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
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Streetfilms explains Transit-Oriented Development
The guys at Streetfilms do such a great job that it is really hard not to link to them all the time. In this new video, they describe a New Jersey area as a successful example of Transit Oriented Development. … Continue reading
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Fiddling with highway speed limits: A small step in the wrong direction
Spain reduces highway speed limit to 110 km/h to decrease oil dependency. Meanwhile, the Netherlands starts a pilot to increase speed limit to 130 km/h on some highways. What’s going on? Briefly, nothing. A small 10 km/h change over 100 … Continue reading
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Ride a cabrio U-Bahn in Berlin
Starting from Valentine’s Day, it is possible to register for this year’s cabrio subway rides organized on some Fridays in Berlin. The underground journey gives you a detailed picture of one of the oldest and most extensive metro systems in … Continue reading
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B+R parking at tram and bus stops
It is no coincidence that my two professional interests are cycling and public transport: I believe that only a combination of cycling and transit can be a really successful green transport system. Transit cannot go everywhere, bikes cannot go too … Continue reading
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Real-time departure information in the shops (video)
An amazing idea, from Chicago. Put up displays of next bus departures into the nearby shops and cafes. Even better, convince them to do it themselves as then they can attract waiting passengers. (byStreetfilms) You can say, you have a … Continue reading
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Pedestrian traffic: The simple and the hard way to avoid stampedes
Three girls were killed in a club stampede last weekend in my home town, Budapest, and speculations are all over the Hungarian interwebs ranging from stabbing to racist accusations to asthma. I am no expert in pedestrian traffic flows but … 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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21 million euros for Dutch cycling highways
A high-quality bicycle route in Delft (photos: Daniel Sparing) Some quick breaking news: Dutch political parties can have significantly different opinions on foreigners (that’s me), culture or even investment in road vs public transport, but support for cycling is, fortunately, … Continue reading
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