Atlanta’s new trams: All aboard!
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Bob Crow: Union man
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Subways in America: Gangway, please
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Cities can jump-start climate progress by plugging in their vehicles
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Chris Christie and the GOP: Pound foolish
CHRIS CHRISTIE'S overwhelming re-election as governor of New Jersey this week immediately got him hailed as the great hope of Republican pragmatists in the 2016 presidential elections....
Etiquette on public transport: Spread ’em
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Streetcars and urban renewal: Rolling blunder
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The Economist explains: Why trams are a waste of money
STREETCARS—otherwise known as trolleys or trams—had their golden age around 100 years ago, carrying urban workers to nascent suburbs around Europe and America. But...
Fares: Maybe buses should be free
AFTER riding a tram in Strasbourg, Matt Yglesias, a blogger with Slate, has decided that proof-of-payment fare-collection systems—in which fares are enforced by inspectors who...
Sharing a lift: Carpooling uber alles
“MARK my word,” Henry Ford declared in 1940, “A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile, but it will come.” No...
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