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Summer Holiday Notice.
An update on content publishing.
Aug 4 • Reece

July 2026

Will New Technology Make High-Speed Rail Obsolete?
Do new technologies undermine the case for fast trains?
Jul 31 • Reece
Comments on Comments: Screen Doors
Installing screen doors requires installing screen doors.
Jul 27 • Reece
Alberta's Lost Decade.
How Edmonton and Calgary traded effective building for compromised projects and analysis paralysis.
Jul 21 • Reece
Automate the trains!
A path to global train abundance.
Jul 15 • Reece
Is riding the subway like smoking a pack of cigarettes?
Is the air down there safe, anywhere?
Jul 7 • Reece
These platforms could use some work.
Vancouver is a natural place for platform doors.
Jul 2 • Reece

June 2026

Everything is not all right with subway construction.
Montreal needs to get its act together.
Jun 30 • Reece
The Next Step.
Updates.
Jun 29 • Reece
Quality Still Matters in Transit.
Bigger is usually but not always better.
Jun 25 • Reece
The Future of Toronto's Line 5.
Some thoughts on Toronto's newest subway.
Jun 18 • Reece
Transit is ... sewers, light standards, fibre lines, and homes.
A plea to not forget what transit really is.
Jun 11 • Reece
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