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Rankings
The World's Top 20 Cycling Cities
No American cities made the annual ranking, put together by Copenhagenize Design Co.
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Videos
Watch Rio Erase and Rebuild Its Entire Waterfront in 3 Minutes
Urban planning porn for advocates of highway demolition.
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Rio's Completely Misguided Anti-Rape Effort: Cut Vans Used by the Poor
Rather than improving police accountability, the city inexplicably took away an important source of transportation.
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The Big Fix
What Happens to the Olympics Plans of Cities That Don't Win Them?
More importantly: Does a city get anything out of the exercise?
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The Golden Age of Gondolas Might Be Just Around the Corner
Meet the evangelists of cable-drawn aerial transportation.
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Videos
A Pair of Nuts Fly Through Rio de Janeiro's Vertical Labyrinth
Extreme-sports enthusiasts Jokke Sommer and Ludovic Woerth take a hair-raising ride through Brazil's urban jungle.
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Rio's Mad Scramble: Will the City Be Ready for the World Cup?
Weather, worker strikes, and structural problems have set back the renovation of the historic Maracanã Stadium as FIFA's deadline looms.
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How Rio Tamed Carnaval
A new mayor brought order to the rowdy parade scene, registering parties and advertising road closures in advance.
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Photos
Scenes From Carnaval, the 'Largest Street Fair on the Planet'
The debauchery you're missing stuck at your desk.
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Will Brazil Cancel Carnaval?
After a night club fire killed hundreds, the country seems to be doing some soul-searching.
