Bike wagon.

Biking from train station to destiny is most of the time an amazing way to experience both landscape as city. But in common train situations it's unfortunately not really stimulated. Maybe a bike storage wagon can be a nice start?

Haarchitektur (hair architecture).

Sorry - made me laugh. (somewhere in Vienna).

Efficiency.

Happy Autumn.

Yesterday we received from a Chinese colleague a Mooncake. This is for celebrating Zhongqiu which is also called the Mid-Autumn Festival and which was held this weekend (October 3rd and 4th).

It falls together with one of the Equinoxes of the solar calendar. In the Chinese calendar this is the 15th day of the eight month, when moon is supposedly at its fullest and roundest. Day and night are of equal length.
Another Equinox is Nowruz. See earlier posting http://www.supernice.eu/2009/03/happy-new-year.html

Fyra.

Allready one month the Fyra Hi-speed train is being tested between Amstedam and Rotterdam. At the moment the train reaches a top speed of 160 km/h...still. From December the speed will increased to 250 km/h. (source: http://www.eu-digest.com/2009/07/airrail-news-netherlands-new-fyra-high.html)

Horizontaly the track is positioned like expected: an almost straight line between A and B.
In this case A and B are Schiphol and Rotterdam, because between Schiphol and Amsterdam the train runs still over old trajectory with more and short curves and lower speed.

But amazing is how the track is woven vertically through the existing flat landscape. For reasons of crossing, undergoing, politeness to it's surrounding and even hiding, this hi-speed track dances up and down! The result is a beautiful section with a high amount of 'mountains' and 'valleys' in a relatively short distance of 50 km between Schiphol and Rotterdam. The diagram below shows the length of the track with exaggerated the heights to make the vertical alignment clear.
Are you traveling by hi-speed? Don't miss the view at the highest top in the section. This gives a beautiful view over an adjacent little glasshouse village. A glimp of the future? This village is located close to Zoetermeer.

Leggins vs sox.

Eighties renaissance everywhere - like leggins. A simple design task: inverted clothing!