by David | Mar 21, 2010 | economics, transportation
I noticed an ad for a major airline selling the fact that they don’t charge for (the first couple of pieces of) checked luggage. And as my premier status on various airlines ebbs, I find myself charged even for the first checked bag more and more often. Despite...
by David | Feb 17, 2010 | transportation, urbanism, working
Not sure of the status of the cars in there, but they’re not letting anybody else in.
by David | Nov 9, 2009 | transportation, urbanism
I tried to exit North Station this morning and found two of the doors padlocked from the outside. Not that it would have mattered if they were padlocked from the inside. Vandalism or overzealous security, it’s hard to say. 7:30 is not exactly the wee hours of...
by David | Oct 4, 2009 | photo, transportation, urbanism
I set out last week from North Station, taking the commuter rail with legions of downtown office-workers headed home to the suburbs like Don Draper. But wasn’t headed for scotch and family, I was taking my first car-free trip to the DeCordova museum for the...
by David | Sep 19, 2009 | transportation, travel, urbanism
Acela express Two train on the one train’s tracks Rise to Verdi Square
by David | Sep 16, 2009 | culture, design, transportation, urbanism
Alert micturator N brought this to my attention from the xkcd blag (no, it’s not a blog, and this is not a blig), although I suppose it’s something that men just know: If everybody uses the urinal farthest away from anybody else using one, some number of...
