Can North America Do Train Stations Right?
One great advantage of train travel is — or should be — that, unlike an airport, a train station can (and should) be located in the densest part of your city. But...North American cities are all over the map (literally) when it comes to station locations. Let's check it out. ---------- CityNerd is on Nebula, the creator-owned streaming service, ad-free! Using my custom link gets you 40% off an annual subscription, and really helps the channel. https://go.nebula.tv/citynerd Also STILL available: the Lifetime offer! $300 for Nebula as long as both you and Nebula exist, and a full 1/3 of the price goes directly to support this channel. https://go.nebula.tv/lifetime?ref=cit... And! Gift cards -- get the same deals using my code, but gift a membership to someone who needs weekly (ad-free and promo-free) Nerd propaganda! http://gift.nebula.tv/citynerd ---------- Patreon — a way to directly support my ability to talk about what i want to talk about every week. Much appreciation to all of you who are already patrons! / citynerd ---------- Previous CityNerd videos referenced: High Speed Rail Playlist: • High Speed Rail ---------- Resources: Tom Forth's very cool "Population Around a Point" site was indispensable in making this video. Go check it out! https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopu... https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/pr... https://www.fastcompany.com/91153405/... https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/char... https://www.lmtonline.com/news/articl... https://nationalpost.com/news/via-rai... https://canadarail.ca/travel-info/tra... https://www.trenmaya.gob.mx/ ---------- Images All courtesy yours truly (and Google Earth of course)! ---------- Instagram: @nerd4cities BlueSky: @nerd4cities Threads: @nerd4cities Twitter: @nerd4cities ---------- Music: CityNerd background: Caipirinha in Hawaii by Carmen María and Edu Espinal (YouTube music library) ---------- Business Inquiries: [email protected]

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