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SkyScraper City London's Transport Infrastructure  
19:12 9-Feb-07   [Replies: 33, Views: 1166]    By: Unnamed
Noticing that a bit has been said in often passionate debates about how much London subsidies the rest of the UK. This type of discussion has usually come about via talk of how the North would co...
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UrbanPlanet.org Urban Designer  
20:18 7-Feb-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 284]    By: Unnamed
As usual, I have been thinking about a career change. One of the areas I am really interested in is Urban Design. Not Urban Planning, which is more regulatory, and not Architecture, which is more...
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SkyScraper City Worrying  
21:58 2-Feb-07   [Replies: 15, Views: 471]    By: Unnamed
I have come to the conclusion that I have no confidence at all in the people who have the final say in where our railways go. Time after time precious golden opportunities have been missed and...
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SkyScraper City London Euston Station - rebuild  
03:25 2-Feb-07   [Replies: 52, Views: 3171]    By: Unnamed
London Euston Station is being rebuilt. Quote: Manuel - British Land favourite for Euston 4.2m sq ft scheme Network Rail is poised to appoint British Land to r...
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SkyScraper City Stansted  
23:29 30-Jan-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 271]    By: Unnamed
The new proposal was released today regarding the new runway.. They cut the costs down to 2billion pounds from 4bil. I'm dissapointed though, the airport and new runway will now be segregated mod...
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SkyScraper City Regional Eurostars  
15:46 29-Jan-07   [Replies: 104, Views: 2529]    By: Unnamed
This subject has come up in the Crossrail (how I don't know) and CTRL threads, especially because ChrisV loves talking about it. What's on the line is a high speed service from the continent to th...
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UrbanPlanet.org Light Posts  
14:43 28-Jan-07   [Replies: 7, Views: 729]    By: Unnamed
I would like to see street lights, path lights, freeway lights, and any other fixtures that may be along your city's roads or parks. Here are some in Richmond... (IMG:http://i36.photobucket.c...
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SkyScraper City Outer London Ringrail  
12:24 23-Jan-07   [Replies: 17, Views: 902]    By: Unnamed
Does anyone remember the proposal for an Aussenring style railway line linking the satellite towns of London? Don't suppose anyone knows of any websites or information about it? All I reme...
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SkyScraper City People Power  
20:11 22-Jan-07   [Replies: 6, Views: 317]    By: Unnamed
I thought this was quite interesting and a good idea! From http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/...rc=rss&feed=11 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,,1996050,00.html?gualign=texttop src=http://www.skyscrapercity.com/rss&am...
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UrbanPlanet.org Designing A Lively downtown (video)  
01:01 19-Jan-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 3210]    By: Unnamed
This was posted in the Ann Arbor section originally, but I felt it was good for everyone to see. It talks about what makes a lively downtown. Shops? banks? office buildings? architecture? Whil...
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SkyScraper City All change on the East Coast line  
21:45 15-Jan-07   [Replies: 62, Views: 2803]    By: Unnamed
Virgin among East Coast bidders Rail companies Virgin and Stagecoach have announced they are bidding to run the East Coast Mainline. The two firms said they were entering the contest to ru...
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SkyScraper City tories want to tax short haul flights into oblivion  
10:58 14-Jan-07   [Replies: 72, Views: 986]    By: Unnamed
GLORIA DEL PIERO: I wanted to talk to you about that other concern of yours, the Environment, in a week where the Prime Minister said that we don’t need to sacrifice our long haul flights, science...
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UrbanPlanet.org Canals, Rivers, and other Waterways  
21:36 12-Jan-07   [Replies: 26, Views: 1914]    By: Unnamed
I just spent a weekend in San Antonio. I had a chance (alas not anywhere near long enough) to spend some time exploring Riverwalk. As touristy as it is, I have to say it is very beautiful and certainl...
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UrbanPlanet.org Aging Urban/Suburban Subdivisions and Cul-de-sacs  
12:36 11-Jan-07   [Replies: 15, Views: 3406]    By: Unnamed
I grew up in a typical post war boom suburb of Grand Rapids. I know that the basis of premise for all of these boards are urban in nature, I think we must consider the suburbs when discussing urban is...
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SkyScraper City London terminals  
23:33 9-Jan-07   [Replies: 0, Views: 244]    By: Unnamed
Just thinking about Euston and Paddington terminals I really think these two have so much unrealised potential. Euston could be completley rebuilt further back towards Euston square to accomod...
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UrbanPlanet.org Are you AICP?  
14:14 9-Jan-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 1205]    By: Unnamed
AICP is the American Institute of Certified Planners and in some places is looked at as an absolute essential for credibility as a planner, while some others think of it as nothing more than a si...
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SkyScraper City Central Railway  
21:49 8-Jan-07   [Replies: 24, Views: 1541]    By: Unnamed
http://www.central-railway.co.uk/pages/index [http://www.central-railway.co.uk/pages/index]> Bizarely the Central Railway proposal, which has been around since the beginning of the '90's,...
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SkyScraper City If you had your way  
02:17 5-Jan-07   [Replies: 37, Views: 1002]    By: Unnamed
and the cash to back it what would be your transport infrastructure priorities for the foreseeable future? I'd would go with: Railways 1) mass-electrification 2) re-gauging of the in...
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SkyScraper City Oneworld on an expansive roll  
23:22 3-Jan-07   [Replies: 9, Views: 694]    By: Unnamed
Oneworld on an expansive roll Oneworld is by far the most awarded alliance and the only one of the three global airline alliances to turn a collective profit. However it has always lagged Star...
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SkyScraper City London Transport Fares Surge Again for 2007  
02:38 3-Jan-07   [Replies: 41, Views: 1459]    By: Unnamed
London transport fares surge again for 2007 LONDON, Jan 2, 2007 (AFP) - As usual for the first day back at work in the new year, London commuters were groaning Tuesday about fare rises o...
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SkyScraper City Least favourite airline  
20:38 28-Dec-06   [Replies: 79, Views: 1497]    By: Unnamed
Quote: Originally Posted by Monkey [showthread.php?p=11069128#post11069128]> However I personally always had great experiences with Virgin. I'd ran...
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SkyScraper City High Speed 2  
19:24 22-Dec-06   [Replies: 326, Views: 12913]    By: Unnamed
Just thought I'd see if anybody thinks about this subject as much as I do and if anyone had ideas as to what they'd like to see under this name. I think the best place for it's London terminus...
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SkyScraper City Should Douglas Alexander be fired?  
10:29 22-Dec-06   [Replies: 36, Views: 982]    By: Unnamed
I think this person is completely unfit to run the Department for Transport. This fully struck me yesterday when he went to Scotland to celebrate the launch of a new Scottish banknote, instead of...
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SkyScraper City Where does it all go?  
17:29 20-Dec-06   [Replies: 24, Views: 468]    By: Unnamed
The £46 billion+ that the Treasury takes from UK motorists. Surely we have enough in the nations coffers to plan all sorts of fantastic transport projects? Sorry for the brief post but I'm...
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SkyScraper City OpenATC  
16:34 20-Dec-06   [Replies: 0, Views: 91]    By: Unnamed
Dont know if anyones seen this... www.openatc.com [http://www.openatc.com]> brief download allows display of near real time flight info for UK and some other countries through google ear...
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