The Site / The Fight

by Yonah Freemark
yfreemark (at) thetransportpolitic (dot) com

  • Le progrès ne vaut que s'il est partagé par tous.

Archives

Categories

  • General Topics
  • Places in Africa and the Middle East
  • Places in Asia and Australia
  • Places in Europe
  • Places in the Americas
  • Places in the United States
  • Transportation Mode
  • U.S. Government

Archive for the ‘Abu Dhabi’ Category

Abu Dhabi Releases Ambitious Transport Plan

» Emirate state’s public transportation system would include a wide variety of modes

Abu Dhabi’s Department of Transport has released its preliminary surface transportation plan by U.K. consulting firm Steer Davies Gleave. The plan is based on the proposal released last year by the city’s Urban Planning Council called Plan 2030, which describes a reinvented, walkable, and green metropolis. (Watch the incredible video produced by SquintOpera.)

The surface transport plan would focus transportation in two areas: the Capital City District (Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates) and the Downtown/Waterfront District, where the city has begun the construction of a

Continue reading this post »

Related Posts with Thumbnails

Featured

Linked In

Upcoming

2010 September
  • ▶ FTA Releases TIGER Round II Grants
  • ▶ 30th - FRA releases HSR FY 2010 Grants
December
  • ▶ 6th - Opening of Dallas Green Line Phase II
  • ▶ Opening of Los Angeles' Expo Line Phase I
2011 January
  • ▶ Opening of Sacramento Green Line to the River District
May
  • ▶ Opening of Hampton Roads Tide
Spring
  • ▶ Opening of Salt Lake City Mid-Jordan TRAX
  • ▶ Opening of Denton County A-Train
December
  • ▶ Opening of Pittsburgh North Shore Connector
  • ▶ Opening of Dallas Orange Line Phase I

Network

rss feed
comments feed
twitter feed
email update