Posts about Cairo
And...: Two teenagers released pepper spray at L'Enfant Plaza yesterday afternoon. (Examiner) ... Which bus stops would you eliminate? (Examiner) ... While congestion and turmoil rage above ground, Cairo's subway trains keep running every 4 minutes. (NYT) (Comment)
Pedestrians
Why did the Cairene cross the road?
Cairo has very wide roads with few traffic signals or crosswalks, and this is what crossing the road in Cairo is like:
Via How We Drive, which says, "And please, Cairo, don't make the mistake of building pedestrian overpasses and underpasses to 'fix' the problem." I recall that's pretty much what they have in mind.
Would huge underground garages reduce traffic?: Cairo thinks so, and is planning to pedestrianize much of downtown by building large underground roadways and garages. This sounds like my grand concept for the city when I was about fifteen, i.e. neat-sounding but not actually a good idea in the real world. Matt Yglesias argues that congestion pricing is the real answer. (Comment)
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