Stilgoe predicts the return of railroad

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John R. Stilgoe: Train travel will supplant highway and air travel in the next few decades. Furthermore electric railroads will increasingly be used to distribute freight items as well as mail and express packages. Staff photo Will NunnallyHarvard Ne ...
John R. Stilgoe: ‘Train travel will supplant highway and air travel in the next few decades. Furthermore, electric railroads will increasingly be used to distribute freight items as well as mail and express packages.’ Staff photo Will Nunnally/Harvard News Office

The golden age of the railroad ended in the mid-20th century, when Americans switched from Pullman cars to Chevys and eventually 747 jetliners. Yet, to John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Harvard Graduate School of Design, trains are anything but passé. Based on analyses of real estate investment patterns along railroad corridors, Stilgoe predicts that trains will once again play a key role in shaping American life.


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