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Trains
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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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
How Transit Mismanagement Drives Poverty
Trains of the Metro Rail Transit (MRT) are “five times more deadly” than those in other countries, an…
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…
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.…
15 Cities You Should Visit By Train
It has long been one of the more intriguing – and budget-conscious – ways to travel across our…
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…
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…