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American planning in a nutshell: building apartments in a wealthy neighborhood? You need special permission and must rent 20% of them at a loss to poor people. Combining 10 apartments into a mansion for one extremely rich family? By-right process, no subsidized housing requirement, and a tax break.

Behind the preserved historical facades, the ultra-rich are buying up adjacent townhomes in the West Village and Upper East Side, combining them into a megamansion. It's part of a broader trend of small multifamily buildings being turned into single-family homes. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

This is inappropriate and unacceptable. The subway is already too loud, with unnecessary announcements. They make navigation harder for those who rely on them, cause riders to tune out, and make riding a chore. Advertising is never an appropriate use for transit PAs. nypost.com/2026/02/25/u...

I hope you all see what's happening: The cops and a bunch of bad-faith "influencers" are manufacturing a crisis over a snowball because they have nothing to hold over the mayor while crime in NYC continues its years-long decline. Watch carefully who plays along with this charade.

This set of videos is good, because it shows the value of the NYC ballot questions passed in November. Paladino was an arch-NIMBY from eastern Queens, and now she's mad she can't veto new housing. 🧵

A BETTER BILLION, AMA: This is the latest report from the Transit Costs Project. It sought to take all the work we've done on subway construction and push it forward into a vision of what could/should be possible in NYC with a steady source of funding -- transitcosts.com/a-better-bil...

this just in from new york city: we’re hearing that mayor mamdani just signed an executive order making it illegal to NOT stand at your window and fold your arms and say “wow, it’s really coming down out there”

Okay NOW when do they kiss

So glad I live in an apartment building and don't own a car so I never have to shovel a foot of snow

The surest sign yet that big snow is coming…

How a decision by NYC voters sped up a plan to build affordable housing in the Bronx https://gothamist.com/news/how-a-decision-by-nyc-voters-sped-up-a-plan-to-build-affordable-housing-in-the-bronx

First project to use the fast track for affordable housing that Eric Adams’s charter review commission put on the ballot in November, Mamdani endorsed, Open New York and other housing advocates pushed for, and voters approved 💪

This is a *really cool* proposal for Broadway from the Flatiron to Herald Square. Not only would it formalize the two-way bike lane and greatly widen the sidewalks, it would leave room for Paris-style outdoor dining up against the buildings!

Creating a two-tier system is a huge concern, & as Alon points out, it's something we see in NY's suburbs today. Those with money ride quick but expensive commuter rail. Those without ride long bus routes that parallel the rails, wasting hours a day. This is neither equitable nor sensible policy.

Streetsblog spoke to ETA about monthly caps. While better, ETA recommends steeply-discounted prepaid monthlies. Before OMNY, a NY monthly pass cost 46 rides. In contrast, the Continental European range is 15-30, encouraging ridership while discouraging evasion. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/02/18/a...

That's why CT invested $300M in electric trains for SLE: they drive ridership while lowering costs & pollution. To throw that away to "save" $8.8M/yr is nonsensical. If that number is correct, then the rate Amtrak is charging for electricity on its tracks is deeply unreasonable.

Returning diesel trains to Shore Line East would be a disaster: ⬩Electric trains accelerate far faster, enabling quicker service with fewer delays ⬩Amtrak pricing aside, electric trains are far cheaper to operate & maintain ⬩Electric trains pollute less & are more reliable tinyurl.com/c77fkzus

20+ hrs after the Trump admin was supposed to disburse $200M withheld from the Hudson River tunnel project, “there is no sign of a wire transfer of any money,” the NJ and NY AGs say in a new filing, requesting an emergency status conference this afternoon storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“A year after the $1.1 billion overhaul,” which added a new lane each direction, “the 405’s rush hour drive times were a minute slower than they were before the workers broke ground. Five years later, traffic was worse at all times of day.” www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

“The alignment between state, city and advocacy leaders, combined with Mamdani's hiring decisions, underscores how firmly the pro-development movement has moved from the margins to the center of New York policymaking.” 💪🏻🏗️📈 www.crainsnewyork.com/politics-pol...

Want to run social media for an aggressively reform-minded NYCDOT? Now's your chance. cityjobs.nyc.gov/job/creative...

Sound Transit is projecting it can save something on the order of $600 million by redesigning some of its subway stations planned for the Ballard Link extension!

Although a recent court decision ordered Gateway funding restored, it's been stayed pending appeal. The result: even though the TBMs are in the ground, construction of this vital tunnel is paused, adding millions (at least) to its cost & further delaying opening. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/n...

If anyone's wondering why the MTA is plunging head-long into the new faregates project, this is the math. A $100m annual return on a $1b investment with a 30-year payback is no-brainer math.

As NYCT gets ready to replace its turnstiles, it's useful to keep in mind that they'll pay for themselves. BART turned a one-time, $90M capital expenditure into $10M of additional annual operating revenue

If the $10 million annual savings is close to being true, that’s a good return on a $90 million investment…way more than their bonds’ rate of interest Source for the $90 million cost: missionlocal.org/2025/06/sf-b...

Very excited to say that the stars have aligned and NYU Marron/Transit Costs Project have landed a grant that will fund a second edition of Momentum, which will apply the high-throughput framework to major regional rail networks beyond the NY area. Our three big new cases: - NJT - SEPTA - METRA

I’m not actually watching but I cannot stop my self from saying this: They should show the Dumbarton Bridge

Electrification ftw!

"helped her clear an encampment" Why is LA politics so cursed?

NJT would finally have enough money to electrify and run service every 10–20 minutes

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

No one does it like her (derogatory)

This is fucking bullshit and I refuse to mince words about it

That said, all-door boarding needs to be implemented correctly: ▪️ Fare teams must have the right equipment. They should never need bank statements. ▪️Reinstate prepaid transit passes to speed fare checks. ▪️Checks should happen with the bus in motion, not slowing riders.

All-door boarding is right for NY buses: by reducing boarding time, it not only improves rider experience, but speeds service. To date however, the MTA has dragged its feet, even though the fleet already has rear-door OMNY readers. Hopefully this isn't more stalling. www.amny.com/news/fare-ev...

TAKE YOUR BACKPACK OFF ON THE SUBWAY

I was anti-Adams for LG but now I’m pro.

Lmfao Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn does it again!

I'm very partial to McNally Jackson. They have a discount program (pay $20, get 10% off for a year) that pays for itself if you buy just 5-6 books a year, and their stores are very well designed and curated.

so Heated Rivalry-pilled, I had to find the local angle about it 🏒🌈 New York’s queer hockey club is seeing a LOT more interest these days! (and so are leagues like it around the country.) new story from me:

ETA will soon publish a report recommending ways to significantly cut the project's costs, and we previewed some of those findings to Streetsblog. This is a promising route, but NY simply cannot build the transit it needs without getting its costs under control.

Extending the Second Avenue subway across 125th St is a great concept, but the current project is deeply flawed: * At $7.7B for 1.3mi, it will cost an order of magnitude more than similar lines in other global cities. * Deep stations will waste a lot of time—over 10 min across 125th.

I'm asking for a moratorium on California local government until we can figure out what the hell is going on over there

A decades-long decrease in crime combined with the fact that it's brick out

We talk about sneckdowns in snowstorms here in the city, but it’s also a great way to figure out who’s just storing their car on the street and isn’t using it.

A strange but true finding about NYC congestion pricing: Drivers’ time savings have overwhelmingly gone to those traveling *outside* the toll zone (i.e., driving from Brooklyn to Queens or within NJ) – not those headed into Manhattan. Me, in Bloomberg 🧵