MetaFilter posts tagged with transportation and urban

Suburbia was our manufactured manifest destiny

spamandkimchi — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 07:11:04 -0800

The Top Ten Influences on the American Metropolis of the Past 50 Years 1. The 1956 Interstate Highway Act 2. Federal Housing Administration Mortgage Financing 3. De-Industrialization 4. Urban Renewal 5. Levittown 6. Racial Segregation 7. Shopping Malls 8. Sunbelt-Style Sprawl 9. Air Conditioning 10. Urban Riots of the 1960s ...plus the 10 Most Likely Influences for the Next 50 Years in one handy jpg

Whenever there's trouble, they're there on the double.

zarq — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 08:20:51 -0800

"On a good day, the street maintenance team tasked by the New York City Department of Transportation with roadway repair might fill 4,000 potholes in eight hours. In an average week, they could resurface 100,000 square yards of road. After Hurricane Sandy, their crews removed 2,500 tons of debris. And every day, on a Tumblr called The Daily Pothole, New Yorkers can take a peek inside the workings of a city system few have likely thought about." Storyboard: A Day with New York City’s Pothole Repair Crew. "One of the most popular online inventions of New York City’s government is The Daily Pothole, a blog that tracks, in gravelly detail, the milling and paving of street cavities from Midwood to Midtown. It is eye candy for the asphalt-obsessed: panoramic photos accompanied by comic captions (“Bump!” “Sneak Attack!”) and a goggle-eyed mascot named Warmy, an asphalt plug, to boot."

Finally, an alternative to Big Pedal.

jimmythefish — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:19:02 -0800

Presenting the FLIZ velocipede, for anyone who's wondering what you get when you cross a German hipster and a wheeled banana.

The Atlantic Cities

parudox — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 10:31:01 -0800

The Atlantic Cities is a new site launched today by the Atlantic. It's about cities.

Moving Beyond the Automobile

parudox — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:25:12 -0800

Moving Beyond the Automobile is a series of ten short videos by Streetfilms that highlights new directions in urban transportation. It shows how cities in the U.S. are encouraging a shift away from car dependency and making it easier and more pleasant to get around by other means. For your viewing convenience: Transit-Oriented Development Bicycling Car Sharing Bus Rapid Transit Congestion Pricing Highway Removal Traffic Calming Road Diet The Right Price for Parking Parking Reform

The High Cost of Free Parking

parudox — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:36:56 -0800

"Eighty-seven percent of all trips are made by personal vehicle and 99 percent of those trips arrive at a free parking space." But that free parking comes at a high cost according to Donald Shoup's research. He advocates for charging the right price for on-street parking and for removing off-street parking requirements. Shoup's ideas are coming to the streets in San Francisco's new demand-responsive parking system. Loyal Shoupistas work to spread and implement his ideas.

Train Runs Through Market

phrontist — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:43:26 -0800

Train runs through bangkok market. (via)

Lane Splitting 101.

badstone — Fri, 10 May 2002 10:04:19 -0800

Lane Splitting 101. Do you ride? Do you commute on your bike? Are you insane enough to split lanes? Or... Do you drive? Do lane-splitting bikes piss you off? Do they give you heart attacks?

Pigeons Ride the Subway!(NYT Link)

wsfinkel — Tue, 05 Mar 2002 07:12:15 -0800

Pigeons Ride the Subway!(NYT Link) This reporter found truth behind a New York urban legend, train riding pigeons. Any weird stories of urbanized animals in your area?

Avogadro — Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:46:30 -0800

Mathowie's blog about living in San Francisco and mentioned his dream urban vehicle. But Matt, why not get Smart? Okay, besides the fact that it's not yet available in the U.S. (more inside...)