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Kathryn Xu

Theoretical visualization of LeBron James sitting on a standard Amtrak car.

This Is So Stupid

LeBron James Should Just Take The Train To His New Job

People celebrate the opening of the Metro D Line Extension's Wilshire/Fairfax station in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2026.

Transit

All The Trains I Rode In Los Angeles

A LA Metro shuttle bus transports fans after the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match between USA and Paraguay.

Soccer

A Shockingly Positive Review Of World Cup Public Transit In Los Angeles

The NJ Transit logo is seen on a train at New York City Penn Station.

World Cup Transit Is Broken Before It Has Begun

US Open, Ride Share pick up and drop off location with NY Pavilion and Queens theater in background, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York.

An Elegant Solution For Anyone Stuck Waiting On An Uber At The U.S. Open

Commuters wait on the platform as a Northbound Broad Street Line train arrives at SEPTA City Hall subway station.

It’s Mega-Fucked That SEPTA Has To Be Bailed Out By A Betting App

Commuters ride a SEPTA bus on October 10, 2017, in the Philadelphia, PA Suburbs.

Doomsday For SEPTA Is Bad News For Everyone

This photograph shows a TGV inoui high speed train of the French national SNCF rail company SNCF running in Nantes, western France, on April 4, 2025.

All The Trains I Rode In France

Interior Of Empty Subway Train, Photo Taken In Shanghai, China

All The Trains I Rode In China

A Tribute To PATCO, The Little Rail Line That Could

<p>Aaron Gordon is a reporter covering transportation, infrastructure, and the environment. Most recently, he was a senior staff writer at Motherboard, VICE News’s tech and science website.</p>


Aaron Gordon

A general overall aerial view of Arrowhead Stadium on December 25, 2023 in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Good, The Bad, And The Unreachable: A World Cup Transit Report Ranking

Barry Petchesky

David Roth

Metlife Stadium across the Hackensack River in Secaucus, New Jersey, on June 15, 2023. Activist Bill Sheehan has turned mountains to clean up the river, polluted by industry, ten kilometers (6.2 miles) from Manhattan, even if much remains to be done. "It didn't take me long to realize that the river needed a full-time advocate," he says of the hemmed in by an ultra-dense urban grid. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)

Let Us Discuss What The World Cup Final Means For “New York New Jersey”

Defector Staff

LMS streamlined Princess Coronation Class 4-6-2 No 6220 Coronation at Euston with the Coronation Scot. 1937, United Kingdom. (Photo by Rail Photo/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)