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Jake Berman

New York
As seen in: The Guardian, Literary Hub, Dialnet - Universidad de La Rioja, Streetsblog Network, Streetsblog New York, Cincinnati Citybeat, PublicSource, Vital City
artist, historian, cartographer, wrote a book called *the lost subways of north america*, occasionally tweets about things

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Mapped: historical public transit systems v their modern equivalents

Mapped: historical public transit systems v their modern equivalents

Los Angeles was once served by the Pacific Electric Railway, which boasted in its marketing that it was large…

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Mapping Pittsburgh-area transit from streetcars and grandiose plans to the buses and trains we se...

Mapping Pittsburgh-area transit from streetcars and grandiose plans to the buses and trains we se...

Like most older American cities, Pittsburgh was built by the electric streetcar. In the first half of the 20t…

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Safer Roads Are Just A Vacation Away

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By Jake Berman
| Streetsblog Network Verified
We all want better active transportation in this country. But the only way we’ll get it is if more Americans — and more important, their politicians — go on vacation outside of this country. The fact is, in most of America it requires a car to take a hike or a bike ride. Even our national parks — which were set aside to protect public spaces from the pollution, noise and chaos of modern life  — require a vehicle to get to.
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Safer Roads Are Just A Vacation Away

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By Jake Berman
| ecotopical.com
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Learn from Japan to Get New York City Commuter Rail on Track

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By Jake Berman
| Vital City Verified
What the MTA and NJ Transit can learn about rail from Japanese train systems The Japanese railway system is the most extensive and efficient system of public transportation in the world. Over a quarter of all Japanese passenger-miles are traveled by train, compared to 8.1% in the UK and 0.3% in the United States.
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