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Maxisweg 13/06/2014 11h49
The expansion of the A10 in Amsterdam East is part of a huge infrastructural project to improve the road connection between Schiphol, Amsterdam and Almere. This includes the A9, A10 (East), A1 and A6 highways. The A1 is a highway which has roughly 2x3 to 2x4 lanes plus 1 to 2 reversible lanes for rush hours. In the year 2020 the A1 will have 2x5 lanes plus 2 reversible lanes for rush hours (wisselstrook). In 2013 the preparatory works started which can be seen here next to the exit 3 ("Muiden | Weesp"). This means the shifting of cables and pipes and installing pipelines for the supply of sand. But also some pylons for the electricity supply need to be relocated which is happening here. New pylons have to be built and connected and the old ones will have to be demolished afterwards to make room for the A1. Three men high above the ground at work to install the cables and its insulators.
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Photography from a flight over the North American prairies: the journey was from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan into the province of Alberta. A snow-covered landscape shows an interplay of light and shadows.
As a child and into my early twenties I spent a fair bit of time in Liverpool Street Station. In those days it was crime covered, lacking in investment. Services were provided by a mixture of older EMUs and long haul services into Norwich, Kings Lynn, Cambridge and Ipswich were provided by diesel loco hauled Mark I and Mark II coaches. Then in the early to mid 1980's money came in from the city and large parts of the rail property were sold off to finance the rebuilding of the station. Needless to say the property developers earn very handsome riches from the deal.
While the resulting station is a vast improvement it is largely cosmetic, the old Victorian infrastructure under, behind and approaching it still remains, unchanged. Anywhere else in Europe they would have addressed this, but not in England.
Unfortunately they never dealt with the Achilles heal of London Liverpool Street - the choke point of just four approach tracks to the station. The gutlessness of politicians and the greed of property owners in London have seen to it that capacity will be forever constrained.
Photography from a flight over the North American prairies: the journey was from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan into the province of Alberta. A snow-covered landscape shows an interplay of light and shadows. The meanders of the river are vaguely indicative of a snake or dragon.
One of the truly remarkable things about the High Line is when it gets near the Hudson and suddenly you look out over something totally unexpected in Manhattan - open space!
This is especially true in the latest portion which goes all the way to 34th Street. We're directly over 11th Avenue here.
It's not the prettiest part of Manhattan, with 17 parked garbage trucks, train cars in the Hudson Yards, and huge construction projects all around. But it's old-skool beauty, with a great city's infrastructure at work.
Besides, it's big. Big is something you don't get much in this part of NYC.
Airman 1st Class Alexander Hershberger takes inventory of storage bins Jan. 28, 2015, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. During an average week, the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s individual protective equipment team processes about 130 to 150 service member’s individual protective gear, ranging from bases all over U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa. Hershberger is an IPE assigned to the 86th LRS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Stuart/Released)
Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC, India.Hemant Kanoria, Chairman, SREI Infrastructure Finance, India.Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, Indian Prime Minister's G20 Sherpa, Hemant Kanoria, Chairman, SREI Infrastructure Finance, India, Ajit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, HCC, India, Suhasini Haidar, Diplomatic Editor and Deputy Resident Editor, Hindu, India and Eric Holcomb, Governor of Indiana, USA. speaking during the Session "The Infrastructure Enigma" at the India Economic Summit 2019 in New Delhi, India, Copyright by World Economic Forum / Benedikt von Loebell
The reconstruction of Broadway and the infrastructure for the Broadway Cycle Track is now complete from Denny south to James St.
Currently, crews are out painting the associated street markings between Union & Madison. Once all markings are painted and associated tough posts have been added, this portion of the cycle track will be opened for use.
The molten salt test loop (MSTL) at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Funded partially by the Department of Energy, AREVA’s solar team and Sandia’s molten salt technology experts have developed an innovative approach to energy storage that combines the MSTL with AREVA’s Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector applications.
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Photo by Randy Montoya.
Milton Keynes has just started its 50th Birthday celebrations with Anniversary Exhibition in the Middleton Hall in front of John Lewis in the iconic Grade II listed shopping building. The photo you see above is the title of a longish article in Guardian of 3 May 2016, titled "The struggle for the soul of Milton Keynes" by Patrick Barkham. A very useful historical introduction of the conception, birth and early formative period of the new city, leading right up to the chaotic and I assume a very profitable house building bonanza MK is experiencing. Unlike the rest of the country, acres of land is readily available for building with all the infrastructure already in position waiting to be covered with insipid, soul-less , cheek by jowl housing, carbon copies of these can be seen all over the country, with no relevance to the conceptual and spatial essence MK was supposed to provide.
I would like to declare my personal role and some involvement in the birth of this exciting venture. I joined the Bucks County Council Architects Department in early 1970s when MKDC was also starting to build up their formidable design teams. Bucks CC was responsible for Educational, Library, Civic and Social Services buildings within MK and I had privilege of working closely with most of these teams till the demise of the Development Corporation.
My Flickr site and Blog covers Milton Keynes from earliest days to the present, and like me is becoming a 'historical' reference/archive document.
www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/03/struggle-for-the-s...
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This depot was once a hive of activity, servicing hundreds of locomotives and coaches from the Belgian National Railway Company's fleet when they passed through Charleroi.
Manhattan Bridge illuminated at dusk (very long exposure for a perfectly smooth water); Shutterstock ID 251318008
Freightliner Intermodal operated class 70 no. 70 017 passes Banbury at speed on a grey October morning working freight 4M55 08.55 Southampton Maritime Container Terminal to Birmingham Lawley Street Freight Terminal.
Roofing in bus rapid transit (BRT) stations prevents passengers from getting wet during rains.
Video: New Bus System Makes PRC City of Yichang More Livable
Project Result: Putting Chinese Commuters into the Fast Lane
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