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AP Officials have confirmed a truck collided with the trusses.
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Charts
Smart, Practical Tips for Building a More Comfortable Subway Car
A new report zooms in on how people actually want to use the subway, giving rise to a hypothetical train design for the future.
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Maps
The Frustration of San Francisco's Mass-Transit Riders, Visualized
If one were to somehow take a mental-health reading of commuters at 6:30 p.m. on a Monday, it would look something like this "Frustration Index."
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Rio's Completely Misguided Anti-Rape Effort: Cut Vans Used by the Poor
Rather than improving police accountability, the city inexplicably took away an important source of transportation.
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Urban Wonk
The Problem With Calling Cities 'Post-Industrial'
It's time to come up with a new way of thinking and talking about places like Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
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DIY Urbanism of the Day: How Many Drivers in Your Nabe Aren't Signaling?
And are they better or worse than the national average?
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Could Paris End Up With a Metro Station Named After Serge Gainsbourg?
The system's expansion means plenty of jockeying to name the city's newest points of reference.
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The Sorry State of the New York-New Jersey Public Transit Connection
The two states desperately need a new link — but with every new plan comes a new problem.
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Maps
Boston Wants You to Design a Better Transit Map
The MBTA has opened a competition to the public. And a good thing too - the current map has serious flaws.
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Vote for Your Favorite City-Changing Bike Proposal
A smart-card-operated storage system and an online anti-theft mapping platform are among the big ideas.
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In Praise of Taxi Drivers, In Spite of all the Harrowing, Horrible Trips I've Taken
It is a very strange, urban thing to get in a car with a stranger.
