It’s scary when I agree with Matt Yglesias over the NYC Transit Worker’s Union. Am I missing something, or is even a broken clock right twice a day?

It’s the first day of winter … and also @alissakmclean.bsky.social’s birthday. … So let’s all wish @alissakmclean.bsky.social a happy birthday. Happy Birthday, Alissa!

NEW: Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to veto a controversial bill that would have required two operators aboard every subway train with more than two cars, sources told Streetsblog. buff.ly/yQ10MvK

Kudos to the best transit governor in the country! If we want transit to work, transit can’t just be a jobs program — it has to be an access program.

My condo is on fire!

The House should vote on extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Today.

218 members signed the discharge petition to force a vote to extend ACA tax credits. If Speaker Johnson refuses to bring forth the vote, he’s telling the American people loud and clear that rising health care costs are acceptable to him.

Last run at age 45 done. Just 4 miles.

Kudos to the MTA!

Three permutations of my NYC Subway crayon. The first are two permutations are more Alon Levy level ambition and the third one is more in line with the Regional Planning Association: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

Trams in this country — particularly here in Boston where the roads are super narrow like London’s — don’t do particularly well here.

@aaronznj.bsky.social, this feels so you about your feelings about ETA.

“just one more whitepaper bro. one more 40 page report is gonna convince them to build bike lanes. just one more fact sheet bro. one more sankey chart will—” you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.

If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following public transit consultant Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, Humanities), aka @humantransit.bsky.social, then you‘re not doing TransitSky right.

Boston’s narrow, labyrinthine street network makes it impossible to be anything other than a rail city. The biggest strength of the MBTA network is how well the buses connect to the metro and commuter rail lines.

I’m going to get myself into a lot of trouble for this with liberal foodies one because I do despise Karoline Leavitt, but it looks like a kosher-keeping Thanksgiving minus the mac & cheese, which of course in a kosher-keeping house is forbidden with turkey.

Last run at childhood home completed.

During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!

I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.

This is definitely going to be one of the toughest Thanksgivings for me — having to say goodbye to my childhood home this year.

I’m a runner, so I’m totally with Will that hot weather is overrated. In fact, it’s counterproductive for running. Boston still has the best running weather of any major US city. I hear it also has a pretty good citywide social gathering on the third Monday in April, too.

If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, humanities), then you’re not doing TransitSky right.

The planner Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social) talks about planning transportation networks with the goal of freedom (which apparently planners call "access"). He writes about public transit, but I think the approach works for any transportation network. humantransit.org/basics-acces...

That’s easy. Just go upscale with cacio e pepe (pecorino romano cheese, black pepper, and high quality thick spaghetti or bucatini) — what the late chef Anthony Bourdain called the greatest dish. Then you don’t have to use the oven; you just have to prepared to screw it up.

Tell me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party without telling me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party.

Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files. So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:

Thank you to my friend Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, a trailblazer and tireless advocate for New York, for her decades of dedicated service to our country. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...

The Iowa City transit system doesn't even run on Sundays. Free fares mean lousy service, and actual transit customers know the difference.

Tonight! Volunteer meeting about how we save our transit in the Bay Area. Tune in to get up to speed and plugged into the effort to help keep our communities moving actionnetwork.org/events/weekl...

Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas. www.propublica.org/article/texa...

"Punish people for being unhealthy. Born with genetic defects? Fuck you." Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...

Without a Bay Area transit measure, Caltrain would have to - run 1 train/hour - stop service at 9pm - stop weekend service - close 1/3rd of stations These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.

Good article on how Philip Eng got the MBTA subways running well again. (I was interviewed for it.)

Major announcement in just-posted board documents: DC's Metro is moving fast toward automation. Over 15 years, Metro plans full automation & platform screen doors, which the agency says will improve safety, reliability, & travel times—at reduced costs. www.wmata.com/about/board/...

Join me today at noon at Boston Public Library to talk about the role of AVs in cities, with all-star cast. Livestream on WGBH www.wgbh.org/forum-networ...

I can honestly see this past weekend why I don’t eat out. I’m still feeling the pain in my arteries from greasy Chinese food last night. Pasta is much easier for exercise.

Hard to believe I’m going to have to say goodbye to my childhood home in two weeks.

The Republican spending bill failed to address the cost of living crisis. Or extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. That’s why House Democrats strongly opposed it.

Kristi Noem is a corrupt disgrace. Resign.

Trump admin Is attempting to massive cut federal transit funds, seeking to: 1–Eliminate transit account, which funds billions of $ in capital expenses for transit agencies 2–Prevent state DOTs from “flexing” funds for transit These changes, if they occurred, would be devastating for US transit.

Trump's retreat from tariffs on coffee, bananas, and other groceries is an admission that his trade wars are driving prices up for the American people. That is still just as true for the thousands of other goods he's keeping tariffs on! beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

It's hard to overstate the scope of Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s victory. I congratulate and thank the candidates, their staffs and volunteers, and all whose tireless efforts made this happen. My statement on Virginia's historic election results: beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

GOV. WES MOORE: “.. Donald Trump is not going to choose what our democracy looks like. .. The people of Maryland will choose what our democracy looks like.” @thehill.com #MDgov #redistrict thehill.com/homenews/sta...

Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Law enacted the LARGEST CUT to SNAP and health care in history. Making Americans hungrier and sicker—that’s the Republican agenda.

BART ridership continued to recover in October with the highest weekday average since the pandemic began. Ridership was 10.7% higher than October '24, with an average of nearly 200,000 weekday riders. The new Tap and Ride payment system & special fare programs continue to grow. Read more below 👇

Share a GIF or video that reminds you of your teenage years.

It’s been said for the longest time that politics is a matter of addition — not subtraction— and Republicans look for converts; Democrats look for heretics. That certainly has been the case this past week.

Yes. Electing weak Republicans who see their oath to Trump as precluding their oath to the Constitution has consequences.

The only thing that Congressional Republicans are more loyal to than Donald Trump is to cutting the health care of the American people. It’s wrong, and House Democrats are going to keep fighting back.