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New bus network in Lausanne

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , on December 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(image: wikimedia commons) From Sunday december 14,  the new bus network will be operational in Lausanne.  The main changes will be: Lines 5,6 and 45 will be suppressed or re-routed in oder to avoid superopsitions with the metro, Lines 4,6 and 15 will be merged into the new lines 4 and 6, New line 21 [...]

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New shopping area opens in downtown Lausanne

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , , , , , , on November 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »

On November 26th, a new shopping area has opened in the Flon area in downtown Lausanne. The new complex includes a supermarket (Migros) and some smaller shops, and is located close to Lausanne-Flon subway station (lines M1, M2 and LEB), making it a perfect example of Transit-Oriented-Development. With the opening of the new complex, Flon [...]

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luxury trains come back to Italy

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, B - Trends, tagged , , , on November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

(source image: flickr) Luxury trains have come back to Italy. in 2005, SeaTrain has renewed some trains from italian companies FCU and Vesuviana and turned them into Roma Express and Napoli Express. (source image: flickr) Rome Express runs from Civitavecchia Harbour to Rome S. Pietro Railway station, leaving passengers in the very heart of Rome, [...]

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Lausanne Metro line 2, before the reconstruction works

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, tagged , on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

For all who wonder how Lausanne Metro line 2 was before the works, here it is:

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Lausanne metro line 2: finally open!

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, E - Reportages, tagged , on October 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This morning, Lausanne Metro line 2 has finally open to the public. To celebrate the event, here are some photos of the line: Lausanne-Flon: signs pointing to the platforms Lausanne-Flon: altough they belong to different companies, all the lines converging in Lausanne-Flon are announced with similar signs. Lausanne-Flon. Lausanne Metro’s colors scheme: Blue – Yellow [...]

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Lausanne Metro line 2: commercial service will start next monday

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It’s official: Lausanne Metro line 2 will open next Monday,  October 27, 2008. Line Métrobus will be discontinued, all the other lines will not be changed until December 14. All the info here and here. (source: 24Heures)

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Shared Space

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.1 - walking, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, D - reflections, tagged , , , , on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Two kind of space exist: The highway, regulated by signs, and the public realm, regulated by social rules. But lots of public realms are designed as highways. source: shared space

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Obama promotes urban life

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, A - News, tagged , , , , , on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“…All of our politics was built around the idea that there are cities, and there are suburbs, and the suburban people don’t like the city people, and the city people don’t like the suburban people, and usually the suburban people are republicans, and the city people are democrats…our politics was built around that idea. Except [...]

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Unofficial map of Lausanne and Vaud nightbus: Somnambule

Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, A - News, tagged , , , , , on October 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In Vaud, public transport is organized around several companies, each one with its own website, its own design, its own line numbering criteria. During the day, a centralized bus and train schedule and fare system allow users to organize their trips without many inconvenients, but during the night (between midnight and 4AM), things become more [...]

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Paris RER E vs. Rome Metro B: same spaces, different comfort

Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.4 - public spaces, 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, D - reflections, E - Reportages, tagged , , , , on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Following a discussion about Rome Metro, I found a comapraison between Rome B line and Washington Metro. According to different surveys, Rome Metro is considered one of the most unwelcoming ones: in order to change its perception, lots of long and expensive plans are currently going to improve comfort (see here and here). Anyway, some [...]

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