Rail

tramlines

Tramways have a greater impact on communities than local governments give them. Tramways connect people and business in a way that no other physical medium can.[read more]

London's most bike-friendly borough?

Being both an observer and a contributor to the borough's cycling culture, I've often thought about what makes Hackney tick, and why so many people choose to ride bikes here.[read more]

London's Crossrail

 

At roughly $23 billion, London’s Crossrail project may be the most expensive urban transportation project in the world. But its designers—and now real estate analysts—suggest that its benefits make the new line worth the cost.[read more]

the future of San Francisco transit?

But one of the biggest challenges facing public transit is the issue of intermodal passenger transport. Using two or more modes of transportation on a single journey is often difficult.[read more]

Melbourne's Public Transit

Melbourne is a city that is experiencing the greatest increase in population in Australia, as well as some of the highest levels of traffic congestion.[read more]

transit-oriented development

Oakland continues to bring new development and innovation to its neighborhoods. Next up is an impressive urban planning initiative to be built in Temescal beside the MacArthur BART station.[read more]

public transit

Friends told me I could easily get a house. But I didn’t want to increase my carbon footprint by moving into a bigger house just because I could afford it. And I was not going to drive to school everyday to study Sustainability.[read more]

car crazy?

With continued fluctuation in gasoline prices and increasingly congested highways, many Americans are becoming more receptive to giving up their cars – or at least trading the daily commute to and from work.[read more]

Kathryn Gray is the coordinator of Transportation for Michigan, a coalition of Michigan communities working to make their surroundings more livable. Kathryn has studied social relations, policy, public affairs, and public administration. At Transportation for Michigan, Kathryn's eyes are focused on 4 major areas - funding reform,...[read more]

transit in Zurich

I don’t think filmmaker Alessandro Della Bella intended to make a video about transit in Zurich, but trains, trams, streetcars and the people who ride them are the clear stars in this hyper-fun time-lapse video.[read more]

Stockholm Metro

Over 90 of the 100 subway stations in Stockholm have been decorated with sculptures, mosaics, paintings, installations, engravings and reliefs by over 150 artists.[read more]

subway-income distribution

When data is visualized, patterns emerge. The same can be said about the New Yorker’s Inequality and New York’s Subway interactive chart, which highlights inequality based on subway stops.[read more]