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The Global Rise of the Militarizing Metro
A new and growing approach to safety on public transit
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Seoul Metro's Ugly War with Disabled Protesters Enters Its Third Year
An update to an escalating affair
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The Death and Privatization of Japanese National Railways (Part 1, 1949-1982)
How does a train agency rack titanic amounts of debt?
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How Japan Saved Tokyo's Rail Network from Collapse (Part 1, 1945-1982)
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"Hell Line": Lessons from Seoul's controversial privatized subway line
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How BART on the Golden Gate Bridge Died: A New History
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A Bridge Too Far: Where Japan's National Private Railways Is Failing
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Seoul Metro's Long, Open, Ugly War Against Disabled Protesters
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How American Occupiers Helped Doom Japan's National Public Railways
Douglas MacArthur's dream turned nightmare
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Downtown Los Angeles, 21st Century: A Personal, Urban History
An ode to an once anti-urban neighborhood
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S.Y. Lee
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The Soldier Who Defended Melbourne's Trams
As Sydney and others abandoned their trams, one man in Melbourne fought back
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S.Y. Lee
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A Bridge Too Far: Where Japan's National Private Railways Is Failing
Will a Japanese railway company experience a death spiral?
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S.Y. Lee
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Seoul Metro's Long, Open, Ugly War Against Disabled Protesters
Demanding more accessibility rights, activists have been paralyzing Seoul rush hour with their bodies and wheelchairs
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How BART on the Golden Gate Bridge Died: A New History
"A Machiavellian plot" to kill a Bay Area dream
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How Japan Saved Tokyo's Rail Network from Collapse (Part 2, 1982-Now)
What does it take to build a rail nirvana?
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