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How Japan Saved Tokyo's Rail Network from Collapse (Part 1, 1945-1982)
The most consequential project in postwar Japanese rail history (not named Shinkansen)
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"Hell Line": Lessons from Seoul's controversial privatized subway line
A dive into Seoul Metro's Line 9
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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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End of the line: Transit thoughts in an uncertain America
11 statements in a speechless time
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How France Saved its Public Transit from Catastrophe
One simple trick to revive a system in death spiral
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Kyiv Metro vs the World: An Exploration
How can Kyiv Metro run 2-3 minutes peak hour frequency during wartime?
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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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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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The Global Rise of the Militarizing Metro
A new and growing approach to safety on public transit
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Aura of Success: The First Years of Japan's Privatized National Railways
What does it take to make a railway a "success"?
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How American Occupiers Helped Doom Japan's National Public Railways
Douglas MacArthur's dream turned nightmare
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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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