A model township for the IT Special Economic Zone, Vadodra, Gujarat, India. Photo courtesy of Skyscraper India.
TheCityFix Picks, February 24: A New BRT in Chicago, Satellite Cities in China, Road Signs in Turkey
A new BRT line in Chicago's downtown can revolutionize public transportation. Photo by Steven Vance.
Topics:
- advertising
- air pollution
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- bike share
- Communications + Marketing
- e-bike
- electric biking
- emissions
- federal funding
- Health + Road Safety
- Integrated Transport
- mobile apps
- mobile technologies
- oil
- private vehicle emissions
- road fatalities
- road safety
- road signage
- suburban sprawl
- TOD
- transit funding
- transport funding
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Urban Sprawl
Los Angeles is offering free rides to regular commuters (and Santas) on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Photo by Greg Thomas.
Topics:
- advertisements
- affordable housing
- air pollution
- Air Quality + Climate Change
- Ciclovia
- ciclovias
- Communications + Marketing
- commuters
- density
- drunk driving
- Health + Road Safety
- high density
- informal housing
- Integrated Transport
- public transit
- regulation
- road safety
- slums
- sustainable transportation
- TheCityFix Picks
- TOD
- Urban Development + Accessibility
- Women
The BeyondDC newsfeed yesterday just blew my mind. Of yesterday’s five headlines, each and every one is about some part of Montgomery County embracing a more sustainable, more urban land use pattern. Let’s go through them one by one:
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Topics:
- bicycles
- bike lanes
- D.C.
- density
- development
- High Density, Mixed Used Neighborhoods
- Land Use
- Mass Transit
- Metro
- Montgomery County
- Pedestrianization
- purple line
- Real Estate Development
- Rockville
- Shady Grove
- suburbia
- Suburbs
- Takoma Park
- TOD
- Transit Oriented Development
- United States
- Urban Planning + Design
- Washingon DC
- Wheaton
