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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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 metro, paris, reflections, rome, trains on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
protection against the motorway noise: Croisset Student House
Posted in 1 - spaces, 1.1 - housing, 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, C - Tips, tagged cars, France, housing, paris, tips on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Croisset Student House is a good example of how to protect a building from the noise of a motorway and give at the same time a public image to the building. The complex is made of 3 residential blocks, oriented perpendicularly to the motorway, and a continuous screen which runs between the blocks and [...]
sheer transit pleasure: historical trains
Posted in 2 - transports, 2.3 - public transports, 3 - events, B - Trends, C - Tips, tagged buses, fun, lausanne, metro, paris, party, trains, tram, travel, trends on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(photo via flickr) One of the nice surprises you can find while riding public transports, is finding yourself into a special, historical train. Ancient rolling stock, old fashioned staff, special festive ambiance… in a while, the trip loses its tmosphere of boring daily commute and turns itself into an improvised party: everybody starts to talk, [...]
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 [...]
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