Now Reading
Planned books:
- Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt
Current books:
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Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker
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Op de tram by Jorie Horsthuis
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Onze excuses voor het ongemak by Robert Giebels
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Lonely Planet Chile by Carolyn McCarthy, Jean Bernard Carillet, Kevin Raub, Greg Benchwick
Recent books:
- Introduction to Probability Models, Tenth Edition by Sheldon M. Ross
- Gothenburg and its Trams by Andersson
- Bicycle Mania by Shirley Agudo
- Max Plus at Work: Modeling and Analysis of Synchronized Systems: A Course on Max-Plus Algebra and It by Bernd Heidergott, Geert Jan Olsder, Jacob van der Woude
- Don’t Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition by Steve Krug
Monthly Archives: December 2010
Winter weather
A little bit of snow can turn networks upside down in countries of moderate weather which don’t want to invest in snow-proof systems for those “few days”. Here are some fresh pictures and screenshots. A bit of winter chaos has … Continue reading
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Urban rail tunnels
Update: New readers from the Gulliver blog at The Economist, welcome! And thanks for linking. You might find e.g. posts on train control in alpine tunnels or Dutch bicycle highways interesting, too. The idea of an urban rail tunnel is … Continue reading
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Malmö rail tunnel open
Update: New readers from the Gulliver blog at The Economist, welcome! And thanks for linking. You might find e.g. posts on train control in alpine tunnels or Dutch bicycle highways interesting, too. The Malmö urban railway tunnel Citytunneln was officially … Continue reading
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The Superbus returns (and the time-lapsed subway yard)
I recently wrote about those “Superbus” etc. projects which promise to deliver the capacity, safety, comfort and energy-efficiency of rail without rails. The Onion Networkcovers yet another project, designed for the entire United States Obama Replaces Costly High-Speed Rail Plan … Continue reading
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Google Transit finally available in the Netherlands
There were few countries in Western Europe having no Google Transit coverage at all, one of them the Netherlands, but from today finally, the static train timetables, as well as the Amsterdam urban timetables are available via Google Maps. This … Continue reading
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