Rotterdam Offers Free Parklets to Help Local Businesses Turn Parking Spots Into Terraces
Rotterdam municipality is helping local businesses to reopen by offering free decking to create an outdoor terraced area to carry out business activities in a safe space.
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Popupcity, 2020.08.06
China approves $US 68bn inter-city plan for Pearl River Delta
Massive railway expansion approved, much of it centred on Guangzhou.
International Railway Journal, 2020.08.04
自行车专用路西延段通车
Intersection changes in Beijing to allow bikes to directly turn left with left turning traffic, rather than in two stages with pedestrians.
新京报网, 2020.08.01
深圳市交通运输局关于公开征求《深圳市慢行系统骨干网络布局及试点实施方案（公众咨询稿）》意见的公告
Shenzhen looks to plug a major failing in it's urban transport system: bike facilities. An ambitious and continuous citywide 'bike highway' network is proposed.
深圳市交通运输局, 2020.07.21
骑车难忘被天桥坡道支配的恐惧 深圳首条设在高架桥上的非机动车道来了！
深圳首条设在高架桥上的非机动车道.
sznews.com, 2020.07.14
COVID Mobility Works gathers best practices of Global Mobility Responses to COVID-19
A platform "devoted to collecting, compiling, and sharing mobility initiatives that are keeping the world moving during the COVID-19 pandemic", with breakdowns by topic and mode. Quality is patchy but with some useful nuggets.
Covid Mobility Works, 2020.07.06
哈市建公交优先走廊长江路段预计9月竣工
World Bank funding for a combination median bus lane and kerbside bus lane project in Harbin. It is designed to be 'upgradeable to BRT in the future', which raises the obvious question: why didn't they just do BRT now?
黑龙江日报报业集团, 2020.06.19
GM says it is 'almost there' on million-mile electric vehicle battery
Current electric vehicle batteries typically last 160,000 to 320,000 km. Reuters reported in early May that Tesla, in partnership with Chinese battery maker CATL, plans to introduce its own million-mile (1.6 million km) battery later this year or early next.
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Reuters, 2020.05.20
北京推共享单车免费骑行激励措施 停车入栏方可享优惠
For the first time, a major city actually promoting bike sharing, rather than just focusing on restrictions and controls?
Chinanews.com, 2020.05.20