trains

Poems of the Hobo Road

March 25, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Hobo poet Buzz Potter recalls a transient’s life on the rails.

Stockholm's highly-efficient subway system. Trains are known for running frequently and on time. They have large ridership but are not overly crowded because of the frequency of the trains.

US transportation is so far behind Sweden’s it’s not even funny

March 10, 2017Economics

Departure board on display at Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Those ‘flapping’ Solari boards at US train stations are leaving the terminal

September 12, 2016Technology

A migrant sits on her bags while waiting for a train in Presevo, Serbia.

No bathrooms. No heat. Aboard the decrepit refugee ‘cattle cars.’

January 21, 2016Justice

A magnetically levitating (maglev) train operated by Central Japan Railway

How to bring high-speed trains to the US

August 20, 2015Economics