Southern California: a great state

The LA river living up to the name

a little early christmas present for all, which is the team at HSR has officially launched the RFQ for a co-development agreement hsr.ca.gov/2025/12/23/n...

the "public architecture" genre is really making a comeback in the 2020s www.dezeen.com/2025/12/23/h...

downtown obscura for Christmas

smoked sun dried tomato ndjuja hopefully I don’t kill anyone

I'm looking to fill two short-term positions (they are funded to the end of June 2026. Web Governance and Data Administrators. We are a Salesforce-platform team, located in Los Angeles. All the details are on my LinkedIn Page: www.linkedin.com/in/ginnybrid...

really wild how tightly intertwined shenzhen metro and Vanke (chinas formerly biggest property developer) are www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

CPUC looking for good energy data planners in LA, SAC, and SF calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

another exciting launch of contactless payment w/ Cal- ITP, this time in Ventura www.kclu.org/2025-12-10/m...

extremely good and cool job with @airresources.bsky.social running the Transportation division, come work on lowering the #1 source of GHGs in the state calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...

Who amongst us didn’t pull out American fact finder to settle a bar bet

man, mass timber casino just... feels weird www.dezeen.com/2025/12/02/n...

in retrospect, perhaps 8 pounds of Yukon gold potatoes was a bit too much for an 8 person thanksgiving

love that after having to fight LADWP on their inability to charge and request an easement (plus associated 4k+ fee) during my ADU permitting process, I am now filling out an easement application so that I can complete an approved solar install on the other structure on my property

god bless america

RIP John Portman / RIP RenCen www.dezeen.com/2025/11/20/r...

Stahl House officially hits the market www.theagencyre.com/magazine?fbc...

Ridership on Paris region transit systems is now generally at or higher than pre-pandemic levels. Bike use is much higher than pre-pandemic. At the same time, car traffic in Paris and on its ring highway is substantially lower than it was pre-pandemic. www.institutparisregion.fr/mobilite-et-...

sure there might not be anymore howard johnsons left in the united state but guess what the HoJos Hot Springs Hotel Dangcheng is here to serve you

ISO: Sichuan and Yunnan travel recs

if you're not following @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social substack you are missing some of the best english writing about mass transit and transportation planning out here today substack.com/home/post/p-...

risotto al Milanese, osso buco, dill parsley gremolata

some personal news: I made guanciale

it’s a rainy early November socal storm, time for my annual Los Angeles against the mountains reread www.newyorker.com/magazine/198...

first Meyer lemons of the season

you do in fact want to understand how a lightbulb process map works www.construction-physics.com/p/what-is-a-...

Common App: 5% increase in college applications, led by Black/Two or More Races applicants. First generation applications +12% YoY. Low median income ZIP codes +12%, rural +15%. Big drop internationally though: -9% YoY. Asia -9%, Africa -18% with India -14%. www.commonapp.org/files/DAR/de...

RIP suica penguin hello global payments giant www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

tuesdays are for bahn mi

did not Hannibal’s true passion was urban planning

We’re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040. It’s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems ⬇️

incredible work from the city of Portland to center users in their signal timing - with a direct modal hierarchy

I’ve decided we can’t call it an AI bubble until OpenAI sponsors Sundance

Are you not entertained

very cool job in the MTA in their new "global benchmarking" group doing in house transportation data analysis and comparing MTA to global peers careers.mta.org/jobs/1691404...

I no joke thing the Submerged State is one of the most influential books on my personal policy thinking and how to design policies most effectively press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

9 minutes till weird baseball

Turns out with so many Japanese players the dodgers unlocked a curse turns the World Series into the Koshien

If the Santa Anas came one day earlier we woulda won this game

The prophecy must happen

is there any good writing on how mexico is building and financing the huge Claudia Sheinbaum rail expansion? mexicobusiness.news/infrastructu...

grilling season never dies

LA undefeated

issuing a category 5 sicko alert for next Wednesday, 10/29 when the academy museum is screening MICHAEL CLAYTON * ** * In 35mm ** with tony gilroy giving a talk www.academymuseum.org/en/programs/...

there are obviously challenges and we’re starting from literally nothing in basically my lifetime, but wild that this (Metro’s A Line extension to Pomona) is the 6th new train line / extension to open in the last decade

Honestly these are two of the best new buildings in LA over the past 5 years, affordable or not.

how did I not know that they are making a movie about making of the Grand Arch in La Defense featuring a very pissed George Pompidou??

extremely fun job working on data pipelines for transit and transportation at Caltrans calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/...