A quick look at some of the things that make your country/natural disaster relief work (or not): Haitian Earthquake 1 Year After: Haitian population: 9.7 million Earthquake magnitude: 7.0 Lives claimed by earthquake: 316,000 % of government work force claimed: 25 Number of refugee camps: 1200 Number still living today in tents: 1.2 million Number...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondola Transit and Cable Propelled Transit (sorry, this one went up a day late – internet issues): China’s first urban cable transit system – the Jiling River Cable Car – is officially retired after 29 years of service. Wired Magazine profiles Rio’s Complexo do Alemao Teleferico....
Metrocable de Medellin, Estación San Javier in Medellin Thanks to Nick for sending along this link! The original, by Hermán David Muñoz can be viewed here.
At some point during any long-haul flight, the cabin crew will shut off all the lights so everyone can try and get a few hours of precious (and desperately uncomfortable) sleep. To help the process, everyone closes their window shields to block out the sunlight. But without fail, there’s always one person who leaves their...
Alexander Chan is a musician, artist and and employee of Google Creative Labs in Brooklyn, New York. He’s also created one of the most magnificent interpretations of a subway map I’ve yet to ever see: ANY CHARACTER HERE
A quick look at some of the things that make your country work (or not): Libyan Uprising 2011: Population of Libya: 6.5 million Population density of Libya: 50 person/km square % of population urban: 88 % of country covered by deserts: 90 % arable land: 1 Highest HDI (Human Development Index) in Africa: Libya Highest...
A few highlights from around the world of Urban Gondola Transit and Cable Propelled Transit: A safety survey determines that the risk of a plane crashing into the proposed London Thames Cable Car would be equivalent to one incident every 15 million years. Global Dashboard discusses the use of cable cars (gondolas) as a tool...
As the world shifts rapidly from a rural-centric to an urban-centric model, so too will business, work, and the ability for people to survive, sustain and thrive. For all practical purposes, this transition has already occurred. Some of us will never leave the cities we’re born in; some of us will never see a countryside....
I spent the better part of a morning trying to track down an embeddable (let’s just pretend that’s a word, okay?) version of this news report on the urban gondolas in Algeria. Unfortunately, my search was in vain. Nevertheless, you should certainly check it out. Unfortunately it’s all in German (no offense to our German-speaking...
Most of us can’t afford to drive a BMW everyday to work. But what if you could ride a BMW everyday? The Siemens Group recently commissioned BMW’s subsidiary Designworks USA to design a new kind of subway train. Dubbed the Metro Inspiro, it is a train the likes of which you’ve never seen: Cork floors,...