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Trains
12 posts
How Future Trains Could Be Less Noisy
‘We have a lot of resistance from people (living) beside the tracks who are against all construction and…
2021-09-01
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
The Best Way To Map Cities We People Can Truly Understand
A roundup of the best stories on cities and urbanism we’ve come across in the past seven days.…
2016-02-06
Want To Build Better Cities? Get Involved In Rail Projects
Our cities are slowing down. Traffic speeds have slowed in the world’s cities for 30 years and rail…
2015-12-16
Why In London, Beautiful Journeys Begin With Beautiful Trains
Air-conditioned walk-through carriages, with capacity for 1,500 customers, Wi-Fi and 4G Lightweight and energy efficient design means 30…
2015-12-08
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 Transit Mismanagement Drives Poverty
Trains of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) are “five times more deadly” than those in other countries, an…
2015-06-19
A Beautiful Vision Of An American High-Speed Rail Map
Imagine if the entire country [USA] was linked by 220-mile-per-hour trains. That’s what this map does. High-speed rail…
2015-05-06
A Germaphobe’s Guide To Buying A Metrocard
As a student of cities and a lover of urban systems, my mild germaphobia often leaves me conflicted.…
2015-04-24
15 Cities You Should Visit By Train
It has long been one of the more intriguing – and budget-conscious – ways to travel across our…
2015-04-09
What Your Nearest Transit Station Says About Your Income
New visualisations map household income by rail stops in Chicago, Portland, Atlanta and D.C. A city’s transit system…
2015-03-18
What Old Transit Maps Can Teach Us About A City’s Future
An analysis of once-rejected, later-constructed routes in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Houston. Houston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles are…
2015-02-14