The project enjoys a Walk Score of 86 ("most errands can be accomplished on foot"), a Transit Score of 76 ("transit is convenient for most trips") and a Bike Score of 96 ("flat as a pancake, excellent bike lanes").
Big-ticket road engineering projects to move ever more cars must give way to more efficient projects that move people by a variety of means--including foot, bike, transit.
But the thrill of the story, the money, the association with top filmmakers and documentary filmmakers have convinced Mr. Prabhakar to stick to his 250 square foot home in Transit Camp area of the slum.
"Anytime you can build up density in a city," explains David Owen, author of "Green Metropolis," "you're putting the people who live and travel there closer to their destinations, and increasing foot traffic and transit use".
For each city, HopStop will plot directions and estimate travel time by foot and public transit (bus / subway) between two or more addresses.
Even more fascinating is another app named Re Route, which rewards Londoners who choose foot or bike transit with points that can be exchanged for discounts from a wide range of partners.
Seeberg was one of the best-equipped observatories in the world; its instruments included an 8-foot (2.4-metre) transit circle by British instrument maker Jesse Ramsden, a 7-foot reflector by Herschel, and two vertical circles.
An hour's drive south of Toulouse in Saint-Gaudens--the only site not readily available by foot or public transit--you find another abandoned Catholic basilica filled with...well, it's not at all clear at first.
Grescoe travels on foot (and by public transit) in Bogotá and Moscow.
Southtown is easily accessible from downtown by car, local transit or foot.
But owning one would be personally irresponsible in a city so easy to get around by foot, bike or mass transit.
