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"A passionately argued and important book." —The Guardian In #Straphanger, I travel world looking at best (and worst) in transportation + urbanism. (NEW: Buying here directly funds my writing—and my new project, about the passenger rail revival.) shorturl.at/oJpZu

Gracias a la invitación de @grescoe @TransMilenio llega a #HighSpeed Mirada a esta aplicación pionera y al futuro 🚌🚌🚠🚈 #TransMiCumple25Años 🎉💛❤️ highspeed.blog/dispatch-from-…

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.

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. highspeed.blog

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. 🚅🧵

Canada’s gridlocked cities are global stragglers at building efficient, effective mass transit. A new Montreal megaproject has the solution we need. macleans.ca/society/montre…

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.

...and they still don't get to work on time.

Tout ce qui brille n’est pas or, a constaté notre chroniqueur Taras Grescoe en se rendant en Floride pour vérifier si ce train de passagers du XXIe siècle tenait bel et bien ses promesses. lactualite.com/societe/bright…

@edwardrow The weirdest thing is there are no exterior shots of the train. I sent them plenty!

@grescoe a strange decision !!! ngl

@edwardrow Bummer they didn't use my photographs, or video recordings, grumble grumble.

@grescoe Neat to see one of Claude's photographs in there, met him on a Toronto-Vancouver trip. Nice guy, talented. Bummer a lot of the other photographs are stock imagery, though, would have been nice to have some original photography to fill out your piece

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

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.

Welcome to HIGH SPEED! Today I'm launching the newsletter of the global passenger rail renaissance. 🚅🧵

For more accounts of my travels by train, as well as dispatches on transit and passenger rail, sign up for my weekly newsletter: highspeed.blog #trains

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 theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Now I need to have a shower...

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-…

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, Wisconsin—a journey of 1,000 miles—exclusively by electric trolley. 🚋🧵