Just saw a brand new hybrid bus in Taipei on the 235 busline. Wondering if I’ll see more.
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Hybrid bus
Posted in Transportation on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Fat Man is coming…..?
Posted in Culture, Transportation on December 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Supposedly Christmas is not a big deal here. Noone has off from work and school is in session, but there is a fair bit of acknowlegement of the holiday- and not just by the department stores and Western bakeries. Parents at Lucy/Leo’s school all seem to be preparing gifts and furthermore, apparently all the kids [...]
On the train to Hualien
Posted in Transportation, travel on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Taking the fast train to Hualien today. Not quite officially high speed, but it’s pretty direct so we’ll be there in two hours. Bought lunch boxes on the train for the kids. Food was actually pretty good and we got a kick out of eating “train” food.
Been here long enough to have a PET PEEVE…
Posted in Transportation on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
These days, I probably take about 4 bus rides a day so I’ve gotten quite used it here. It took a little while to get used to the bus lurching immediately after the last person boarded. You learn quickly to grab a hold of something firm right away. But something that just drives me crazy [...]
BACK IN TAIPEI!
Posted in Transportation, travel on September 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Errr… sorry about the lack of posts all summer. I don’t have a laptop so my access to internet was dependent on borrowing computers. Posting unfortunately fell by the wayside in a big way. We got back to Taipei Aug 25 (Tues), spent several days recovering from jetlag and enjoying sleeping in our own beds again. [...]
Japan Trip Report
Posted in Culture, Transportation on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, hard to match that last Sharon post for interest. I went to Japan last week. I hestitate to write anything based on 4 days in a country. After all, one doesn’t want to sound smitten like Nathan Myhrvold (http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/is-shanghai-turning-pro-or-just-building-high-a-guest-post/#more-3477). But here goes: I didn’t see much of Japan: Narita airport, the Narita express train to/from [...]
Pedestrians have some clout around here.
Posted in Culture, Transportation, tagged pedestrians on December 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So in the US, if you are a pedestrian at a corner of an intersection and you want to get to the opposite corner, you have to cross one street, wait for the light to turn, and cross the other one. When intersections are large and light cycles have multiple phases (left turn lanes, etc.) [...]
Truly Direct flights to Shanghai
Posted in Transportation, tagged China, Taiwan on December 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Good news for Peter. Flights to Shanghai from Taipei will now be truly direct. No more flying through Hong Kong airspace before going to Shanghai. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/world/asia/16taiwan.html?ref=asia This week marked the first direct flights between Taiwan and the mainland since 1949 - just in time for Peter’s next trip to Shanghai which will be the first week [...]
Transportation in Taipei
Posted in Transportation on October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Taipei has a subway, called the MRT. The ads for it tout it as the highest ranked (most on time, various other standards) mass transit system in the world for N years running. And I can believe it. I am already annoyed if I arrive on the platform and have to wait 2 minutes for [...]
