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Spotlight on the World Cup: Efficient Match Day Transport
Spotlight on the World Cup: Efficient Match Day Transport
During a recent trip to South Africa, I found Johannesburg polished and looking its best for the World Cup, and the match day transport services were well-planned and efficient. While this was my first World Cup, I did attend the ...
Car Ownership or Ease of Driving: Which is the Real Challenge?
Car Ownership or Ease of Driving: Which is the Real Challenge?
The rapid motorization of countries like China and India is a scary prospect. China and India alone acheiving the same levels of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita as the United States would probably push us past irrevocable climactic tipping ...
Spotlight on the World Cup: Small Urban Interventions Enhance Host City
Spotlight on the World Cup: Small Urban Interventions Enhance Host City
I’ve been in Johannesburg for the past two and a half weeks for the World Cup, perfecting my vuvuzela skills, watching endless hours of soccer and enjoying the fantastic festival atmosphere here. Living in Cape Town in 2004 when South ...
BRT for Free in Bangkok
BRT for Free in Bangkok
Bangkok’s BRT opened at the beginning of June, and is running on a free-trial basis until August 31 to try to encourage bus-riding to ease the city’s grinding gridlock. The new BRT in Thailand’s capital – a city of nearly ...
TheCityFix Picks, June 11: World Cup Transit, India's Car Tax, World's Fastest Train
TheCityFix Picks, June 11: World Cup Transit, India's Car Tax, World's Fastest Train
Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation. Mobility ...
This Weekend: Meet the Met
This Weekend: Meet the Met
Saturday is National Trails Day and the Met Branch Trail opens in Northeast D.C. The 8-mile trail running from Union Station to Silver Spring, Md. is the most recent edition to the expansive trails network created by the D.C.-based Rails-to-Trails ...
Stores Ditch Shopping Carts to Discourage Vehicle Use
Stores Ditch Shopping Carts to Discourage Vehicle Use
The Sydney City Council voted on Wednesday to ban trolleys (shopping carts) at a local market, citing shoppers’ propensity to load up carts with far more food than they can carry, and then rely on a car to get home. The ...
TheCityFix Picks, May 28: America's Fittest Cities, Congestion Charging in Delhi, Gov 2.0 for Cities, Bike Giveaways
TheCityFix Picks, May 28: America's Fittest Cities, Congestion Charging in Delhi, Gov 2.0 for Cities, Bike Giveaways
Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation. Mobility ...
TheCityFix Picks, May 21: Bike to Work Day, Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, High Blood Pressure in Polluted Cities
TheCityFix Picks, May 21: Bike to Work Day, Hidden Health Costs of Transportation, High Blood Pressure in Polluted Cities
Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation. Mobility ...
Navi Mumbai: Retrofitting a "Planned" City
Navi Mumbai: Retrofitting a "Planned" City
Navi Mumbai is a planned city to the east of Mumbai proper, just across the Thane creek. Beginning in the 1960s, the Maharashtra government made a concerted effort to reduce congestion, crowding and environmental degradation in Mumbai by transferring industry ...
TheCityFix Picks, May 14: Urban Assault Ride, $6 Billion for Clean Transport, Safe Streets for Women
TheCityFix Picks, May 14: Urban Assault Ride, $6 Billion for Clean Transport, Safe Streets for Women
Welcome back to TheCityFix Picks, our series highlighting the newsy and noteworthy of the past week. Each Friday, we’ll run down the headlines falling under TheCityFix’s five themes: mobility, quality of life, environment, public space, and technology and innovation. Mobility ...
Earth Day Events to Inspire Sustainable Urban Mobility in D.C.
Earth Day Events to Inspire Sustainable Urban Mobility in D.C.
It’s official – tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! Here are just a few of the events in the D.C. area to celebrate and promote sustainable cities, including those related to cycling, outdoor activities, electric vehicles and urban ...
Why Auto-Rickshaws Matter for India
Why Auto-Rickshaws Matter for India
With rapid population growth in Indian cities and a rise in private car ownership, it is critical to reassess the role of auto-rickshaws in the urban transportation landscape, not only from the perspective of providing an integrated and affordable public ...
Q&A: Outlook for Mumbai’s Monorail
Q&A: Outlook for Mumbai’s Monorail
Mumbai’s monorail has been in the news this week, with the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) announcing that it will approve the master monorail plan by the end of the month. But there has been vocal opposition to the ...
Build a Better Burb
Build a Better Burb
There has been a crisis of imagination, and your bold new ideas are urgently needed. There should be no preconceptions about what is or is not possible. What would you do on these acres of opportunity? Build a car-free community ...
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