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Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label San Francisco. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Certainly will not, really?

This is from the article, Paris Bike Plan Goes Kaput, by Cliff Kuang in FastCompany.

It's worth noting that similar programs exist in Lyon and Copenhagen, and they haven't had the same troubles. Meanwhile, you might look at Paris's bike problems as merely an indicator of very deep sociological problems in the city—its immigrants are infamously discriminated against. Remember, this was a city riven by riots two years ago. London's bike program might fare similarly; San Francisco's might not; and Singapore's almost certainly will not.

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Monday, January 5, 2009

What works for us may not work for US.

This is from the article, Making rush hour costly, by Maria L. La Gang in ChicagoTribune.com.

America's second-most-congested city wants to become the first to institute congestion pricing. The goal: Reduce downtown traffic, improve the environment and raise money for further transit fixes.

A similar effort failed in 2008 in New York.

London, Stockholm and Singapore already have drawn lines around key districts and charge drivers for entering at peak times. London officials believe their original system cut traffic by 21 percent and increased public transit use by 36 percent.

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