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Mar. 26, 2021 / Gordon Price

Recommended Reading: The Fairness Finesse in London and San Francisco

Here’s a report on the changes being levered by the pandemic to accelerate the move to active-transportation infrastructure and design…
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Dec. 18, 2020 / Gordon Price

A tilted and time-distorted Christmas seems somehow appropriate

By mediahogproductions.co.uk in 2015: From Christmas markets to ice skating and fair rides, it almost seems like London turns into…
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May. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

Andrew Sullivan adds some plague perspective: “Get a Grip”

Sullivan, a columnist with New York magazine (and an early blogger – one of the best before it became too…
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Feb. 12, 2020 / Gordon Price

What will happen to traffic with a congestion charge?

It will probably get worse. From The Guardian: London has achieved the impossible by eradicating the private car – and…
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Nov. 01, 2018 / Gordon Price

Comparative Ambitions: Housing Targets in London and Vancouver

  Mayor agrees £1 billion plan to build 11,000 new council homes The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has ……
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Jul. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

London Gives Pedestrians The Green Man Priority

As part of Mayor Kahn’s plan to increase daily walking trips in London from 6 million to 7 million by…
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Apr. 12, 2018 / Gordon Price

London Congestion Charge: Bigger, Longer, Greedier?

From CityLab: After 15 years of existence, London’s method of congestion charging is dated. It needs to be bigger, longer,…
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Mar. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Traffic Calming the "Burbs" of London

An interesting way to change the nature of traffic is written in this article by The Standard. Imagine  Walthamstow England (in…
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Feb. 20, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Why There are No Roads In London, But Lots of Streets

There are no roads in London. Take a look~there are Streets, Squares and Alleys, but “traditionally” not one single road.…
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Feb. 06, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Give up Avocado on Toast, Gain a Deposit for Housing? A 26 year old's View of Buying in London

  From the always affable Daily Scot, Scot Bathgate sends this rather cheeky article from The Guardian where 26-year-old Elle Hunt who…
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Jan. 24, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

London England's "People Parking Bay"

From Time Out in London comes this unfailingly forward story about Brenda Puech. Brenda believes in sustainability, and she had a…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The London Underground Salaries Map

The London Underground map was drawn by draftsman Henry Beck in 1931. Mr. Beck was working as an engineering draftsman…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why Truck Side Guards Save Lives and Why We Need Them On Trucks NOW

  Lloyd Alter in Tree Hugger has written about two completely avoidable accidents~one in Brooklyn and one in Toronto where bicyclists…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Save 13,000 Lives, Save Billions of Dollars Just by Walking and Biking

The British  non-profit Sustrans has been examining governmental plans to increase walking and cycling and have figured out that if the…

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