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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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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...
#trains
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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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