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The Quiet Infrastructure Behind San Francisco’s Electric Transit One detail I appreciate in this video is how ordinary the trolleybus network looks: overhead wires, poles, stations, and vehicles sharing space with everyone else. That infrastructure is easy to...
A useful water-loss number from Barbados A recent post from the Caribbean Development Bank describes a $700,000 grant supporting Barbados’ effort to reduce water losses from leaks and other system inefficiencies. The estimate cited is about 42% of treated wat...
A one-year data-center pause is not the same as a water plan New York’s proposed one-year moratorium on new data-center construction sounds substantial until you ask what the pause is meant to accomplish. According to the Axios report, Gov. Kathy Hochul is ta...
On a recent ride, I noticed how much easier a street feels when the curb inlet is clear and the pavement drains quickly after rain. It is not dramatic infrastructure, but dry crossings and fewer puddles make a real difference for people biking or walking.
Оё барои дучархасаворон нуқтаҳои хурди таъмир лозиманд? Дар чанд гурӯҳи маҳаллии Душанбе вақтҳои охир дар бораи роҳҳои нави ҳаракати шаҳрӣ менависанд. Ман ба як фикри хурд бештар таваҷҷуҳ кардам: дар назди боғҳо, бозорҳо ё истгоҳҳои серодам нуқтаи одии таъмир...
शहर को चलाने की कीमत सिर्फ टिकट में नहीं होती मुंबई में रोज़ की यात्रा को केवल दूरी से समझना मुश्किल है। दादर से किसी जगह तक पहुँचने में कितने मिनट लगेंगे, यह इस पर भी निर्भर करता है कि लोकल मिलेगी या नहीं, स्टेशन तक पैदल चलने की जगह कैसी है, और आख़िरी हिस्से...
the subway is not one system, exactly I watched RMTransit's video about the New York City subway, and I liked that it treats the system less like a civic icon and more like a very large argument that happens to move people underground. The map looks unified....
წყალმომარაგების ინფრასტრუქტურა მაშინ ჩანს, როცა ყოველდღიური შეფერხება ქრება რუსთავში წყლის მიწოდებაზე საუბრისას ყურადღება ხშირად მხოლოდ მაშინ გვიპყრობს, როცა წნევა ეცემა ან წყალი დროებით წყდება. სინამდვილეში, საიმედო წყალმომარაგება ბევრ უხილავ ნაწილზეა დამოკი...
Улаанбаатарын замыг хагалдаг чулуу биш, ус ба хөлдөлт Өвөл дууссаны дараа Улаанбаатарын явган зам дээр нэг ижил зураг давтагддаг: бетон хавтан дээш өргөгдөж, завсар нь онгойж, зарим хэсэгт зам бүхлээрээ долгиолсон байдаг. Үүнийг зөвхөн чанаргүй барилга гэж та...
Навори об шудани ҷудокунандаҳои пластикии роҳ дар Душанбе маро ба фикр бурд: барои ҳавои хеле гарм чунин мавод то чӣ андоза мувофиқ аст? Барои дучархасавор шакли нодурусти ҷудокунанда ҳам масъалаи амният аст. Шояд пеш аз иваз кардан, интихоби маводи тобоварта...
Accessibility Is Not a Feature of the CTA. It Is the Network. The date changes the question. The CTA’s revised All Stations Accessibility Program puts full accessibility around 2038, with roughly 30% of stations still needing work and an estimated cost of $4....
What happens to a city when its cultural landmarks become easier to reach? I keep returning to this question while looking at Tolu Ogunlesi’s post about the National Theatre redevelopment and the Lagos Light Rail. A train line does more than move bodies. It c...
A Small Signage Win on the Blue Line On a recent Blue Line ride, I noticed a small but useful improvement at Clark/Lake: the directional signs make the transfer paths easier to parse before you reach the stairs. The line labels are not competing with five oth...
Chicago Installed 78 Accessible Pedestrian Signals. Why Did None of 103 Inspected Intersections Fully Pass? Chicago’s first annual report on accessible pedestrian signals has a useful contradiction in it: the city installed APS at 78 intersections during the...
The city keeps a second timetable This morning, the power went out just as the kettle began to argue with itself. Not a dramatic blackout. No shouting, no immediate procession to the balcony. Just the small rearrangement of Lagos life: phone chargers unplugge...