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Penn really having a banner year all around

Gondor (Philadelphia) calls for aid and Rohan (Chicago) will answer

Who's running against Connolly for SD-2 in 2026? (And who's running for his current seat?) I'm done being represented by a NIMBY who thinks that more lanes = less pollution and who ignores the anxiety non-drivers feel because of all the additional pollution he enables www.marinij.com/2025/10/27/c...

All hail the cross-platform transfer

If we're really open to spending $11B to elevate transportation infrastructure susceptible to sea level rise, can I interest Caltrans in 8 more miles of SMART?

If you're wondering how TRB's strategy of "burn it all to the ground and start over" strategy is going, submissions were down almost 20% this year

Hive mind help: trying to find an example of light rail <diamond> crossing mainline tracks? (N America preferred, I know of several elsewhere)

RETVRN

Long snappers can only spat their cleats if they can make plays like this. (You'll be shocked to learn I never spatted my cleats.)

If you need small Cubs infielders, AL West third basemen, or journeyman middle relievers, I remember some guys

The best opportunity to fix this right now is for people to comment on the MASCOTS plan about how the 32 minute SMART frequency is squandering all the value the other agencies are creating by aligning routes and schedules.

Damnit I'm supposed to lead a collaborative workshop in an hour and now I just want to crack skulls

Miller Ave could be the new Rosslyn-Ballston corridor but Marin is full of cowards* *Nimbys

Instead of the RFK deal (and whatever this is) just use the Commanders' branding

A better, quieter world is possible www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Y'all wore me down. Farthest I've been: N: Stykkishólmur, IS S: Queenstown, NZ E: Waiheke Island, NZ W: Pearl Harbor, HI

If it doesn’t rain for 17 minutes after the 9th inning on November 1, 2016 and the Tribe rides their momentum to beat the Cubs and send Ohioans (and Pirates fans overdosing on schadenfreude) into a celebratory bender, who knows how those two states go a week later

Been here 4 months, high time to make a map. The Golden Gate Bridge is great... @goldengate.org Transit, less so. Still, fun to play around with an isometric design and be artsy with the bridge and the Ferry Building.

AI slop IRL! Rather than pay for a picture of Lombard St, the Marriott Marquis in SF printed a wall-sized sloppified poster

We an outgoing chair of a committee that no longer exists 😔, gonna second everything here

I don't care how cool it looks, please do not ride the lightning

Every time the Larkspur ferry does its little 3 point turn to head to SF all I can think of is Jonesy yelling "we're cavitating, he can hear us!" clip.cafe/the-hunt-red...

Sometimes commuting is good

This is all a great thread, but whew the fourth picture here (Melbourne City Loop track diagram) makes me so itchy. Don't build overlapping balloon loops with entries/exits in opposite corners!

I'm going to have to blog about why choosing a 90" headway is a surefire way to preclude ever running hourly service, aren't I? (This is an FRPR sub-skeet)

Suddenly a lot of my work is in the PNW. Spent time last month in Seattle, just need to time my trips to see an Ms game. I have *thoughts* about the track layout at King St, but I'm a sucker for a good brick clock tower, so here's another one for the collection transited.redbubble.com

Marin transportation brain: let's build a bike lane on a 1500' stretch of a busy street between a middle school and a high school, and then make sure no kids can use it, only weekend lycra enthusiasts

Instead of a new walkable community (with a park!) near frequent transit, the developer gets free reign to add to Denver's sprawl. Great job, everyone

The lack of run-through capacity at @Denver Union Station is discussed often (particularly for future Front Range service). There's no official plan, but @greatdentransit.bsky.social has an interesting concept to convert the current C light-rail line to standard railroad. t.co/8CppBPZfGc

Here's a cool program in Denver: Offering subsidies to buy ebikes It's *way* cheaper than subsidizing electric cars ... ... and people rode 'em 26 miles/wk on average, year-round. Cleaner air, healthier folks; about 6 million fewer car-miles each year My piece www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Word is MTA is open to other-than-LRVs for IBX now that the cemetery tunnel removes the need for street-running #trbam

The Broncos *hate* this one weird trick for traveling 600 miles through inclement weather

The A line runs every 15 minutes, so the average wait is 7.5. Fully double-tracking and doubling frequency probably saves you the same 6 min: 3-4 min shorter waits, plus 2-3 min faster travel times because there's no need to slow for any switches

Will always reskeet the most illustrious work of George Ellsworth Hooker

For the second time in 25 yrs* Denver and the state are making premature infrastructure decisions that will preclude good transit, when the planning for said transit is still in progress

Never too early for a timeline cleanse. I'm taking it as a sign that Myki's left ear leans forward while his right ear legs behind.

Checking into the hotel for a site visit Receptionist: I can upgrade your room, but it faces the street with light rail on it Me: ma'am you have no idea how much that isn't a problem

starbucks barista: order for cathy lou cthulhu: (visibly incensed) i guess that's me

You do not, under any circumstances, gotta hand it to the Yankees. BUT Having Cleveland back in the world series would've felt too much like 2016, and no one needs that vibe right now.

By permanently mothballing the C & F lines, RTD reduced its fleet need by about 25%. The (30ish year-)old SD-100s are about 25% of the total fleet. Why keep paying to maintain an oversized, outdated fleet? Strip 'em for parts, focus/streamline maintenance activities on the 20 yr old SD-160s

The most successful line in Denver (A) runs all day with relatively high frequencies. Let's learn zero lessons from that and just make sure the governor can commute to Capitol Hill

Bear: hi, I'm looking to buy a tree I can scratch my back against? Bear Activity Store worker: we got you, friend Bear: cool. I'd also like to find some picnic baskets too practice stealing, do you know where I could get some? Worker: you're not gonna believe this

The War on Cars.

Meanwhile, a Duncan Idaho Stop is when you never yield but instead defeat all other road users for the glory of House Atreides

Me: can we see the Aurora tonight in Denver? Mom: we have aurora at home! Aurora at home:

I took almost the same photo in 2017. These things can happen incrementally -- just removing cars, adding a couple potted trees and some bike racks already made a big improvement back then