The Quad Urbanist

The 250th anniversary celebration of the US seems like as good a time as any to think about how the US stacks up globally in terms of this b...

 There's nothing quite like being on a train and looking out at the cars that you're passing. Conversely, there's little more an...

Since I talked about the Eglinton Crosstown , I figure I should also say something about the Finch West light rail, which I rode during the ...

This post could also be called "the curse of 'recreational' paths."  Basically, we had some bad rains and flooding in Dave...

Having recently taken the California Zephyr, Amtrak's Chicago-Bay Area service, for approximately half its length on a trip to the Rocki...

When I recently visited Toronto, I found myself staying just off Eglinton Avenue, and thus primarily utilizing the Eglinton Crosstown extens...

 Just to be clear what this post is about: I'm not talking about whether we ought to pay for transit, or whether transit should be free....