What does a bigger, faster lift have to do with improving train frequencies?
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The airport blues
If I were catching a flight, I’d happily take the bus in Guangzhou, but not Singapore. Why?
Rural urbanism?
Does the rural environment necessitate a rejection of the human-centric principles we base urbanism on in the cities? An emerging Chinese rural development trend firmly says no.
Thinking about scales
Singapore is far bigger than we usually think it is. It’s beneficial to urban planning to not think of our 728 sqkm space as merely one city, but much more.
Do you remember…?
There is value in learning your own history, in learning from historical mistakes. Unfortunately, humanity seems pretty inept at failing to prevent their recurrence…
More isn’t better
As we start getting three-door buses en masse, it’s important that we are clear of our design choices in buses, and the reasoning behind them.
Green, on two wheels
An increasingly indispensible part of our transport ecosystem, but not quite living up to its full potential. What’s stopping it, and what can we do?
Hearts of iron
What keeps the top 50 cities in China active, vibrant and economically powerful despite their crushingly massive population sizes? Their effective and elaborate rail rapid transit systems. Here’s a quick review (not the most representative though) of the Chinese metro experience.
Shameless!
The audacity to spew not just factually inaccurate, but also hypocritical and manipulative comments in the highest chamber of this country, truly sickening!
Charting our history
As a piece of our rail infrastructure becomes history, this is perhaps our chance to formalise the process of preserving our own transport history.