Most North American transit museums are, ironically, difficult to get to without a car
Category: Travels
Why Pittsburgh’s PNC Park might be the best in baseball
Municipal government is the closest democratic institution to the people it serves. How easy is it for the people to access it?
One of the best — or worst — experiences in North America can be going to see a ball or hockey game, concert, or other special event at a sports arena or stadium.
On-demand transit is costly to operate, less flexible for prospective passengers, and be frustrating to use, as I recently experience in Durham Region. But as on-demand transit can cover much larger areas than line haul routes, it has its place.
Back in October, my spouse and I had the opportunity to visit several countries in Central Europe: Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, though we spent the majority of our time in and around Vienna, as that is where my spouse attended business meetings for several days; we also took time to explore the […]
Anchored by Sears, Chatham’s downtown mall declined later than other failed urban shopping centres in Ontario, but is now a dead mall. What will be its future?
North America’s newest rapid transit service, the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), opened on Monday, July 31, 2023 after a weekend of free public rides. I took my first ride several weeks later, on August 22, 2023. The five stop, 16.6-kilometre line between Central Station and Autoroute 30 in Brossard, is the first of four phases […]
Chicago shows how to build a great multiuse path in an urban setting
Across Canada, our biggest cities are building new transit. Here in Toronto, the Crosstown and Finch West LRTs are well underway (though the first phase of the Eglinton-Crosstown is already three years late), as well as the Scarborough subway expansion, the Ontario Line, and GO Transit corridor improvements. Vancouver is building a major expansion to […]
Sean Marshall 