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Monday, November 28. 2011
Saigon Traffic
Jam it - Singapore video
Auckland: how we roll
I really feel for bus drivers on Auckland's public transport. They work in bad conditions, have low pay, and many seem to dislike talking to people. When Maxx (the bus and train company) introduced a new method of paying for travel - a Hop card - earlier this year there was some ambiguous advertising on bus backs. A Disney Pixar film also called Hop was being advertised on bus backs at the same time.
People at bus stops step away back from the curb if see one approaching that they don't want to catch, as if it's a disease. But what are the alternatives in the urban sprawl that is Auckland? And why is it that so many people traveling far prefer to take a car?
"Walking Off a Cliff Again" - Mint Chicks, and "Drive" - Home Brew
People at bus stops step away back from the curb if see one approaching that they don't want to catch, as if it's a disease. But what are the alternatives in the urban sprawl that is Auckland? And why is it that so many people traveling far prefer to take a car?
"Walking Off a Cliff Again" - Mint Chicks, and "Drive" - Home Brew
Hanoi: The perfect traffic jam
Traffic? We want to talk this month about traffic? In Hanoi? Help. Where do we start? Traffic is a synonym for Hanoi. Everyone talks about the traffic in Hanoi. Till you no longer know what to say about it.
Let's start with the most obvious: Hanoi is a "motorcycle dependent city". Say the traffic scientists, and they ought to know. The motorbike in Hanoi is not just a means of transportation, it is the city's inherent soul. Nowhere in the world is the percentage of motorcycles in traffic so high as in Hanoi. This results in a very unique feeling on the road. A constant flowing, driving, intertwining, shoving, pushing past and around each other. Everything is constantly in flux. Motorcycles come to a halt only when the traffic jam is really, really perfect. Until then, they use even the smallest space to somehow move ahead. If need be, this can include the sidewalk. An unwritten traffic law in Hanoi is that if the road is blocked, you use anything nearby which could serve as a path. Assuming you can get through at all, of course. Because the sidewalk may be full of parked motorcycles.
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Let's start with the most obvious: Hanoi is a "motorcycle dependent city". Say the traffic scientists, and they ought to know. The motorbike in Hanoi is not just a means of transportation, it is the city's inherent soul. Nowhere in the world is the percentage of motorcycles in traffic so high as in Hanoi. This results in a very unique feeling on the road. A constant flowing, driving, intertwining, shoving, pushing past and around each other. Everything is constantly in flux. Motorcycles come to a halt only when the traffic jam is really, really perfect. Until then, they use even the smallest space to somehow move ahead. If need be, this can include the sidewalk. An unwritten traffic law in Hanoi is that if the road is blocked, you use anything nearby which could serve as a path. Assuming you can get through at all, of course. Because the sidewalk may be full of parked motorcycles.
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