Archive - Straphanger, from Taras Grescoe

The Future is Electric!

That's the story we're being sold. But not all electric transport is created equal.

Dec 5, 2024 •

September 2024

Wondering About the Sound of Crickets?

You'll Find My Straphanger Dispatches In a New Location

Sep 24, 2024 •

April 2024

"To Harlem in Fifteen Minutes!"

How the Subway Transformed New York City (and the World)

Apr 10, 2024 •

February 2024

January 2024

December 2023

Between the Bibliotheca and the Bonfire

Substack Can Solve Its "Nazi Problem" by Not Being the Publisher of Nazis

Dec 28, 2023 •

In Praise of Slow, Old Trains

Following Timeless Tracks through the Italian Countryside

Dec 21, 2023 •

Second-Class (AC) Citizen

The Trains of India, Redux

Dec 13, 2023 •

Secrets of the Paris Métro

Vive the Grand Paris Express! (But Let's Not Forget the Original Métropolitain)

Dec 6, 2023 •

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