A Ride on the Dublin Metro
Which Doesn't Actually Exist. On the Underachieving Rail System in Ireland's Capital, and Its Rapidly Improving Bus Network.
Quebec City Is Amazing. It Deserves a Tramway.
A "National Capital" Worthy of the Name Deserves More than Buses—and One Funicular
A Euro-Style Rail Trip in North America
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
"To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes!"
How the Subway Transformed New York City (and the World)
Tucker Carlson Loves the Moscow Metro
It's Not the First Time the Great Soviet Subway Has Been Used to Dupe Visiting Chumps
Pssssst...I'm Over Here*
*And Not on Substack, Where the Nazis Are Still Getting Published n.b. This post was originally on Substack; moving it to a more permanent home here. // I’ve spent a few weeks moving my archive of newsletters to a new platform. You can now find my transport dispatches at
Transit for the Human Race
A Review of the Long-Awaited Revised Edition of Public Transport's Bible
"Our Love Affair with the Automobile"
A Brief History of a Dysfunctional Relationship
Welcome to the New Home of Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe
I’ve been living in the future all my life: a world without automobiles. I’ve never owned a car, which gives me a unique perspective on the world. I go to the places that cars don’t, and try to get around as much as possible by train, public
Hit the Road, Jacques
Save the Tracks Today, or Canadian Trains Won't Be Coming Back No More...
Between the Bibliotheca and the Bonfire
Substack Can Solve Its "Nazi Problem" by Not Being the Publisher of Nazis
