Archive for the ‘2.2 – cycling’ Category
New Urbanism vs. Suburbanism
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, tagged cars, public spaces, urbanism on April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The future of automobile infrastructure: Antonio Segni Bridge, Rome
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, 2.4 - cars, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged highways, pedestrians, reflections, rome, streets, trends on December 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Usually, a highway is a mono-functional road, designed to carry cars from one place to another at a maximum speed. But, sometimes highways don’t carry so many cars as expected, and other uses start to appear. An example of the re-use of highways was the Antonio Segni Bridge in Northern Rome, the east-west road in [...]
First we kill the architects…
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, D - reflections, tagged New York, reflections, trends on August 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(source: new york times)
David Byrne’s bike racks
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(source: creative class)
bikes for all needs
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, trends on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(video: conference bike) As car sales dop and bike sales skyrocket, more and more bike models are launched. After the conference bike and the pedal pub, it’s time for family bikes! Here’s a list of the most interesting ones (tips on other models are always welcome): Bella bike The Dutch Bike Factory De Fiets Fabriek [...]
bike sharing grows more and more
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.2 - cycling, B - Trends, tagged bikes, geneva, lausanne, New York, paris, rome, trends on July 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some days ago I was wariting about bike sharing in Lausanne. Now, things are evolving fastly, and more and more cities are implementing a bike sharing program. so, let’s make a list of bike sharing services all over the world: Barcelona Geneva IKEA Lausanne Lyon New York Montreal Paris Rome Sevilla Tulsa (Oklahoma) Vancouver informations [...]
A short history of America
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 2.4 - cars, D - reflections, tagged cars, reflections, streets, trains, tram on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Some posts ago, we saw the first steps that gave birth to a road. Here is the rest of the story (by R. Crumb) (source: carfree)
Sunday street in Bogotà: la Ciclovia
Posted in 2.1 - walking, 2.2 - cycling, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, tagged bikes, bogota, colombia, events, streets, traffic, trends on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Once famous just for its internal wars, Colombia is experiencing big changes in its architectural and social life. In its capital, Bogotà, quality of life has improved dramatically in the last years: one of the examples of this improvements is Bogotà’s sunday street, the famous “Ciclovia”. (source: streetfilms)



