Word: downtowner
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Marty Healey popped in 21 points on jumpers from downtown and forward Pete Durgerian acted as though he owned the baveline, continualls driving past the Eli defence for 20 points worth...
Within a few hours, Communist tanks had penetrated the outskirts of Ban Me Thuot, forcing some 4,000 ARVN troops to abandon the downtown area. The South Vietnamese provincial commander, Colonel Nguyen Trong Luat, called on the air force for help. Bombing inaccurately at high altitudes to avoid North Vietnamese ground-to-air missiles, the South Vietnamese F-5s and A-37s managed to blow up Luat's command headquarters. Meanwhile, the 23rd Division's forward command post had been destroyed by sapper charges. For a time, the only ARVN communication with the outside world was provided...
Last fall Grenoble started to extend its bus and trolley systems. Now it is testing a new kind of "people mover" -an aerial tramway akin to a ski lift that may be extended from the city center to the suburbs. The city is also giving downtown shoppers a break; cars have been banned on three streets which have become pedestrian malls. By 1980, Mayor Hubert Dubedout predicts, downtown will be served exclusively by public transport-a pedestrian's paradise, with no automobiles to be seen...
...solution is to separate bicyclists from motorists, and Grenoble has budgeted $1.2 million to do just that. By 1979 there will be six miles of exclusive bicycle lanes, either built along new urban roads or reserved on downtown streets. No other European city has gone so far, nor has any city anywhere treated a grid of bikeways as an integral part of a mass transit system. As a start, Grenoble is installing racks at bus stops, where bike owners can change from two-wheelers to four...
Will bike riders opt for the safe bikeways if it means taking a longer route to their destinations? To find out, Leclerc is now setting up a test bicycle path alongside a heavily used downtown street. But he is already convinced that "a bike should become a second car -perfect for cities...