Or, a vision in a dream. A Fragment.
New graphic from the Economist. The cost for Hong Kong is interesting, given that its MTR was completely privatised in 2000. Compare with New York’s MTA, which is a (government owned) public-benefit corporation. To be fair, the way trips are priced is different for the two cities: in Hong Kong your fare varies by distance (paid for using your trusty … Read More
some photos of 125th street station on line 1.
in oslo on holiday before heading to hanoi. the city is quite walkable (small, with a population of about half a million), pretty, and yes, cold (ok, maybe I’m just complaining, but it’s about 15 degrees here). can you imagine actually having civilized public transportation? get this: stops for both trams and buses have signs indicating how many minutes … Read More
in contemplating where to go for an extra long weekend, I thought about chiang mai, khanchanaburi, sukhothai, etc., but then realized I really just wanted to get away from as many farang as possible. so a place I had actually heard about just wouldn’t cut it. so I settled upon nakhon si thammarat. I of course referred to my hated … Read More
clip of the chao phraya river boat at dusk (off pier 13, phra athit):
monks, beggars, vendors, police, mothers, daughters, yellow shirts… all on my way to chinatown, on bus 53. [VIDEO]… Read More
there’s this commercial on the city bus (yes, on roADshow) that informs the good people of hong kong that they consume over 21 million plastic bags a day (remember the population is about 7 million). and now uganda joins the growing number of east african countries to ban the plastic bag in an attempt to clean up cities.
just don’t ask about the air quality… (view of victoria harbour, as I was about to hop onto the star ferry in tsim sha tsui)
the metro extension to Laval is opening this weekend, both ahead or behind of schedule and over- (la presse) or under-budget (the gazette), depending on how you look at it. [here’s the STM press release with info on activities related to the opening.] according to la presse, the opening of these three stations (Montmorency, de la Concorde, and Cartier) will … Read More
ad for the new low-cost carrier from macau [it’s a casino showgirl taxiing in an airplane.]