Friday 30 May 2014

Vienna city plan (STEP 05)

The last city plan for Vienna, called STEP 05, includes 13 target zones for development. These are areas identified for further development of the city urban area.

Publications available for download: Shop Stadtentwicklung und Verkehr - Produkt-Katalog

Target zone Donaufeld - link
Model for the target zone Donaufeld - link. Publications with more details are available for download.

Under this plan, around 8000 new apartments will be built in the area of Donaufeld. There would be a green stripe with the bicycle track and a new park/green area. Tram 25 would go through the middle and the bus line 33A would extend towards Kagran/Kagraner Platz.


Monday 19 May 2014

Landslide after the flooding

http://www.klix.ba/vijesti/bih/jezivo-kliziste-u-sericima-domove-ljudi-u-sekundi-pretvara-u-prah/140519012

YouTube:
Klizište u Šerićima kod Zenice: http://youtu.be/GSnDva1Mt2U

Tuesday 13 May 2014

Another myth busted: antioxidants not that useful

Bloomberg - Red Wine Antioxidant Fails to Lengthen Lives in Study http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-13/red-wine-antioxidant-fails-to-lengthen-lives-in-study.html

Sunday 11 May 2014

Changing Continent: European Parliament Elections 2014

The current polarization of powers in Europe does not look too good. Extremes on both right and left seem to be squeezing out the centrist party seats in the European Parliament.

It is interesting to see the sentiment across European countries.



Changing Continent: European Parliament Elections 2014 - WSJ.com