Comments on: Wiki Wednesday: Zürich, Where Transit Gets Priority on the Street http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/11/wiki-wednesday-zurich-where-transit-gets-priority-on-the-street/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:31:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: John Z Wetmore http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/11/wiki-wednesday-zurich-where-transit-gets-priority-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-64763 John Z Wetmore Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:09:47 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5655#comment-64763 Here are a couple of episodes of Perils For Pedestrians that deal with Zurich: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8786185477280063971 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2612031651082749800 The first one includes an interview with a pedestrian advocate that includes a discussion of the history of trams in Zurich in recent decades. Here are a couple of episodes of Perils For Pedestrians that deal with Zurich:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8786185477280063971

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2612031651082749800

The first one includes an interview with a pedestrian advocate that includes a discussion of the history of trams in Zurich in recent decades.

]]> By: Andy Nash http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/11/wiki-wednesday-zurich-where-transit-gets-priority-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-64494 Andy Nash Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:21:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5655#comment-64494 Thanks for selecting this for wiki Wednesday. Anyone interested in sharing information and ideas for public transport priority, please consider joining the LinkedIn group: Public Transport Priority. Thanks for selecting this for wiki Wednesday. Anyone interested in sharing information and ideas for public transport priority, please consider joining the LinkedIn group: Public Transport Priority.

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/03/11/wiki-wednesday-zurich-where-transit-gets-priority-on-the-street/comment-page-1/#comment-64481 Mark Walker Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:11:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=5655#comment-64481 In his book <i>Status Anxiety</i>, Alain de Botton (a native of Zurich who lives in London) writes of communities "whose public realms exude respect in their principles and architecture, and whose citizens are therefore under less compulsion to retreat into a private domain. Indeed, we may find that some of our ambitions for personal glory fade when the public spaces and facilities to which we enjoy access are themselves glorious to behold; in such context, ordinary citizenship may come to seem an adequate goal. In Switzerland's largest city, for instance, the need to own a car in order to avoid sharing a bus or train with strangers loses some of the urgency it has in Los Angeles or London, thanks to Zurich's superlative tram network, which is clean, safe, warm and edifying in its punctuality and technical prowess. There is little reason to travel in an automotive cocoon when, for a fare of only a few francs, an efficient, stately tramway will provide transportation from point A to point B at a level of comfort an emperor might have envied." In his book Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton (a native of Zurich who lives in London) writes of communities "whose public realms exude respect in their principles and architecture, and whose citizens are therefore under less compulsion to retreat into a private domain. Indeed, we may find that some of our ambitions for personal glory fade when the public spaces and facilities to which we enjoy access are themselves glorious to behold; in such context, ordinary citizenship may come to seem an adequate goal. In Switzerland's largest city, for instance, the need to own a car in order to avoid sharing a bus or train with strangers loses some of the urgency it has in Los Angeles or London, thanks to Zurich's superlative tram network, which is clean, safe, warm and edifying in its punctuality and technical prowess. There is little reason to travel in an automotive cocoon when, for a fare of only a few francs, an efficient, stately tramway will provide transportation from point A to point B at a level of comfort an emperor might have envied."

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