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73 results for congestion

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Urban manifesto

17 June 2007

What do you really want out of a city? And what can you do without? With the environment top of the agenda in mayors’ offices around the world, *Monocle* looks beyond the recycling bins and congestion charges to see what…

Article

Asia Briefing

17 March 2011

Cambodia's embrace of capitalism, congestion busting Chinese-style and election watch Laos.

Article

Europe Briefing

19 April 2012

An eye on Serbia's parliamentary election, the launch of Bristol's own currency, and Q&As with Sweden's Minister of Gender Equality and the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Oslo.

Monocle Minute

Long tailbacks

19 September 2016

A new report from Eurostat has found that London has the worst traffic congestion of all European urban areas. But just how bad is the city’s congestion? Well, it’s so dire that the average driver was found to lose about…

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Up for adoption

17 November 2007

In Germany home-owners can generate power and sell it to the national grid. Genoa runs an inspiring van-share scheme that’s cutting congestion and in Estonia they have adopted a simple fiscal reform that’s kept the economy…

Monocle Minute

Seattle goes supersonic

16 March 2016

Seattle unveils the latest addition to its transport network this weekend: the U Link light-rail line. Its route that begins at the University of Washington, near Husky Stadium, and ends up at Angle Lake. Seattle's Sound…

Monocle Minute

Building resentment

24 February 2016

Now that the majority of China’s population lives in cities, its central government is prioritising urban challenges such as pollution and traffic congestion – and “weird” architecture. According to the state council, which…

Monocle Minute

Mapping Cairo

20 August 2016

Cairo is well known for its congestion: 20 million people reside in the city’s metro region and about two thirds depend on public transit. The subway system and public buses cannot cope with demand so an estimated 20,000…

Monocle Minute

Environmental platform

25 May 2016

Santiago’s subway system is on track to be the greenest in South America; this week Chilean president Michelle Bachelet announced that the capital’s metro system would be adapted to run on 60 per cent renewable energy.…

Monocle Minute

Traffic jam

9 June 2016

National and city politicians are facing off in New Zealand. The federal government is exasperated with the city of Wellington for resisting the NZ$90m (€55m) Basin Reserve flyover that it claims would ease congestion in…

Monocle Minute

Road blocked

30 October 2015

While Jakarta Governor Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama has labeled Go-Jek his “unwanted child”, the renegade transport app has proved useful in the fight against congestion. Jakarta must address its horrendous traffic prob…

Monocle Minute

City living

26 September 2016

San Francisco is experimenting with a new set of policies and programmes to help it become a better city. The city’s planning department, the Municipal Transport Agency and the County Transportation Authority have developed…

Opinion

Best foot forward

8 August 2013

A lot of cities have been talking the talk when it comes to pedestrianisation - but now it really is time to start walking the walk.

Whether you’re in Adelaide or Aalborg, you’ll note a new obsession in city hall. In fact, we’re all already doing it, it’s just that we’re being asked to do it more often and for longer.

Opinion

Home delivery

24 August 2015

A popular delivery service, ordered at a swipe of a button, is solving urban problems in Southeast Asia. Nolan Giles ponders how smartphones are transforming our environments.

While trapped in Jakarta traffic, seemingly hours away from your dinner destination, the instantly recognisable green uniform of a Go-Jek driver on his motorbike zips past you.

Opinion

Quality of life series – Hong Kong airport’s third runway

16 June 2011

Hong Kong airport is reaching saturation point. On the doorstep of the world’s second largest economy and faced with increasing competition from rivals in both mainland China and nearby Singapore, Hong Kong is planning to…

Opinion

Why the Milanese are holding their breath

20 February 2011

Wintertime in Milan sees the city’s fashion-conscious reach for cashmere scarves and tailored furs to keep out the biting cold.

Wintertime in Milan sees the city’s fashion-conscious reach for cashmere scarves and tailored furs to keep out the biting cold. But many residents are now making room in their wardrobes for another, less desirable, acces…

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