mass transit 
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SOURCE: Noema
9/22/2022
The Lost Art of Maintenance
The struggles of the New York transit system to preserve the useful life of its train cars, and to prevent problems before they occur, reflects deep and troubling changes in society's relationship to infrastructure and labor power.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
4/14/2022
Rational or Not, Crime Fears Threaten the Subway with a Death Spiral
Can studying past crime panics help cities convince riders to use mass transit systems when fear of crime is on the rise?
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SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
11/29/2021
New Book Revisits the Debate over NYC's Iconic Subway Maps
For fans of transit cartography, the New York Subway Map Debate of April 20, 1978, is remembered as a legendary showdown between two irreconcilable approaches.
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SOURCE: Washingtonian
11/10/2021
What You Think You Know About DC's Metro Skipping Georgetown is Wrong
by Luke Mullins
Zachary Schrag, author of the definitive book on the DC Metro system, says that the legend of affluent community opposition in the 1960s is a just-so story that ignores the realities transit planners faced, but does jibe with city residents' sense of issues of race, power, and influence.
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SOURCE: Bloomberg CityLab
1/27/2021
How the New Orleans Streetcar Revival Left Bus Riders Behind
A number of historical dynamics, including racial segregation and the growth of a tourist economy, account for decisions in the Crescent City that have refurbished a fraction of the old streetcar system at high cost while ignoring the health of bus systems that poor and working residents depend on, says NOLA transit historian Kevin McQueeney.
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
5/11/2020
‘Last Train’: New York Subway Shutdown Because of Coronavirus is Another Historic First
In New York, nightly subway closures mean a tear in the fabric of the city.
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SOURCE: The Metropole
4/8/2020
Political Broken Promises: Self-Serving Officials And Unrealistic Expectations In The History Of The NYC Subway
by Philip Mark Plotch
Beware of politicians who promise that they can upgrade and expand their transit systems and provide reliable service without asking you to pay more.
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