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Category Archives: Public transit
Cities of the Future
(May 5, 2004) Lawrence Solomon, the executive director of Urban Renaissance Institute, delivered the keynote address at the 5th annual Edmonton Real Estate Forum on Wednesday, May 5, 2004. Mr. Solomon looked at factors such as demographic change, attracting a skilled workforce, continuing in technology, infrastructure investment and transportation and their impact on how effective cities function. Continue reading
Posted in Public transit, Sprawl, Toll roads
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London’s green streets
(February 19, 2004) One year ago this week, London began to charge private automobiles and commercial vehicles £5 ($12.50) a day if they either entered or left its downtown core between 7 a.m. and 6:30 pm. The reviews of this unprecedented experiment – designed to reduce traffic jams in one of the most heavily congested cities in the world – are now in, and they’re rave. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Cities, Public transit, Regulation, Toll roads, Transportation
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Toll skeptics be damned: London’s rolling
(May 1, 2003) In mid-February, London began charging private vehicles £5 to enter its central core. The outrage that the press and other pundits predicted didn’t occur: The toll has soothed rather than seethed Londoners. The losers from this radical experiment are almost nowhere in sight. The winners can be found all round. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Cities, Public transit, Regulation, Toll roads, Transportation
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Nothing’s sacred
(September 10, 2001) As a strategy for zooming your brand identity up, up and away, nothing has more pizzazz than leaping a tall building Superman-style – and then crowding it with your corporate moniker. Continue reading
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Taking the snarl out of traffic
(June 9, 2000) Aside from buying an airplane, here are three simple ideas for getting home in fewer than three hours. Continue reading
Posted in Automobile, Cities, Public transit, Toll roads, Transportation
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