Category: planning

  • mt100

    ive been following the construction of the mt100 road project here in helsinki – a few times a week i take a bus that passed a big hole that in time will hold a tunnel. the tunnel is being built in segments to accommodate the need for regular traffic to still pass the very busy […]

  • oma

    walking around sydhavnen last week in copenhagen i saw a little bit of dutch architectural/urban planning influence on the shape of the city. the dutch architect sjoerd soeters helped on the masterplan for the area. (here is the link on the website of arkitema architects who co-authored the masterplan) this week oma were announced as […]

  • live

    the live helsinki transport map that i mentioned last year got discussed in the guardian today. also, i just saw this swiss train locator: swisstrains.ch. (oh and the dublin one! [via])

  • dublin metro

    “the big dig will start in about 2 years time, the city centre will be dug up with the new metro and luas lines” said by frank fahey (member of the irish parliament and head of the transport committee) on today fm (i heard it through the rail users ireland podcast). the phrase “the big […]

  • tunnel

    a long planned tunnel underneath helsinki city centre looks unlikely now to be built because of a change of heart of one of the main parties in the helsinki city council. i wonder if audible gasps were heard from members of the other parties when the decision was announced yesterday. the tunnel was due to […]