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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Jul 27, 2023

"A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation."

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Jul 27, 2023

(A quote variously attributed to Meik Wiking, Enrique Peñalosa...and Gustavo Petro. Whoever said it first, the insight continues to ring true.)
Photo: Orléans, #France.

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Jul 27, 2023

Another case in point: #Switzerland. The trams of #Zürich

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇

I dive deeper into transit, active transport, and alternatives to car-centered urbanism in my weekly Substack dispatches.

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Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe | Substack

Bulletins from a Future Beyond the Automobile (And How to Get There). Click to read Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe, a Substack publication with hundreds of readers.