http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/07/new-york-magazine-on-atlantic-yards/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/07/new-york-magazine-on-atlantic-yards/comment-page-1/#comment-1284 StreetsBlog » Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:24:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/07/new-york-magazine-on-atlantic-yards/#comment-1284 [...] Fortunately, when you've got a pannier full of oil money, 115 degree daytime temperatures are no big deal. The Emir hired the Rand Corporation and Rand proposed a 30 kilometer shaded, solar-powered, mist-cooled bike path. The Emir gave the green light and with no cumbersome democratic processes to get in the way the project sailed through to approval (Qatar is similar to Brooklyn like that). [...] [...] Fortunately, when you’ve got a pannier full of oil money, 115 degree daytime temperatures are no big deal. The Emir hired the Rand Corporation and Rand proposed a 30 kilometer shaded, solar-powered, mist-cooled bike path. The Emir gave the green light and with no cumbersome democratic processes to get in the way the project sailed through to approval (Qatar is similar to Brooklyn like that). [...]

]]>