Cycling in Milan
This young mother in her high heeled boots, hip-hugging trousers and fur stole, with her child’s seat on the back of her bike, was one of the many Milanese who Read More …
Tag: Cycling
Cycling in Lille
Like the rest of France, Lille has a long tradition of bicycle racing but is still under-developed when it comes to the use of bicycles as a means of daily Read More …
Center for Fashion and Design at Les Docks
On the left bank of the Seine, between the Austerlitz railway station and the François Mitterrand Library, there is a huge building made of reinforced concrete which was built in Read More …
Cycling from Cremona to Busseto
Cremona is located on the left bank of the Po River, which is the longest river in Italy. It starts in the Alps and flows in a generally West-to-East direction Read More …
Sustainable Model District Vauban
For 47 years after the Second World War, the French army maintained a large base in Freiburg, three kilometers south of the city center. The French base was called Vauban Read More …
Place de la République
It took me a while to realize that some of the most dreadfully over-motorized squares and circles in Paris were at places where three or four districts (arrondissements) come together. Read More …
Play Streets and Traffic Calming in Gelnhausen
Gelnhausen as I remember it from the 1970s was an automotive nightmare, with huge creeping traffic jams extending the entire length of the city and then coming together in front Read More …
Transportation to and within Braunschweig
Since April 1977, steam locomotive 01 1063 has been on display in front of the main railroad station in Braunschweig. This locomotive was in active use on the German railways Read More …
By bicycle or train to Friedrichsdorf
There are signposted bicycle routes leading to Friedrichsdorf from all directions, though when I went through Bad Homburg I had some trouble finding my way because either one sign was Read More …
Rusty Nail for Marseille
There really are some bicycle lanes in Marseille — but not nearly enough and not where people need them. My lead photo is from the Marseille district of Joliette, near Read More …