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A Traffic-Free Future for Harlem
This is an artist's rendering of what West 125th Street would look like after Columbia University's expansion is completed more than a decade from now. (It is included in an overview of the plans that appears in the print edition of Columbia magazine, which, um, hasn't updated its web presence in a while.) Regardless of whether you're in favor of or against the expansion, it is clear that Columbia is trying hard to persuade skeptics and opponents that the expansion will be a good thing for this part of Harlem.
July 19, 2006
That’s Dictatorship for You
The Guardian reports that China is suddenly rediscovering the joys of urban bicycle transportation after a decade of motor mania:
July 13, 2006
Motoring News Roundup, July 12, 2006
The 70th anniversary of the opening of the Triborough Bridge was celebrated this morning with a vintage car parade. As NY1 notes:
July 12, 2006
Gone Fishin’
AAA estimates estimates 34 million Americans will travel by car this Independence Day weekend, a new record.
July 1, 2006
Car Ownership Cost Calculator
The Volvo has stolen $214,177.23 from our son's college education.
June 29, 2006
EcoPolis: Envisioning the City of the Future
Below are excerpts from "EcoPolis," a fascinating article in New Scientist Magazine exploring what it will take to design and build eco-friendly cities in the 21st century as urban population growth explodes. Not surprisingly, much of the story focuses on the role of the automobile in the city. (Unfortunately, to read the entire article you have to pay a fee online or buy the magazine)
June 26, 2006
Please, Derek.
Tri-State Ford dealers have rolled out a new television ad called "My Turn" starring New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter
and filmmaker Spike Lee. If you've watched baseball on television during the last two weeks than it is almost impossible for you to have missed it. Here is how it goes:
June 26, 2006
Pedestrian-Only Fifth Avenue: Tonight, a Three Hour Test
Tonight is the Museum Mile Festival. From 6:00 to 9:00 pm, twenty-three blocks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd Street to 105th Streets will be closed to traffic for the event billed as "New York's Biggest Block Party." Admission to the museums is free and there are all kinds of events, workshops and street performances.
June 13, 2006