Henry Grabar has an interesting piece in the March 2016 issue of The Atlantic talking about Paris’s ambitious metro expansion. By 2030, and after $25 billion of investment, the Paris system will gain four new lines, 68 stations, and more than 120 miles (192 kilometers)… Read More
Hong kong subway ( central station ) by Renaud Maurouard on 500px https://500px.com/embed.js Earlier today it was announced that Metro Vancouver voted “no” to a 0.5% sales tax increase that would have been used to fund a $7.5 billion regional transportation plan. Roughly 62% of respondents… Read More
This morning I stumbled upon the following chart (via The Atlantic) summarizing the locations of the 100 tallest skyscrapers in the world. As you can see North America dominated tall buildings for most of the 20th century. But then in the 1980s, Asia starting building.… Read More
