Taking an overnight train means you save money on a hotel room, and your carbon emissions are a fraction of doing the same trip by car or plane. But are sleeper trains practical for a family of 4? We gave the Nightjet to #Berlin a test. The whole story here: www.highspeed.blog/all-aboard-t...

...NightJet and European Sleeper, there's been a real revival. Our family of 4 bought tickets on the Nightjet to #Berlin last month. Here's how it went: www.highspeed.blog/all-aboard-t...

This is astonishing! Here's a map of all the overnight (sleeper) trains you can now take in Europe. So many in eastern and central Europe. (Few, however, in #France and none in #Spain, #Portugal.) back-on-track.eu/night-train-... Before 2020, routes were disappearing. Thanks to... 🧵

This is astonishing! Here's a map of all the overnight (sleeper) trains you can now take in Europe. So many in eastern and central Europe. (Few, however, in #France and none in #Spain, #Portugal.) back-on-track.eu/night-train-... Before 2020, routes were disappearing. Thanks to... 🧵

@taras-grescoe.com loved the night-sleeper map in this piece www.highspeed.blog/r/2227e61b?m...

Taking an overnight train means you save money on a hotel room, and your carbon emissions are a fraction of doing the same trip by car or plane. But are sleeper trains practical for a family of 4? We gave the Nightjet to #Berlin a test. The whole story here: www.highspeed.blog/all-aboard-t...

Here’s my tiny violin 🎻 It plays for thee, Doofenschmerz.

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterday

This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.

I don’t think there’s a funnier group of car owners for this scenario to happen to than BMW drivers

852dude@852dude.bsky.social · yesterday

This sucks ass. When I start my car I want to be able to put my foot on the pedal and drive off. I dont want to watch an ad. A distracting ad. Right in the middle of my console. Again. This sucks ass.

​New research shows that the US has been a global laggard curbing crash deaths. If the US had merely matched improvements in 14 peer nations, 500,000+ lives would have been saved from 2000-24. doi.org/10.1080/1538...

Car-free summer? If only. It's true, a handful of arteries in #Montreal are set aside for pedestrians and cyclists in summer. That's great—but blink, and you'll miss 'em. We've still got a long way to go. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/02/o...

What Boston can learn from Montreal’s car-free summer - The Boston Globe

Miles of city roadway become places for gardens, art, outdoor dining, and unhurried discovery.

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Congress Budgeted Billions for Big Transit Projects. Trump Isn't Spending It Since Trump returned to office, Federal Transit Administration has not signed a single new agreement under Capital Investment Grant program www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u...

Leo Express launches daily overnight train from Frankfurt to the Ukrainian border https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/2026/08/03/leo-express-launches-daily-overnight-train-from-frankfurt-to-the-ukrainian-border/

Leo Express launches daily overnight train from Frankfurt to the Ukrainian border

EUROPE: Renfe-backed Leo Express has launched an overnight train in co-operation with Ukrainian state operator UZ between Frankfurt am Main and the Polish city of Przemyśl, near the border with Ukraine. The service initially began operating between Frankfurt and Bohumín on June 25, but Leo Express temporarily deployed buses for the Polish section. This was…

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In #Berlin, riding the U-Bahn doesn’t have to mean being Unter the Grund all day. #transit #trains #railways

“ALTO is, by any measure, substantially more popular than Ford personally or the PC Party corporately.”

John Michael McGrath@jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 6d ago

New from me at TVO, on why I'm not terribly worried about PC MPPs speaking out against ALTO. www.tvo.org/article/anal...

Deutsche Bahn in the black, for the first time in 7 years; profit improves by €650 million to €415 million in 2026. Now maybe they can get to work on running their trains on time... www.dw.com/en/germany-n...

Germany news: Deutsche Bahn returns to profit

Rail operator Deutsche Bahn has returned to profit for the first time in years, helped by rising demand. Meanwhile, a court is set to hear a case about the forwarding of private WhatsApp messages. DW ...

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Bullet Train Hotel! In #Japan, an E6 Series Komachi shinkansen at Akita Station is being opened for overnight accommodation in August. Just 5000 yen ($31 USD) — cheaper than a taxi ride home if you miss the last train... soranews24.com/2026/07/24/j...

What I want to know: What's happening with the 32 Siemens locomotives (assembled in #California) that gave VIA Rail such trouble this winter?

THIS JUST IN: In #Canada, federal government announces almost $2B for 45 new battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives The hybrid locos, first in North America, will be built by #Switzerland 's Stadler. 📷 Stadler's EUR9000 hybrid loco www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Keep in mind, they are nowhere near as heavy-hauling as metros, tramways, or even BRT. (10s of thousands of passengers per day for aerial trams, vs. 10s of thousands per hour for rail.) But there are lots of places where they can complement existing urban transit networks...

Cable cars: Not just for ski vacations. In La Paz, Medellín, and a half dozen cities in #France, they're being used as robust forms of urban transit. I gave #Paris 's C1, Europe's newest (and longest) aerial tram, a test drive, and here's what I discovered: www.highspeed.blog/up-where-the...

La construction d’une nouvelle installation d’assemblage et de maintenance à Montréal fait partie des plans.

Ottawa investit 1,6 milliard de dollars pour remplacer des locomotives de Via Rail

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"Today, for the first time in more than 25 years, we're bringing passenger rail locomotive assembly back to Montréal." —Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon.

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇@taras-grescoe.com · last wk.

THIS JUST IN: In #Canada, federal government announces almost $2B for 45 new battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives The hybrid locos, first in North America, will be built by #Switzerland 's Stadler. 📷 Stadler's EUR9000 hybrid loco www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

THIS JUST IN: In #Canada, federal government announces almost $2B for 45 new battery-diesel Via Rail passenger locomotives The hybrid locos, first in North America, will be built by #Switzerland 's Stadler. 📷 Stadler's EUR9000 hybrid loco www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Cable cars: Not just for ski vacations. In La Paz, Medellín, and a half dozen cities in #France, they're being used as robust forms of urban transit. I gave #Paris 's C1, Europe's newest (and longest) aerial tram, a test drive, and here's what I discovered: www.highspeed.blog/up-where-the...

Pathetic. Elbows down, backbone absent www.thewirereport.ca/2026/07/28/b...

BREAKING: Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirements for U.S. streamers - The Wire Report

In a recent letter to the Federal Court of Appeal, the government outlined its intention to “eliminate the base contribution requirement on streaming services and to provide government funding to repl...

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This is framed as a feel-good story, but it should scare the wits out of anybody on the road. Tesla's deceptive marketing is convincing seniors that the cars drive themselves. In reality, a human must always be ready to intervene. If someone lacks the ability to do that, they shouldn't be driving!

Forget rideshare. How seniors are using Teslas for transportation

As Waymo and Tesla robotaxi services promise more rides for more cities, seniors are taking matters into their own hands and self-driving Teslas.

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Forget Canada as the 51st State. Let’s talk about the states lining up to become the 11th Province. ( #Vermont, you’re just going to have to wait your turn there, eh?) www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

A Minnesota secession? It's not as impossible as you might think.

Sure, there are significant hurdles to joining Canada through secession, but Minnesotans have shown the power of local organizing.

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I am concerned that, as with many transit issues, the US deals with implementation challenges by avoiding them. NY's MTA has 60 electric buses (~1% of fleet) & they're failing. So it's reducing its order for more. Comparison: —London: ~33% —Paris: ~21% —Milan: ~21% —Hamburg: ~39% —Barcelona: ~20%

Battery Drain: MTA Trims New Flyer Electric Bus Order Amid Tech Growing Pains - Streetsblog New York City

The MTA will buy 85 fewer electric buses as its manufacturer tries to sort out a way to keep them in service without breaking down.

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Can a cable car be a legit form of urban transit? I took a ride on Europe's newest, and longest, aerial tramway, the C1 in #Paris, to find out. (In the video: we're overflying a national highway + a high-speed rail line.) More in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch: www.highspeed.blog/up-where-the...

There is no "one simple trick." In urban transit, or anything else in life, for that matter. (Only influencers would have you believe there is...)

Marco Chitti@chittimarco.bsky.social · last wk.

My opinion about cable cars as urban transit is the same as for ferries (and "BRTs") They work better than other modes in specific geographic conditions and demand pattern. But they aren't that "one simple trick" that can replace other modes cheaply/more easily, as they are too often marketed.