Buses + Bikes + Trains (Oh my!), by Taras Grescoe
Quebec City to Montreal on Via Rail's High-Speed-Lite Train: A Review // I was invited to a book festival in Quebec City this month, and, when the organizers asked me how I wanted to get there from Montreal, I said: By train, bien sûr! The distance between the province
// How the Subway Transformed New York City (and the World) My whirlwind trip to New York City last month, in the company of my wife and two sons, took us to some of my favorite transit landmarks: Grand Central Terminal (with a pitstop for a "pan-roast," or oyster
// How Smartphone Tech is a Game-Changer for Transit Users About a decade ago, one of my posts on social media got tens of thousands of shares. In the variety of forms I've posted it since then, it's achieved near-viral status. "Forget about the hyperloop, robotaxis
An Update on the State of Transit in NYC It had been a while since I'd taken a pleasure trip to New York City—not since before the pandemic, in fact. I'd gone there on a couple of research trips immediately prior to Covid, but my
It's Not the First Time the Great Soviet Subway Has Been Used to Dupe Visiting Chumps // It's not often I agree with that odious, constipated lickspittle. Last week, ousted Fox talking-mouth Tucker Carlson flew to Moscow, there to interview Vladimir Putin. Carlson smiled and nodded as
