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Kobe Bryant and LeBron James use public transit at the Olympics
By Sarah Laskow
These guys are well-travelled superstars. They’re rich as bejesus. They can get around however they want. But on Monday night, after a victory over Argentina, Chris Paul’s Twitter feed featured a shot of a bunch of very tall men in their post-game sweats, waiting on the platform to catch the high-speed Javelin train from Olympic Park into town. “#fasterwaybacktothehotel,” Paul wrote.
Seriously, if Kobe Bryant and LeBron James can use public transportation, so can everybody else.
Mind the Gap (And the Gold Medal), New Yorker
Sarah Laskow is a reporter based in New York City who covers environment, energy, and sustainability issues, among other things. Follow her on Twitter.
mag lev tubes… gotta love this…
on the right track- architect’s newsletter
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=6182
light rail and urban development going in the right direction…
yes we need to talk about the suburbs (too)
love this review and the book reviewed…ReThinking a Lot, Reinventing the Automobile Places
How Parking Lots, Spots, and Garages Help and Hinder American Cities By Alexandra Rice
How Parking Lots, Spots, and Garages Help and Hinder American Cities By Alexandra Rice
The the things we already know about cars and parking put into words. We need more multimodal transportation and still have a great deal of work to do on getting those still believing the car is the freedom they have been given as an american birthright. There is a more efficient and sustainable way to develop our cities…..
Architecture—Leading Character or Supporting Role? By Alexandra Rice
of course I hope the architects win… not that it should be a competition… strong support in the article of the IBE program in Germany also.
America’s Cities Shaped (and Mishaped) by Rules
Zoning laws, building codes and other regulations can seem like bureaucratic obscurities. But, says this author, they have a powerful—and often negative—impact on urban areas.
By Emily Talen
read more in City Limits
SUV with built-in stationary bike: It’s like biking to work, except stupid as hell
Oh sure, biking to work helps you keep toned leg muscles, like a good trophy wife. But it also reduces carbon emissions, and everyone knows that saving the environment is for poor people. No, what you need is a chauffeured Cadillac SUV with a built-in stationary bike, so you can do your morning exercise while James ferries you to the office. (Ha ha, just kidding! Like you go to an office. You can pedal while James ferries your husband to the office, and then takes you back home so you can direct the rest of the staff.)
The built-in bike isn’t even the most bougie thing about this car, the Becker Cadillac Escalade ESV. It also includes a movie screen, internet access, and some other shit I don’t even understand because I don’t speak Obscenely Rich. Xzibit would lose his mind. But the bike-in-a-car feature is definitely the most patently absurd and out-of-touch. “A mode of conveyance that also exercises my muscles? Why yes, my fine fellow, anyone would gladly pay millions of dollars for such a device!”
oiriginally posted on Grist here
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