Article Archive for August 2009
For foreigners moonlighting in Beijing like myself, navigating the concrete jungle of China’s capital can be quite intimidating. Never to fear: The Beijing edition of E都市 (”E-dushi,” which essentially translates as “E-Metropolis”) is an …
As a result of the systematic and complete consideration of all the dimensions of a full bus rapid transit (BRT) system, Janmarg is in the process of being “a high quality public transport system, oriented to the user that offers fast, comfortable and low cost urban mobility.” It can quickly become a “best practice” of BRT system implementation in South Asia.
Could France become the leader in electric vehicle technology? And what does that mean for the future of sustainable urban mobility? Photo by Lea Marzloff.
From BusinessWeek:
Could the City of Lights soon become the City of …
Looking for a safer, more reliable carpooling service? Check out ZoomPool, a new Web site launched initially for drivers and passengers to coordinate carpooling in the Bay Area. The new service addresses three main barriers …
The World Health Organization wants you to “be part of a global movement to make cities healthier.”
The campaign, 1000 Cities 1000 Lives, was launched with the goal to get 1,000 cities around the world to …
Dan Koff, a friend of mine from college, recently passed this video along that his brother put together about a futuristic neighborhood in Sweden. The city is walkable and mass transit friendly and uses …
Art by Philip Straub, via National Geographic.
In its latest issue, National Geographic shows what the now bustling urban jungle of Manhattan looked like before Henry Hudson spotted the island in 1609.
Four hundred years ago, there …
Photo by Thomas Hawk.
TheCityFix is undergoing a major redesign and expansion. Join our team! We’re happy to recruit volunteer writers all year long. If you want to get paid, consider applying for TheCityFix fall internship. …
GOOD magazine and 3rd Generation Prius teamed up for their Roadmap to Harmony project to produce this video about B-Cycle, a bikesharing service in Denver, Co. that we’ve already mentioned here, here, and here.
The premise …
London and Boston made big announcements this week, both naming Montreal’s Public Bike System – known as Bixi (shoft for “bicycle taxi”) – as their preferred bike-share provider. Could Bixi’s foray onto the world scene be a game changer for public-use bicycles?
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