This is getting sort of overshadowed by the election but it’s a pretty big deal. CDPQ? They built the REM in Montreal www.fresnobee.com/news/local/h...

A mandate from voters for SMART to shave two minutes off their 32 minute schedule by building two new sidings.

This is just objectively a fascinating map (h/t Mission Local)

Welcome to the club Seattle

Lost me when they referred to “the I-24”

I sincerely hope there will be charges filed by the next administration. Sadly, I doubt it

I mean, I definitely agreed with this when I was 13 www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/e...

Trophy count for ‘26: City 2, Arsenal 1. Yes, I am a troll

“It’s illegible to us” is a good description of how I feel about MAGA. They’re bad, obviously, but also none of it even makes sense to me. Like, how can you be this insecure and weird?

El Cerrito mini railroad must learn from the mistakes of the Fairyland jolly trolly - Electrified acceleration and deceleration - Level boarding - Clock face schedule - Grade separated crossings

As an OUSD parent… state control can’t come soon enough www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

Pep Guardiola’s last words as Manchester City manager: “It has been fucking fun.” Legend

Oh my goodness, I agreed w Don Rumsfeld about something. “Homeland” was always fascistic; “Domestic” would’ve been more in the American tradition (not that that agency should exist)

Fascinating

Trump is already trying to dismantle NCAR; now this?

Not the Onion www.latimes.com/sports/story...

My project, which I am shamelessly going to promote here www.sfexaminer.com/news/transit...

Great to ban tracking like Flock but this would also ban red light and speed enforcement cameras which are a vital part of street safety! I hope that's addressed before we throw the baby out with the bathwater here.

LOL … way to sign a California candidate’s death warrant for the second time. Remember when people described him as a political savant?

Don’t cry bc it’s over … well, as of this weekend. Go home to Cristina, Pep, and let yourself enjoy a caipirinha to go with the Catalan sunset. You are the reason I became not just a Man City fan, but a football fan … thank you forever sports.yahoo.com/articles/tha...

Sorry someone dared to run against your nepo baby @pelosi.house.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/u...

Hard to imagine anything more corrupt. Drain the swamp, right? Don’t forget, this is YOUR money

Having lived in SoCal, I’ve been conditioned to get really nervous whenever it gets this windy and dry. Meek wives, husbands’ necks and carving knives

I don’t have a problem with collective bargaining resulting in workers securing the bag but you do need to keep in mind that for public-sector unions the counterparty is you.

You think there might be a way to make housing affordable other than giving children respiratory disease? Huh, Marin?

Totally rebellious wealthy white man gets what he wants www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If Jared Polis ever runs for another office, and you’re unlucky enough to find him on your ballot … don’t forget he was anti-vax, pro-RFK, and now, this. Fuck you @colorado.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

Just not someone I’m going to vote for in 2026

Bus Stop bar taking bus stop out of service

Always knew there was something off www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The Avalanche coming back from 3-1 down with like 3 minutes to go to eliminate the Wild is … wild (I’m so sorry)

This is going to end up a case study in penny wise, pound foolish

Listening to the Ezra Klein governor’s race debate on housing, and I’m sorry, Antonio Villaraigosa is giving off Joe Biden vibes. I don’t think I’d heard him since he was mayor of LA, when he was pretty dynamic

Did you hear one also hit a cat

Atherton NIMBYs must be so happy they shut down their own train station and avoided SB79 upzoning

Giants now 3-1 vs the Dodgers this season. Also, Ohtani 0-5 #enjoyitwhilewecan

Boy I sure am glad we protected this stretch of Telegraph from buses and bikes

“Move fast and break things”

Iron Horse is a great ride, but that “light rail” proposal in the 2000’s (actually DMUs, like on eBART—it was called tBART) would’ve connected Walnut Creek to not just Dublin, but Livermore—and left room for the bike path. We could’ve had both. www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Just want to take a moment to say how thankful I am that Allison Arieff is writing for the Chron now. Every serious city needs a thoughtful urban design critic. And I’m sorry, no, John King wasn’t really it

Are we posting our updated LA Metro maps today? Here’s mine calurbanist.com/los-angeles-...

Saw a thread here the other day where folks were arguing that one-way streets are good, actually. I mean, sometimes? But most one-ways in the US look like 13th St on Cap Hill in Denver, which literally has jersey barriers on the sidewalk www.reddit.com/r/Denver/s/6...

If you have any sense of LA geography, fast trips from the Westside to K-Town and DTLA? Like a wormhole (and yes, I know, La Cienega is not quite the Westside … but soon enough) www.latimes.com/california/s...

Love Jacobin, altho maybe not for the reasons they would want

Do you want to be CA governor? Then you need to be willing to do what it takes to get high-speed rail done. My vote is for Steyer, the only candidate with a chance who answers with an unequivocal “yes” www.reddit.com/r/cahsr/s/Nh...

Mamdani has a point about means-testing though. Putting aside the paperwork barrier, imagine the fuckery Republicans could engage in if Social Security were means-tested.

Relevancy much?

Yes but have you tried upzoning underwater

Oakland governance in a nutshell www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...

TIL M.I.A. turned MAGA … years ago, but who can keep up