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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: October 2011
Must be fun to drive this Mercedes
The best part is when the third driver bursts out laughing, who also seriously looks like Baló György. via VEKE.
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Distracted Driving: Evidence
One of the reasons why ensuring alternatives to driving is so important is that road fatalities are the number one cause of non-natural death in developed countries (see for example table here) and increasing in developing countries. The underlying causes … Continue reading
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Above Schiphol airport at night
Have a look at how Schiphol airport looks like from above in the night in the following short video about the air traffic control room in the control tower. By schipholtv.com
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Jonge Veranderaars in Switzerland
I have just spent four great days with fellow engineers/consultants working for the Dutch rail sector. We have been to the transport authority of Zürich, visited the commuter rail system of the canton of Zug, the main factory of Stadler: … Continue reading
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