NIMBYism derails the LaGuardia AirTrain
Call it a huge miss for the LaGuardia AirTrain. Locals in Queens managed to derail plans to build the tracks along the Grand Central Parkway,...
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On board the Addis Ababa Light Rail
Grab a ticket and lets go for a ride. Addis Ababa has a relatively new light rail system and it is a nice way to...
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A Hyperloop to O’Hare?
Is Hyperloop the right answer for an express train service between O'Hare and downtown Chicago? And if so, can it be an affordable option for...
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Opening Day on the Second Avenue Subway
How can a major infrastructure project open decades late and also right on time? Welcome to the new Second Avenue Subway line in New York...
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The easy way around Istanbul
The traffic in Istanbul sucks. There is no two ways about it. The city is on the water, with the Golden Horn and the Bosphorus...
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Free ride on the MBTA? Maybe…
If you’re willing to hack your CharlieCard then it would seem that it actually isn’t all that hard to give yourself some additional fare value...
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Standing room only on the NYC subway
The number of folks riding on the subway continues to rise and the MTA can’t actually put any more trains on the tracks because the...
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Adapting to local dining customs
One of my favorite bits of travel is the different dining habits/customs of our destination. When in Spain, dinner is nice and late, following an...
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7 Train service to the bottom of the ocean
The NYC MTA has released another batch of retired subway cars to be recycled as artificial reefs along the East coast of the United States....
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Multiple modes of mass mobility
One nice thing about visiting cities is that they generally have at least some mass transit options available. In the case of Hong Kong, the...