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Last week saw Congested Cities take over This Big City. We published thirteen posts over the last seven days, making it a congested week both in terms of content theme and frequency. In case you missed out on any of the great posts, here’s a rundown. |
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Congested Cities Week is now drawing to a close. At thirteen posts, it has been the most prolific week ever on This Big City, and the response has been brilliant. Here’s a special thanks to everyone who contributed. |
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Considering distance to destination and mode of transportation is a different process for the women of Manhattan. Finding heels that coordinate with an outfit is hard enough without having to decide how to get through congested New York City in them. |
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Are crowds and congestion related? In its most basic definition, congestion is the overcrowding of a particular space. So, how does one as a planner, architect or engineer create the streams for this flow of crowds to move, or even live, freely? |
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South Africa has an enviable modal split between public and private transport – but how can it stay that way while making transport options greener, more efficient and more equitable? Investing in rail may just provide the solution. |
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Michael Bloomberg almost did it. The schematic map was all drawn up, the studies were encouraging, and eight million New Yorkers were lurching towards acceptance. But New York’s congestion pricing system never happened. |
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One of the most urgent problems in transportation policy today is relieving congestion on American roads. Perhaps the most obvious way to go about this would be to start pricing driving at more realistic levels? |
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Congestion problems are different in every city, as are the solutions. Here are five cities with five different congestion innovations, each of which has been featured on This Big City in the last two years. |