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A Trip on the Inaugural Borealis Train
The first Borealis Amtrak train out of St. Paul included microwaved food, press conferences, tornado warnings and lots of praise from politicians.
The first Borealis Amtrak train out of St. Paul included microwaved food, press conferences, tornado warnings and lots of praise from politicians.
Reflections on a short trip to the oldest and most iconic 10-pin alley yield lessons on transit, history, equity and infrastructure.
Links from The Overhead Wire to news from around the country. This week: why so many office workers are still staying at home, a political standoff over an Omaha bike lane and a discussion of America’s future climate havens.
Remember when air conditioning was a luxury for the well off? Few people under 50 do, in the climate-controlled United States. Is our current comfort compromising our future’s heat index?
Every day at The Overhead Wire we collect news about cities and send the links to our email list. At the end of the week we take some of the most popular stories and post them to Greater Greater Washington, a group blog similar to streets.mn that focuses on urban issues in the D.C. region. […]