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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.)

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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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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...

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

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I can't think of a better way of pissing off King Trump than for #Canada to build the Alto high-speed rail line.
A multi-billion high-tech megaproject, that would deliver 186 mph trains, using Canadian steel + aluminum.

Might even kick off a 21st-century space race...

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