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"A passionately argued and important book." βThe Guardian
In #Straphanger, I travel world looking at best (and worst) in transportation urbanism.
(NEW: Buying here directly funds my writingβand my new project, about the passenger rail revival.)
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BogotΓ‘ gets its Metro
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As Colombia Votes, Chinese-Made Trains Are Being Tested in South America's Next Mega-City
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Gracias a la invitaciΓ³n de @grescoe
@TransMilenio llega a #HighSpeed
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Can't think of a better way of pissing off Trump than for #Canada to go ahead and build its proposed Alto high-speed rail project.
A multi-billion-$ megaproject, delivering faster trains than the US has, using Canadian steel aluminum.
Might even kick off a new space race.
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Need some positive news?
Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love, as well as the latest in sustainable urban transport, in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
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Not to worry: Straphanger is alive and well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
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Canadaβs gridlocked cities are global stragglers at building efficient, effective mass transit. A new Montreal megaproject has the solution we need. macleans.ca/society/montrealβ¦
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Compare this to #Amsterdam, where 7% of space is allocated for micromobility, and large parts of #Berlin, where 8% is set aside.
The authors conclude Montreal could *double* the space allocated to bike lanes (still just 3%) with no impact on automobile traffic flow.
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...and they still don't get to work on time.
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Need some positive news?
Around the world, a passenger rail renaissance is well under way.
I document the train-love, as well as the latest in sustainable urban transport, in my weekly newsletter HIGH SPEED.
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Tout ce qui brille nβest pas or, a constatΓ© notre chroniqueur Taras Grescoe en se rendant en Floride pour vΓ©rifier si ce train de passagers du XXIeΒ siΓ¨cle tenait bel et bien sesΒ promesses. lactualite.com/societe/brighβ¦
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Not to worry: Straphanger is alive well! I'll continue to post about transit, bicycles, and alternatives to car-based urbanism under the "Straphanger" tag.
Check out the new site, sign up using the "Subscribe" button for dispatches in your mailbox. straphanger.blog
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High-speed rail, which has already transformed Europe Asia, is coming to North America. But the newsletter's about more than bullet trains, shinkansens TGVs.
I'll be posting dispatches about the latest in sleeper trains, budget services, regional and inter-city rail around the world.
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Welcome to HIGH SPEED!
Today I'm launching the newsletter of the global passenger rail renaissance.
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For more accounts of my travels by train, as well as dispatches on transit and passenger rail, sign up for my weekly newsletter:
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I've got a #longread in the @globeandmail today about #Florida's Brightline, and the promise of privately-run, for-profit passenger trains in North America.
Spoiler: Not all "high-speed" rail is created equal...
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By 1920, the network of interurbans in the US was so dense that a determined commuter could theoretically hop interlinked services from Waterville, Maine, to Sheboygan, Wisconsinβa journey of 1,000 milesβexclusively by electric trolley.
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Also, what are you still doing on X? I post here once in a blue moon out of courtesy, but, honestly, it's like being in the Chernobyl Zone of Exclusion.
The real action is over here: bsky.app/profile/taras-grescβ¦
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Now I need to have a shower...
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