Alternative Transport is a blog dedicated to "old, current and new travel, transportation and language." Authored by "cartography, language and travel enthusiast, with an engineering background," Stephan F. Steinbach, this eclectic blog will appeal to those who enjoy exploring maps, ruminating on urban planning, or analyzing linguistic trends, among others. Public transit enthusiasts will be especially interested in Steinbach's recent series in the city of Vienna (where Steinbach lives), while considering the history and geography of the city's bus system and the ways Viennese residents choose to commute in the city. Another recent post compares and critiques various cartograms designed in the past several decades that depict global population by country. Finally, Steinbach is especially interested in mapping lexical distance, or the relationship of various languages with one another. Worth noting: Steinbach (who is not a trained linguist) created his own map of lexical distance, which recently caught the eye of the website Open Culture.