Welcome to Matt’s Articles! Here you’ll find some short articles about random things I find interesting, including transportation, sports, and local history.
Featured Article: Moses, Jacobs, and the Battle over the LOMEX
July 31, 2025
OnTrack: Syracuse’s Lost Suburban Rail System
June 23, 2025
Welcome aboard OnTrack, the lost train of Syracuse.
Soaring into the Future: Bolivia’s Sky-High Transit Solution
May 30, 2025
High above the winding hills and bustling streets of La Paz, Bolivia, commuters glide silently through the sky—not in airplanes, but in aerial cable cars. At first glance, aerial cable cars may seem like unlikely candidates for public transportation in large cities; they are more often found above snow-covered ski slopes than in an urban landscape. However, not for the millions of residents in La Paz and its neighboring city, El Alto…
A Brief History of a Car-Centric America
December 11, 2024
It didn’t have to be this way. And it wasn’t always this way.
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