Two Bratislava lessons on urbanism today. These belong to the worst examples of how architects and bureaucracy fail to include the pedestrians in the city planning.
Aupark shopping mall with 500m detour for pedestrians coming from the bus stop
Ola FÃ¥gelmark, of the Technical University in Lund, Sweden, analyzed the pedestrian traffic moving from a [...]
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September 22, 2010 at 00:43 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 2 Comments ::
Deutsche Telekom signed the United Nations Global Compact as a founding member and as one of the first ICT companies. We acknowledged [...] and made a commitment to respect human rights, maintain appropriate working standards and take an active role in environmental protection and fighting corruption.
From Deutsche Telekom: Showing Initiative (Voluntary Commitments)
Imagine you are a [...]
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July 7, 2010 at 02:39 :: Filed under Politics, Rants :: [*] :: 3 Comments ::
I use a bike a lot, mostly as a convenient and very fast way of transportation in Bratislava. My bike is few years old and I was very incovenient leaving it in the public spaces, even when secured with a sturdy U-lock. But after few years I got acquainted with leaving it securely locked without [...]
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May 18, 2010 at 23:12 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 5 Comments ::
City of Bratislava have decided to close the Old Bridge for the public transport starting from Friday’s night (May 15, 2010), leaving open just a narrow corridor for pedestrians. City had closed the Old bridge for individual car transportation in December 2008. Public transportation has been allowed to use the bridge, though. Apparently, the City [...]
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May 13, 2010 at 23:24 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: No Comments ::
I live in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. I am an active urban cyclist. And that equals to being a weirdo, here.
Bratislava is one hell of a city hostile to the urban cyclists. It offers few recreational cycling paths by the Danube river and then few more mountain paths, but almost none urban cycling paths [...]
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April 26, 2010 at 22:25 :: Filed under Rants :: [*] :: 1 Comment ::
I live in Slovakia, a small country neighboring with Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine. Slovakia has been a full member of European Union since 2004 and entered Eurozone last year (i.e. we have had Euro as a currency here since January 2009). Nevertheless, I as a customer feel like living in a warzone [...]
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February 22, 2010 at 21:46 :: Filed under Internet, Rants :: [*] :: 6 Comments ::