There was lots of protest when #Japan announced it was building the world's first bullet-train in the early 1960s.
They went ahead and built it—and now the low-emission, affordable, convenient shinkansen system is the envy of the world.
🧵
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
mastodon
4.5.7
Nulla dies sine linea.
Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities.
Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal.
The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
0
Followers
0
Following
Joined November 10, 2022
Website:
LinkedIn:
HIGH SPEED Blog:
Instagram:
Posts
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
3d ago
30
0
17
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
4d ago
Europe and Asia are envied for their networks of fast, clean electric trains that carry passengers between cities affordably, and with much less impact on the environment than highways and airplanes.
Yet every high-speed rail line had to contend with protests...
🧵
24
0
19
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
4d ago
The more of *these* you have where you live, the less you have to worry about the impact the warmongers are having on the global fossil fuel supply.
Sustainability is resilience.
57
0
44
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
5d ago
US used to be a leader in urban rail transit.
"In 1990, 4 of the world’s 14 longest metro networks—or those that include monorail, subway, elevated, and automated light metro—were located in the United States. Today, not a single US network sits on that list."
20
0
15
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Mar 09, 2026
Protests have started against #Canada ‘s high-speed rail project. I dig deeper in this week’s HIGH SPEED newsletter:
2
0
2
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Mar 09, 2026
Protests have started against Alto, the low-emission, electric-powered high-speed rail project between #Quebec City and #Toronto.
According to Alto, the trains could carry 43M passengers, and bring $35B/yr in economic benefits to #Canada.
Many communities want a station...
🧵
10
0
11
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Mar 05, 2026
Obviously. Go to Vegas, and see what a joke Tesla Tunnels are.
Invest in real transportation, not overpriced cars in tubes.
https://abcnews.com/US/wireStory/elon-musks-proposed-tesla-tunnel-loop-met-opposition-130764062
15
0
11
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 27, 2026
Blue glow in sky of Lincolnshire not caused by a flying saucer, but by The Flying Banana:
yellow train runs all night at 125 mph scanning for flaws in the tracks.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c795e30j2d0o
View on urbanists.social
17
0
15
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 26, 2026
One of the world’s great streets is getting rid of cars: #London’s Oxford St. to be pedestrianized.
https://www.ft.com/content/37b3e0f6-c671-4264-9a5b-79653c9707a4
View on urbanists.social
138
0
108
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 26, 2026
Le réseau de transport du #Canada a été conçu à l'origine pour faire face à toutes les conditions hivernales possibles.
Mais plusieurs défaillances récentes, allant des trains de voyageurs bloqués, aux pistes cyclables non déneigées, en passant par les pannes du métro léger REM de Montréal...
🧵
3
0
2
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 26, 2026
This is big! The default speed limit in #Vancouver is being lowered from 50 km/h to 30 km/h on streets without a centre line. The vote took place last year; the roll-out is now happening in half a dozen neighbourhoods. #visionzero
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/02/25/vancouver-slower-speed-limits-six-neighbourhoods/
25
0
14
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 23, 2026
High-speed rail in #Canada isn't a fantasy—it's moving ahead.
Pay no attention to this National Post article.
Author's goal is to deride passenger rail. He suggests per-km costs of Alto HSR would be same as Eglinton LRT. Mostly rural route is nothing like building urban transit—of course.
Tendentious, ill-willed, ill-informed.
9
0
4
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 20, 2026
I spent a lot of time on a recent train trip from #Vancouver to #Toronto on railway sidings, waiting for a slow-moving freight train to pass.
In the US, Amtrak trains have legal precedence over freight trains.
That's not the case in #Canada, where VIA Rail plays second fiddle to Class One freights like CPKC.
Does it have to be this way? I take a look in the latest HIGH SPEED dispatch:
https://www.highspeed.blog/why-your-train-is-so-slow/
View on urbanists.social
18
0
8
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 12, 2026
As 2025/26 has proved, rumors of the death of winter are greatly exaggerated.
That's a big problem for sustainable transportation in North America.
I believe *not* planning for severe winters links breakdowns of the REM light-metro in #Montreal ...
🧵
6
0
3
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Feb 09, 2026
"Line is a restrained triumph. Its stations + stops share a coherent language: large windows + skylights, white-painted steel, expanses of white tile, tangerine accents."
From #Toronto, generally good reviews of design, operations of Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-will-the-eglinton-crosstown-carry-toronto-forward/
34
0
11
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Nov 14, 2025
Meanwhile, in #Egypt:
New high-speed trains unveiled. Will run on 3 lines, with top speeds of 250 km/h (155 mph).
Morocco already has a high-speed network; Nigeria is building one.
(To Be Filed Under: We Can't Have Nice Things Here...Because Why?)
https://www.cnn.com/travel/egypt-high-speed-rail-siemens-velaro-desiro-trains-spc
View on urbanists.social
27
0
34
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇
@straphanger@urbanists.social
Nulla dies sine linea. Author of Straphanger: Saving Our Cities and Ourselves from the Automobile. Advocate for bicycles, transit, walking, alternatives to the car...and great cities. Words in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, Smithsonian, L'actualité, The New Yorker, Wall Street Journal. The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past now out from Greystone. www.lostsupper.blog
urbanists.social
@straphanger@urbanists.social
·
Nov 20, 2022
What's missing from these pictures?
No on-street parking makes all the difference in the cities of #Japan. The 1962 "proof-of-parking" law means you buy a car, you've got to show you've got a place—off public streets—to warehouse it.
626
0
446