Category: French
01/29/10
Paris will roll out two-way bike routes in 2010
Paris développe ses doubles sens cyclables en 2010. La République du Centre, January 10, 2010.For the rest of the year, Paris will gradually extend two-way cycling in 30 kph zones.The Second and Eleventh arrondissements (districts) of Paris will… more »
09/21/09
Roland Castro: We have to do away with what Paris is today
Roland Castro : "Il faut en finir avec ce qu'est Paris aujourd'hui", by Josyane Savigneau, Le Monde, September 12, 2009.
Roland Castro leads one of the ten architecture firms hired to work together on the Greater Paris plan. In this interview, he exp… more »
09/05/09
Coming soon to Bamako: a minibus ring and a busway
Lanes will be set aside for these mass transit modes in order to decrease congestion downtown.Circulation à Bamako : BIENTÔT UN ANNEAU SOTRAMA ET UN COULOIR BUS. L. DIARRA, May 7, 2008.The scene takes place in the area around the Finance Min… more »
08/24/09
Coming soon: a streetcar line for Bamako
Decentralized cooperation: our capital will soon have its streetcar line. The French company Lohr, based in Strasbourg, will construct it.
Translohr in Padua. Photo by Ambrosiana Pictures (G) / Flickr.
Coopération décentralisée : Bientôt une lign… more »
07/20/09
Foreign exchange: an economic opportunity goes bust
Bridge and ford at Kayes, by Jacques Taberlet for Wikimedia
ECHANGES - Un débouché économique en panne, Mohamed Gueye, Le Quotidien, July 6, 2009.
The demolition of the Kayes bridge hurts Senegalese businesses
For almost two months, traffic betw… more »
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