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The Case for Rebuilding the LIRR Central Branch | Itinerant Urbanist
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A Footloose Take on Cities, Transit, and Some Other Random Things. Roundup #2 and Pics from Athens, NY. Co-Housing, Millenials, Retirees, and the Importance of Flexible Housing →. The Case for Rebuilding the LIRR Central Branch. Conventional wisdom in the New York region holds that the Long Island Rail Road (or Railroad if you prefer, I believe either is acceptable). A third track between Floral Park and Hicksville on its Main Line. Just ask the Regional Plan Association. And their classic late ’90...
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Progressivism and Housing: Looking at the Roots | Itinerant Urbanist
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A Footloose Take on Cities, Transit, and Some Other Random Things. Co-Housing, Millenials, Retirees, and the Importance of Flexible Housing. How Reborn Chicago Express Buses Could Point the Way Forward →. Progressivism and Housing: Looking at the Roots. Recently, Gabriel Metcalf’s essay in Citylab about Progressivism and San Francisco’s housing crisis. But it’s interesting.”. This is a very thoughtful, challenging, insightful, and powerful essay. I really appreciate you passing it on. The author spends m...
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Taishun Street: January 2011
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Friday, January 7, 2011. If you have Richard Saunder's excellent "Yangmingshan: The Guide", this walk follows the "easier route" og the Pingdeng Li Old Water Channel trail in reverse, meeting the Waishuangxi Old Trail at the end of that hike's point 1 (i.e., near the rest station). Just keep in mind that the first right is not mentioned; Richard instead describes the hike going straight. Http:/ www.tonyhuang39.com/tony0483/tony0483.html. Time: 5 hours at a leisurely pace. I am an ...
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Taishun Street: Tsai Ing-wen Promises to Build Stuff
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Tuesday, November 1, 2011. Tsai Ing-wen Promises to Build Stuff. No election campaign in any country is complete without ambitious promises to build stuff, and Tsai's is no exception. A few weeks ago Tsai proposed several transportation-related projects for Xinbei. The most ambitious. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Photos from the King of Qingshan Festival. A run-in with Tsai Ing-wen. Tsai Ing-wen Promises to Build Stuff. King of Qingshan Festival. A View from the 'Hill.
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Taishun Street: The Undergrounding of Taiwan's Urban Railways
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Saturday, October 22, 2011. The Undergrounding of Taiwan's Urban Railways. Typically the benefits of burying train lines versus elevating them are considered to be the reduction of noise pollution and the increase in light reaching street level; Alon Levy discusses these complaints (and ways to mitigate them) here. Of course some will argue that the highway was necessary to relieve traffic. This is a fallacy however; Alon Levy's statistical analysis. October 23, 2011 at 2:24 AM.
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Taishun Street: September 2012
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Monday, September 24, 2012. I've decided to start writing about mass transit and urban planning in Taiwan at dodging scooters.blogspot.com. For now I'll mostly post about bits of news that I notice and feel like commenting on, hopefully later- maybe half a year or so- I will write something more substantial. Taishun Street will be mostly on travels and life in Taiwan, though I haven't yet decided for sure what direction I want to take it in. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Taishun Street: December 2011
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Thursday, December 1, 2011. How I learned to stop worrying and love MRT expansion. The United Daily News had a couple articles on the upcoming wave of MRT expansion. The first. Is pretty good, explaining how the new lines will take shape. The second article. Anyway, most of the complaints have to do being forced to transfer under the new system. For example:. Elderly people from Zhonghe complain that transferring will make getting to NTU Hospital difficult. To be fair there are so...
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Taishun Street: Photos from the King of Qingshan Festival
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Photos from the King of Qingshan Festival. I've also added some photos from the 2009 festival. Small idols await the King of Qingshan's procession (taken in front of the King of Hell Temple). And a couple photos from '09, taken in front of Longshan Temple:. The bajiajiang (八家將) and 七爺八爺 (the tall god-puppets) in these pictures are all entering Longshan Temple to pay respects to Guanyin, the primary deity there. Also, Laorencha has photos (and a video!
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Taishun Street: How I learned to stop worrying and love MRT expansion
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Thursday, December 1, 2011. How I learned to stop worrying and love MRT expansion. The United Daily News had a couple articles on the upcoming wave of MRT expansion. The first. Is pretty good, explaining how the new lines will take shape. The second article. Anyway, most of the complaints have to do being forced to transfer under the new system. For example:. Elderly people from Zhonghe complain that transferring will make getting to NTU Hospital difficult. To be fair there are so...
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Taishun Street: New Blog
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A New Yorker in Taipei. Monday, September 24, 2012. I've decided to start writing about mass transit and urban planning in Taiwan at dodging scooters.blogspot.com. For now I'll mostly post about bits of news that I notice and feel like commenting on, hopefully later- maybe half a year or so- I will write something more substantial. Taishun Street will be mostly on travels and life in Taiwan, though I haven't yet decided for sure what direction I want to take it in. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
