums
Aerial tramways (a.k.a. urban gondolas) may be an excellent solution for filling the missing “last mile” transit link to major sports venues and airports. Too often, rail transit systems do not directly connect to the airport terminal or to a … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, Aerial tramways, airport planning, airports, cities, commerce, downtown, economic development, entertainment, fun, geography, infrastructure, land use, Maps, new urbanism, placemaking, planning, product design, revitalization, skylines, spatial design, sports, Statistics, sustainability, technology, tourism, traffic, transit, transportation, Travel, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning
Tagged Aerial tramways, airports, cities, fun, geography, gondolas, land use, planning, sports venues, stadiums, transportation, travel, Urban Gondolas
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Ten planning lessons from the elegant oasis of Palm Springs
Below are ten (10) planning lessons from the beautiful desert city of Palm Springs, California. Peace! Few places have such a dramatic elevation change in such a short distance (up to 9,000 feet in four miles). This makes Palm Springs’ … Continue reading
Posted in Active transportation, adaptive reuse, Alternative transportation, architecture, art, bicycling, branding, Cities, civics, climate, commerce, culture, deserts, diversity, downtown, economic development, entertainment, Environment, fun, geography, Geology, health, hiking, historic preservation, history, Housing, humanity, inclusiveness, infrastructure, land use, landscape architecture, marketing, mountains, natural history, Nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, poverty, recreation, skylines, spatial design, sprawl, Statistics, third places, topography, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized, urban design, Urban Gondolas, urban planning, visual pollution, walking, weather, xeriscaping, zoning
Tagged architecture, California, desert, design, fashion, mid-century modern, Palm Springs, planning, tourism, travel
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Incorporating mass timber in airport terminal design
As the use of mass timber design and construction expands in building development, it has also become increasingly used in airport terminal projects. Above and below are images from airports around the globe where mass timber construction has been incorporated … Continue reading
Posted in aerospace, air travel, airport planning, airports, architecture, Asia, aviation, branding, business, Canada, cities, commerce, culture, economic development, engineering, environment, Europe, geography, health, history, industry, infrastructure, land use, nature, North America, pictures, placemaking, planning, product design, technology, tourism, Trade, transportation, Travel, urban planning
Tagged air travel, airport terminals, airports, architecture, cities, construction, design, health, lumber, mass timber, passengers, timber, travel, trnasportation, wood
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Place Name Hall of Fame: Distinctly recognizable town/small and mid-sized city names
The following list identifies those towns/small cities that have distinctly recognizable names — ones that are well-known enough that most people would have immediately have a mental image of it if the place was mentioned in conversation or literature, even … Continue reading
Posted in advertising, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, Canada, cities, civics, commerce, Communications, Cuisine, culture, diversity, downtown, economic development, economic gardening, Economy, entertainment, entrepreneurship, environment, fun, geography, Geology, hiking, historic preservation, history, inclusiveness, land use, marketing, Mexico, music, Native Americans, natural history, nature, North America, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, recreation, scenic byways, shopping, spatial design, sustainability, third places, topography, toponymy, tourism, Trade, trails, Travel, urban design, urban planning
Tagged advertising, branding, distinctiveness, history, innovation, marketing, place names, placenames, planning, tourism, travel, uniqueness
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Madrid, NM – Coal mining ghost town to eclectic art colony
Among the many attractions within an hour’s drive of Albuquerque and Santa Fe is the former coal mining town of Madrid, New Mexico. Located in a rugged valley bounded by the Ortiz Mountains, the town had acquired the nickname of … Continue reading
Posted in adaptive reuse, archaeology, architecture, art, branding, business, cities, classic vehicles, commerce, Cuisine, culture, demographics, economic development, entertainment, environment, Environment, fun, geography, health, highways, historic preservation, history, Housing, industry, land use, marketing, Mining, nature, pictures, place names, placemaking, planning, pollution, recreation, revitalization, scenic byways, shopping, Small business, spatial design, sports, Statistics, topography, tourism, Trade, Travel, Uncategorized, urban planning, Women
Tagged art, coal, eclectic, environment, fun, history, Madrid, mining, New Mexico, tourism, travel
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25 Largest American core cities without a limited access beltway or bypass
The list below is based on 2020 Census data and includes cities without a limited access bypass freeway or a limited access beltway. Several of the cities identified below have one or the other type of bypass scheduled in future … Continue reading
Posted in Cars, cities, commerce, economic development, geography, Highway displacement, highways, history, infrastructure, land use, logistics, Maps, planning, politics, spatial design, sprawl, States, Statistics, topography, Trade, traffic, transportation, Travel, urban planning, zoning
Tagged beltway, bypass, cities, expressway, highways, land use, planning, transportation, travel
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Oklahoma’s impressive and surreal Great Salt Plains
Most everyone has heard of the Great Salt Lake and the accompanying Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Meanwhile, the Sooner State of Oklahoma has its own impressive salty ecosystem named the Great Salt Plains located in the north-central part of … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, archaeology, art, climate, culture, deserts, ecosystems, entertainment, environment, fun, geography, Geology, history, lakes, Maps, natural history, nature, North America, pictures, recreation, rivers/watersheds, Science, States, topography, tourism, Travel, water
Tagged crystals, environment, fun, geography, geology, Great Salt Plains, gypsum, history, lakes, Oklahoma, salt, selenite, selenite crystals, tourism, travel
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Ghost town images from Cuervo, NM
During our move to New Mexico over the past week, we briefly stopped in the ghost town of Cuervo, New Mexico. The remains of the town rest along both sides of I-40. However, the most interesting structures can be found … Continue reading
Posted in archaeology, architecture, Cities, culture, fun, geography, highways, historic preservation, history, land use, pictures, place names, planning, recreation, spatial design, tourism, Transportation, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged cities, Cuervo, fun, geography, ghost towns, history, New Mexico, tourism, travel
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