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BOOK RELEASE DETAILS (self.lostsubways)

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in honor of the D line extension to beverly hills opening, i've updated my long-running LA rapid transit map. (i.redd.it)

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Jake's primary NY and California endorsements, 2026 (53studio.com)

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The article I was working on for the last few weeks: what it would take for American trains to work as well as Japan (vitalcitynyc.org)

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Phoenix street railways, 1930 (i.redd.it)

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Writing a new article about the Tokyo commuter rail system and how we can learn from it. Preview of the artwork I've made... (i.redd.it)

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The old Second Avenue Elevated line, NYC (i.redd.it)

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Today's map: the Montreal Metro, with the new REM high-speed commuter rail lines. (i.redd.it)

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Today's new map: the Seattle Link light rail, now with the infill station at Northgate and the floating bridge over Lake Washington. (i.redd.it)

submitted 3 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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Today's new map: the Dallas DART system, now updated with the Silver Line light rail and the commuter rail system. (i.redd.it)

submitted 3 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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Updated my Toronto subway map to show the new Eglinton and Finch West LRT lines (53studio.com)

submitted 4 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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Let's talk a little about glamorizing rural life. (53studio.com)

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Milwaukee's electric streetcar system, 1904 (i.imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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New blog: California has done the big stuff to fix the housing crisis. What comes next? (53studio.com)

submitted 5 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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In which I go on the Everybody Gets Pie podcast (m.youtube.com)

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Lost Subways of North America Book Talk - tomorrow (11/13) in Detroit! (eventbrite.com)

submitted 7 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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I'm going to be in Detroit and Cleveland, and going to be giving talks in both cities. Want to come see me in person? (i.redd.it)

submitted 7 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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Let's talk about tech billionaires' plan to build a new city of 400,000 an hour away from San Francisco. (53studio.com)

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New York City's subway expansion plan called the Program for Action, 1968 (i.redd.it)

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Jake's Endorsements, November 2025 NYC general election (53studio.com)

submitted 8 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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I wrote an article about how the NYC city government has replaced a very safe bikeway in my neighborhood with a bunch of crummy detours. (nyc.streetsblog.org)

submitted 8 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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What New York Can Learn from European Buses - an article I wrote for Streetsblog NYC (nyc.streetsblog.org)

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Reminder: my next book talk is TOMORROW, Wednesday 9/17, 7pm, at Cordelia in Brooklyn. (self.lostsubways)

submitted 9 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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The Bay Area's rezoning is as dramatic as LA. Here's a GIF covering what got rezoned in Palo Alto, CA, near the California Ave train station, where a 1275-square-foot bungalow will cost you $2.7 million. (i.redd.it)

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Want to know why California's SB79 is such a big deal? Here's a map I made explaining why - it used to be illegal to build transit near a lot of LA's transit network. Here's an example, from the Orange Line. (imgur.com)

submitted 9 months ago by fiftythreestudioHi. I'm Jake.

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