Yearly Archives: 2025

Riyadh’s new Metro (and some associated landscape features)

Posted on November 8, 2025 by Christopher Winters

I spent several days in Riyadh in October. I was particularly interested in riding Riyadh’s new Metro, all 176 kilometers of which opened in December 2024 and January 2025—an astonishingly quick opening of a substantial new system. I also wanted … Continue reading →

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The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Christopher Winters

When I was in Jersey City last month, I naturally noticed the recreational trail along the Hudson. A little research revealed that it’s part of an entity called the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway that’s planned to run between Bayonne and … Continue reading →

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Parts of Jersey City become a “gold coast”

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Christopher Winters

Anyone who’s been on the Hudson waterfront of Manhattan over the last thirty or so years has noticed that Jersey City has been growing a serious skyline. The buildings are generally unremarkable, and the highest are nowhere near as tall … Continue reading →

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The CTA’s RPM project

Posted on October 11, 2025 by Christopher Winters

The Chicago Transit Authority (the CTA) recently finished work on the main component of its Red and Purple Modernization Project (RPM). The RPM project is an attempt to modernize and add capacity to the North Side Red Line, the CTA’s … Continue reading →

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The geography of carfree households in the United States revisited

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Christopher Winters

In September 2021, I put up a post on the geography of carfree (or car-free) households in the United States during the 2015/2019 period. It drew more traffic than any other post on this site. The data presented on that … Continue reading →

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Tale of two cities: Milan and Rome

Posted on January 10, 2025 by Christopher Winters

I visited both Milan and Rome late last fall. I spent a few days in Milan in mid-November and a few days in Rome in mid-December. I’d been to both cities several times over the years but not since 2012. … Continue reading →

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