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Railways
6 posts
Why US Public Transportation Is So Bad — And Why Americans Don’t Care
The US has bad public transit, but you probably already know that. While some cities do have impressive…
2018-09-28
How Many People Make A Good City?
Australia’s population clock is, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, steadily ticking away at an overall total population…
2018-09-06
Granite: America’s Raw Ingredient For Rail, Industry, & Monuments
When architect Solomon Willard arrived in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1825, and discovered a granite ledge in a wooded…
2016-05-24
What Long-Distance Trains Teach Us About Public Space In America
“What people don’t like about the train is the time lapse. People don’t have time to tie their…
2016-03-01
Train Buffs Will Love This Atlas of Railway Photography
The map, created by a self-professed rail geek, plots geotagged train-related Flickr images. Nick Benson is a self-professed…
2015-08-31
How Overlooked Colonial Railways Could Revolutionize Transportation In Africa
Resurrecting relics of imperial rule is an unorthodox transit-development policy. But Africa’s “secondary cities” are set to benefit.…
2015-03-09