Not all of these choices are risky ones; many of these writers (myself included) now spend a fair amount of time in the ghostly, mnemonic world of international book fairs, in their guise as crowded transit lounges for the nation; here we wait, eat, talk to each other, ignore acquaintances, as the difference between airport, venue and hotel gradually diminishes.
People manage to get up and take crowded public transit and congested freeways to work every day because they have not revolted against the drudgery and hassles demanded by capitalism, others among us will brave restaurants on Valentine's Day because we see the holiday as more than the sum of its seemingly arbitrary parts.
To measure crowding, transit officials rely on "loading guidelines," which vary by subway line and time of day.
If busy, high-density streets and sidewalks, crowded mass-transit systems and large, high-rise office buildings are the hallmarks of 20th-Century urbanism, they also offer, unfortunately, the best civilian targets for mass destruction.
4.55pm GMT In Boston, commuters are already crowding the main transit hubs in the rush to get home before the storm hits.
Like cities that favor the idea of getting people on bikes to help alleviate traffic congestion, crowding on mass transit and parking shortages, businesses and universities can benefit on many cost fronts.
In some cities where public transit is notoriously crowded, etiquette is a bigger concern.
Even with Lyft, Uber and the shuttles, traffic is expected to be dismal in the already crowded city, whose underfunded public transit can barely handle the evening commute.
He is looking forward to visiting the new stations, along with the crowds of transit enthusiasts who are expected to flock there in January.
Some transit boosters fear that a ballot crowded with other tax initiatives could hurt Metro's chances.
On Tuesday I took a sept-place from Dakar to Saint-Louis; one driver and seven passengers crowded into an ancient Peugeot station wagon for five hours, upper-tier public transit but public transit nonetheless.
