Week in Insights: Returning to Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

As I put together this week’s edition of the newsletter, I catch myself periodically looking out of the window. I’m on an Amtrak train—we just passed over Gunpowder River—heading back to Philadelphia after a busy week in our Virginia offices.

I love traveling by train for this exact reason. I’ve been able to get work done—and some vicarious sightseeing—while on the way home. And I’ve missed it during the pandemic. There’s something about being on the train today that feels so … normal. And that’s a wonderful feeling.

An Acela train is seen at an event marking Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary at the William H. Gray III 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Penn. on April 30, 2021.

Photograph: OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images

I know that we’ve all been missing a little normalcy. While I’m ...