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Germans Have At Least 7 Words For Train Stations. Because Of Course They Do.

May 15, 2023May 15, 2023 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments angie schmitt, bahnsteig, bvg, db, deutsche bahn, Durchgangsbahnhof, english, german, germany, Gleiswechselbetriebsstelle, Hochgeschwindigkeitszug, Inselbahnsteig, kopfbahnhof, language, linguistics, seitenbahnsteig, Spitzkehrenbahnhof, subway, train platform, train station design, train stations, trains, transit, u-bahn

Fahrkarte, bitte! We’re going on a lingusitic-infrastructural journey to learn about how infrastructure thinking is baked into the very language we use to describe it.

Business & Economics Public transit Transit infrastructure Government

Cato Needs To Re-Toole Their Bad Takes On Infrastructure

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments alstom, amtrak, amtrak capex, Amtrak NEC, bad ideas, batman, batman meme, capital expenditures, cato institute, farebox recovery ratio, federal spending, freight, FRR, government bad, government spending, gridlock, high-speed rail, inflation, intermodal, intermodal transit, libertarian, libertarianism, manufacturing, milkshakes, moore's law, multimodal, northeast corridor, northeast corridor tunnel, public transit, randal o'toole, randall o'toole, real clear policy, small government, train, trains, transit

The Cato Institute’s Randal O’Toole has a really terrible take on transportation investment that grossly misrepresents how money and economic efficiency work.

Policy Urban Planning Public transit Transit infrastructure

A Biden Presidency: Full Speed Ahead On Transit?

November 9, 2020November 8, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments amtrak, high-speed rail, infrastructure, infrastructure funding, mass transit, midwest high-speed rail, public transit, rail, rail infrastructure, trains, transit, transit infrastructure

Republicans have tried time and again to defund Amtrak, which receives about a tenth of one percent of the funding directed to car infrastructure every year. Will a new Democratic administration be able to (finally) push for modernizing our transit infrastructure?