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Group: uk.transport · Group Profile
Author: John Wright
Date: Sep 13, 2008 02:20

francis wrote:
> On 11 Sep, 06:37, Doug riseup.net> wrote:
>> "The car will lose in significance, and we have to move away from oil
>> and from modes of transport that hurt the climate. What this means in
>> reality: Our cities will change again. We are now experiencing the
>> passing of an era."
>>
>> -Norman Foster, from one of the World's top architectural firms,
>> Foster and Partners, mastermind behind Abu Dhabi's carfree city
>> project of Masdar, on the future of cities. Translated from an
>> interview with ZEIT, on Aug.21.www.zeit.de
> This would be the Norman Foster the architec of the Millau Viaduct
> that can only be used by cars?

And that pedestrians are specifically banned from. Having had one walk
and one run over parts of the bridge, they say it will never happen again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millau_viaduct#Pedestrian_sporting_events

--
John Wright

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You would have a bunch of people standing around in a cave, chatting and
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