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Mumbai’s seaside “promenades”
Large Indian cities tend to be difficult places for pedestrians. In many areas, there are no sidewalks at all, and such sidewalks as exist tend to be in bad shape. Pavers are often missing. Substantial holes are common. There are … Continue reading
Two new transportation facilities in Mexico City: El Insurgente suburban rail line and Cablebús Line 3
Mexico City (as I wrote in an earlier post) has been trying to mitigate serious congestion and air-pollution problems for something like the last sixty years. The city has constructed a major metro system. It’s legislated limits on car travel. … Continue reading
Mumbai’s new Aqua Line
I recently spent several days in Mumbai, where I rode the new Aqua Line (Metro Line 3) several times. The Aqua Line is Mumbai’s first subway line, and, because its route takes it through many of the city’s most important … Continue reading
Skyline, Honolulu’s new elevated railroad
I was in Honolulu a couple of weeks ago for the first time since 2022. I particularly wanted to ride on Skyline, Honolulu’s new (or at least newish) elevated railroad. The first segment of Skyline (between the western terminus and … Continue reading
Riyadh’s new Metro (and some associated landscape features)
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
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
Parts of Jersey City become a “gold coast”
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
The CTA’s RPM project
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
The geography of carfree households in the United States revisited
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
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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