Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about China

Guangzhou, China: Winning the Future With Bus Rapid Transit

By Elizabeth Press | Mar 31, 2011 | No Comments

Guangzhou is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. The economic hub of China’s southern coast, it has undergone three decades of rapid modernization, and until recently the city’s streets were on a trajectory to get completely overrun by traffic congestion and pollution. But Guangzhou has started to change course. Last year the […]

In Any Language, the Cost of Congestion Comes Through Loud and Clear

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 18, 2010 | 11 Comments

An analysis using the Balanced Transportation Analyzer shows how much time individual drivers steal from fellow drivers by choosing to drive into the New York City CBD. It’s not often that you get to see your work set off a Eureka moment for someone else — particularly when that someone is from a different culture. […]

“Do as We Say, Not as We Do” = No Model for Sustainability

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2009 | 23 Comments

Traffic in Delhi and Atlanta. Notice which scene also includes bikes. Photos: Ri Co Fo To and silvrayn via Flickr Environmentally-conscious citizens of India aren’t alone in their concern about the rollout of the Tata Nano, the "world’s cheapest car." But in an op-ed piece for Forbes, Projjal Dutta, the director of sustainability initiatives for […]

Wiki Wednesday: Beijing

By Ben Fried | Aug 20, 2008 | 2 Comments

All the overhead shots of the Bird’s Nest and the Water Cube on NBC’s Olympic coverage don’t leave much room for views of Beijing’s streets. But that’s where much of the commotion about smog, absentee athletes and particle masks originates. While the city has taken the unwieldy step of rationing license plates to clear the […]

Nano Technology

By Sarah Goodyear | Jan 14, 2008 | 10 Comments

The much-hyped and much-criticized Tata Nano, a car that will hit the Indian market retailing for a mere 100,000 rupees — the equivalent of $2,500 — got a perplexing nod of approval from the Economist newsmagazine last week: Commuting in India’s cities can be both cosy and deadly. Children squeeze snugly between father at the […]

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