By learning from other countries and adopting international best practices, California High Speed Rail was able to cut its costs by $14 billion and cut 70% of tunnels. This is a big lesson for transit projects both in NY & around the US: start by learning from other countries. tinyurl.com/mvsmfxa2

The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon

I am not a crazy ideologue. I just think that the richest society in human history has a moral responsibility to welcome the stranger, feed the hungry, treat the sick, and house the homeless. If doing that requires forcing comfortably-housed people to accept neighborhood change, I'm ok with that.

wow much to consider much to discuss!!! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMncdtkP/

Low-income seniors to get long-promised housing on city-owned land if Mamdani makes good on campaign promise.

NIMBYs gonna NIMBY. Maybe if you don't want to live near the train, don't buy a house in New York City?

AOC 2028, Lander 2030

Our new piece on the importance of transit connectivity in Boston #mapoli - it's long past time to connect the Red and Blue Lines. commonwealthbeacon.org/opinion/the-...

It's giving "you never asked me if I'm THAT Bill de Blasio"

I got bad news: Sound Transit is subject to tariffs

Thanks to the Illinois’ massive investment in transit, Chicago has a bright transit future, with the dawn coming next year: —50% increase in every-10-min bus routes to 30 citywide —8-minute midday headways on rail lines —24-hour Orange Line service (Red & Blue already have it)

Riders want one thing and it's [25kv 60hz electric humming sounds]

Forget hydrogen or batteries. Just electrify trains like the rest of the world, with simple overhead line that allows efficient engines to pull power direct from source. Congrats to @caltrain.com, where newly electrified trains are delivering vastly improved service - and rave reviews!

Listen to Mamdani last night. "We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve and no concern too small for it to care about." Fuck yes. That is the democratic socialism I believe in.

Utah's UTA is state-managed, funded by 5-year investment frameworks, and uses service-led planning. It's no wonder FrontRunner has plans for electrification while Metrolink and LOSSAN are still avoiding the issue, despite serving more people. rideuta.legistar.com/LegislationD...

*slaps roof* we're gonna build so much housing in vickie paladino's district

Digital Map hive rise up.

I bet rezonings along the IBX will be among the first times that the Affordable Housing Appeals Board comes into play (implicitly if not explicitly.) Queens and Brooklyn have pro-housing Borough Presidents for the next 4 years but their successors may not be - we must strike while the iron is hot.

Proud of my neighbors

tired: leaders throw folks under the bus wired: leaders invite folks on the bus in a dedicated lane

[Exit Clown.]

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

I'd vote against Cuomo a third time if I could

Mamdani and ballot props 2–5 all winning is such a great result for urbanism. Get in losers, we're building housing and modernizing city records!

What a joy to get a true transit mayor. A fitting send-off video for the campaign

sorry but mamdani and cuomo should have worn blue and yellow hats, respectively

I cannot

Andrew Cuomo has been endorsed by the Chambers Street subway station.

So true bestie

In a welcome move, NYC is planning to invest $40M over the next ten years, seeking to build seats at 875 bus stops every year. Seating is a vital part of transit that not only makes it more accessible, but improves usability by reducing perceived waiting time. www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...

Unfortunately, however, some of this investment will be in the form of "leaning bars," not seats. Leaning bars are in no way a replacement for a bench. Everyone deserves a place to sit while waiting for the bus—and some people, particularly those with mobility issues, need one.

ETA recommends that this be combined with bus stop consolidation. Compared to best practices around the world, NYC's bus stops are far too close together. Consolidation would allow for faster, more frequent service while also allowing for more stops to have seats and shelters.

We also recommend other stop improvements, such as bus bulbs, which not only reduce delays from merging into traffic, but create more space for seating and shelters. With small tweaks like these, this promising investment would massively improve the experience of NY bus riders.

mostly the last few days have made me think about how messed up it is for NYC to have had so many mayors who never once showed up at the gay bar at 1am

MTA announces: - A train is going to 8-minute headways during the mid-day weekdays; - L train 8-minute headways extended until midnight on Saturdays (currently service slows down around 10pm) - And 4 minute Sunday headways, starting at 11am (currently starts at about noon)

Election Day is tomorrow — make your plan to VOTE YES on 2-5!

From the article, 28% of early voters are Millennials, compared to 29% who are Boomers. Based on polling, that bodes well for Mamdani. Get out and vote if you haven't already!

Every council member who was involved in this should (a) feel ashamed and (b) see legal consequences

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this

No competent person wants to work for Andrew Cuomo because he has a track record of pushing out competent people. It should tell you something that many of the most competent public servants to ever work in city government are practically beating down the door to work in a Mamdani administration.

This is insanely cool. As a New Yorker, I have a soft spot in my heart for steam systems, but it's not great that they're powered by gas! A heat pump buildout would be excellent www.ft.com/content/914a...

Congratulations to Chicago for fully funding your transit system! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/30/i...

Progress afoot this evening in the Illinois legislature for a major transit funding package

I cannot put into words how disastrous Mayor Cuomo would be. Just the worst possible combination of political traits and policy ignorance. bsky.app/profile/greg...

the Andrew Cuomo achievement with the most immediately visible impact on people's day to day lives is probably the lack of seating in Penn Station and it's all downhill from there. dude sucks! malicious conservative, corrupt caricature, straight moron.

Every single report to shareholders from a large REIT includes something about how it's great that market-rate multifamily housing isn't getting built in high-cost coastal cities because the shortage is what allows them to rent gouge.