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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Exploring the artistic side of Montreal’s Metro
Looking to spend a couple hours trying to keep warm as a tourist in Montreal during a bitterly cold winter? Ride the metro and enjoy...
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Rail Service Proposed to LaGuardia. Again.
Governor Cuomo has proposed building a new AirTrain LaGuardia option to bring rail service to the New York City airport. Alas, the plan offers almost...
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Art and the Mexico City Metro system
I'm not used to getting a museum experience while riding the subway in NYC. But in Mexico City the Metro offers a great collection of...
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Taking a ride on the Kiev Metro
I’m a big fan of mass transit systems in general. They provide a much more intimate connection with the local population when traveling and they’re...
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Celebrating a birthday in Istanbul
Break out the bunting and the balloons: it is time for a birthday party! In this case the birthday was of Istanbul‘s Tünel transit system,...
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Touring London without the Tube
“Mind the Gap” is perhaps one of the more iconic phrases in the history of mass transit. Say that line and many folks’ thoughts will...
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Terrific Train Transit in Tokyo
About 75% of my transportation in Tokyo was on the train, so I got a pretty good feel for the local train options that they...
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More from Tsukiji Market
I really cannot get over just how much fun I had wandering the stalls of the Tsukiji market, taking in the tuna auction and otherwise...
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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...