We took the NightJet from Basel to Amsterdam at the end of our EuroVelo cycle tour this October. Sadly, SBB doesn’t allow you to take a bicycle, so we had to book 2nd class regular seats (on the same train) via ÖBB. Less than comfortable, but still very easy. Get with the program, SBB!

And here's my full Winter Bros. tribute:

www.highspeed.blog/cmon-and-tak...

...in the latest HIGH SPEED dispatch:

www.highspeed.blog/fast-and-free/

...including #Montpellier and #Dunkerque in France; #Tallinn in Estonia and Kansas City.

With mixed results.

Does "fast and free" work? I take a look...

And here's my full Winter Bros. tribute:

www.highspeed.blog/cmon-and-tak...

...in the latest HIGH SPEED dispatch:

www.highspeed.blog/fast-and-free/

...including #Montpellier and #Dunkerque in France; #Tallinn in Estonia and Kansas City.

With mixed results.

Does "fast and free" work? I take a look...

And like Mamdani he was both controversial and popular. John F. Hylan was elected in 1917 and reelected in 1921, running largely on the 5-cent fare.

Mayor Hylan was also a former transit employee, having served as an engineer on Brooklyn’s elevated railroad. Much like Mamdani’s critics, Hylan’s enemies said he a socialist. They called him “Red Mike,” claiming that had been his sobriquet when he was an engineer on the L.

The winner is John F. Hylan, mayor from 1918 to 1925. A century ago the analogue to fare-free transit was the 5-cent fare, and that cause was Mayor Hylan’s obsession. He campaigned almost exclusively on the 5-cent fare – to the point of being ridiculed for it.

"Free" is definitely achievable; whether transit will be "fast" is another matter.

I propose a more realistic slogan in the latest HIGH SPEED dispatch :

www.highspeed.blog/fast-and-free/