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Villages Without Cars
Lessons from car-free villages in the Alps of Switzerland. Gondolas, funiculars, cog railways, oh my!

Small Can Be Beautiful
Tiny transit vehicles can play an important role in networks, especially as feeders—but they aren't a substitute for heavy-hauling, regularly-scheduled service.


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

"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


Transit for the Human Race
A Review of the Long-Awaited Revised Edition of Public Transport's Bible



Between the Bibliotheca and the Bonfire
Substack Can Solve Its "Nazi Problem" by Not Being the Publisher of Nazis

Secrets of the Paris Métro
Vive the Grand Paris Express! (But Let's Not Forget the Original Métropolitain)