Tag / Metro
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Bring Back The Trains
I had the New York City subway map memorized by the time I was four years old. I remember how I loved the spaghetti-like interconnections that the brightly colored lines made and how I would pore over my dad’s collections of old maps for hours and hours. I remember riding with my mom to the…
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A Story of Subways and MetroLinks
I followed my mother urgently onto the platform, through the crowds of fast-moving stiletto heels, backpacks, strollers, briefcases and scrubs that were always running late. I concentrated on staying close behind while simultaneously taking attentive mental photographs of my surroundings: right turn off the train, to the stairs labeled with an “uptown” sign, turn right…
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Racial Segregation Indices in Metro Areas, From Past to Present
BY DANIEL RAGGS III
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Springtime Metroline
Briskly walking down the corridor of the second floor of Eads, Emily was bent on getting to Holmes Lounge before the lunch hour rush stormed in. “Hey Emily, wait up!” called a voice from behind her. Emily turned on her heels, her spring-inspired yellow sundress twirling in her wake. “Hey there Macey!” “How did you…
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Prop A and You
Confession: I hate to drive. It’s not that I’m a bad driver. I just find navigating crowded streets stressful and powering down long highways dull. Not to mention my aversion to spewing greenhouse gasses into the air every time I turn on the motor. If I do have to drive, I will let my passengers…
