joining the "cybertruck owners only" group on fb is one of the best decisions i've ever made. every so often when i'm scrolling through fb getting pissed off, i get to see a little treat like this

In particular, the new through-intermodal from LA to NYC will bypass Chicago entirely via KC and the former Wabash, promising to free up the NS Chicago Line for Amtrak

Like the suburban developments named after whatever natural feature was destroyed to build them

The CTA told me traffic keeps wasting bus operator time so I asked how many bus operators they have and they said they just go to the job fair and get a new operator afterwards so I said it sounds like they're just feeding bus operators to traffic and then bus riders started crying.

The more you study old US transit plans the more you realize that ~everyone was rightfully fixated on travel time savings, noting times right on the map. Philly did a particularly impressive analysis with isochrones in *1914* babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hv...

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

Upper Midwest is looking solid right now

Looking up from down below

This morning’s view of downtown Boston from the CVS at South Station

Inbound Santa Wednesday commute 🎅🚋 CTA Holiday Train, approaching Merchandise Mart at 2x speed

If anyone needs me, I’ll be at Takanawa Gateway for a while. They’ve got all the trains.

This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.

There's a lot to be thankful for 🦃

Good evening to the 12th largest metro area in the country

Why do I love living in Boston? Yo-Yo Ma playing the Bach cello suites before bringing Mayor Wu out to duet for an encore, that’s why.

New at Media Nation: “Things happen” — and for one brief moment, The Washington Post rediscovers its soul. dankennedy.net/2025/11/19/t...

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/...

The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.

Chicago's ICE resistance just showed the world that everyday Americans are good and fearless in fighting for their communities But our cowardly elites -- especially Senate Democrats -- still don't get it My new column on America's great disconnect www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Chicago Transit AuthAuroraty

I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal. If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.

#Aurora just north of Boston

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

Is there a term for absconding with a kid?

The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways. n.pr/47B4pRT

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, 📸 by @patricksmith04

INCREDIBLE. An all-time great World Series featuring an incredible number of Hall of Fame-caliber players who did Hall of Fame-caliber things…. And where supporting players still managed to overshadow them in many ways. Truly spectacular.

World Series bsky has the juice

my skyline is the most hilarious it has maybe ever been. united in gobsmacked flabbergastedness

If you're in line to bat at Game 7 of the World Series STAY IN LINE

There is a lot of merited fear but there’s also people that do this.

Good morning! Last night, Illinois’ legislature passed a law, SB2111, which will fund a major expansion of service for the Chicago region’s transit systems, thanks to new revenue sources. The law also takes a major step forward in coordination between agencies.

Transit reform/funding bill approved in the Senate. This is final passage

On the sales tax piece: I don't love the sales tax. It's regressive. But for context, if a person spends $1000 per month on non-grocery consumer purchases — which is a lot! — this new tax would cost them $2.50/mo. And the value of better transit to lower-income folks is substantial.

Wrote earlier today about how badly Dave Roberts’ infatuation with Blake Treinen hurt the Dodgers this season. On top of blowing so many games trying to “get Treinen right,” it took valuable reps away from young relievers with little experience who they now need: open.substack.com/pub/mollykni...

> Inspiration for “when we win” struck him while he was back in town, riding the L, listening to an organizer say on a podcast, “We keep each other safe.”

like so many days since the blitz, today was terrifying. but the terror is outpaced by the burning hot solidarity of parents blocking school streets, hundreds of neighbors walking patrol, bicyclists chasing SUVs broadcasting whereabouts, and whistling winemoms bringing the fire of one thousand suns.

“At least seven people were detained by agents during the mid-morning raid, including Jacqueline Lopez and Elianne Bahena, Rodriguez’s chief of staff, who is an elected member of the Ogden (10th) District Police Council. Both are U.S. citizens, Rodriguez said.” Lawless is the correct word rn.

I reread this every so often and I'm struck every time by how great it is unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-...

At Yonge & Dundas Jays fans are obeying the pedestrian scramble, as is the custom & returning to sidewalk each light cycle.

It’s great to see misguided mandates on public transit emissions go from a policy wonk topic, to getting real attention. $$$ goes further getting more people on transit than switching to costly and unreliable battery-only buses. missionlocal.org/2025/10/sfmt...

The Data Rescue Project is seeking volunteers to help it maintain HIFLD Open, which provides disaster preparedness data and geospatial resources that the U.S. government has discontinued access to. Please help them out! For more, see: www.datarescueproject.org/email/81e2e1...

Some 🔥 insights into transportation and housing in this conversation. People moving to the South for cost-of-living – "on the West Coast and in the Northeast, the housing markets are calcified" and "the friction of trying to support a family life in some of those places" – and cultural reasons.

Good job, y'all, keep it up. #nokings is busy enough you've got #WMATA station staff having to report crowding conditions back to the MICC.

CNN talking about the possibility of violence as a guy in a giraffe costume waddles by

Chicago - no kings

No kings. More trains.

People still pouring in to the Boston #NoKings rally. MBTA Red Line inbound is packed even after 1:30. No Kings. More Trains.