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 …
Tag: Cycling
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 …
Cycling in and around Toulon
Each year the French Federation of Bicycle Users gives two awards to cities or regions in France. These are the Golden Handlebars (Le Guidon d’Or) for the best local bicycle Read More …
The Dilettante of Avignon
This theater was built in 1846-47 to replace an earlier theater that had been destroyed by fire. For many years it was called Opéra-Théâtre d’Avignon or just Opéra d’Avignon, but Read More …
Bikes and trams in Avignon
As you may have noticed, I’m a great fan of urban bike sharing systems. I have used them successfully in Paris, Lyon, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bern, Zürich, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Dortmund, Hannover, Read More …
Musée des Arts et Métiers
This “Museum of Arts and Occupations” in Paris shows the history of technology from the eighteenth century to the present day. The word Arts in the name refers not to Read More …
Trains and bicycles in Osnabrück
Osnabrück Central Station (in German: Osnabrück Hauptbahnhof) is unusual in that two major railroad lines cross here at right angles, on two different levels. On the upper level, with tracks Read More …