Grieve-Smith on Transportation

Here's a great Planet Money video where you get to see Adam Davidson figuring out why jitneys in Haiti are painted so vibrantly. However, I think there's a mistranslation at 3:48 in the video.Driver Patrick Toulousma is translated as "One can read t… more »

Jimmy Van Bramer's staff got an updated version of the zoning proposal, dated May 19, and passed the maps on to Christian Murray, who posted them on his Sunnyside Post blog. The main differences I could find between the February maps that I posted … more »

The Department of City Planning has initiated a process to rezone Sunnyside and part of Woodside. They have their agenda, developers have their agenda, and various residents and business owners have theirs.Here's my agenda: I think Sunnyside and Woo… more »

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 »

Urban transit is a major hazard in Santo Domingo; vehicles destroyed.Dueños del país ...en las suyas. October 9, 2009. Teofilo Bonilla, El Nacional.The "surprise stoppage" that was conducted by the National Transportation Federation, New Option… more »