Segoe and Sheboygan, Madison.

The proofs are in and the publication date is set! “Transportation and the Shape of Cities” will be available this August from @islandpress.bsky.social, an imprint of . @princetonupress.bsky.social. press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Express bus vibes

Late night bus vibes

Massachusetts’s MUTCD amendments now has guidance that NO TURN ON RED should be the default approach to new signaled intersections in the commonwealth. This is great work @massdot.bsky.social !

We are also now hiring full time positions for city planners and civil engineers! Come work with me! Also a reminder: Applications for our summer internship positions close March 8! That’s this Sunday!

Hey @transit.app friends! The real-time location of buses for Houston METRO haven’t been showing up for a few weeks now. The ETAs show up fine, just not the icons on the map. Any idea what’s up? Thanks!

Houston’s public transportation services are set to receive more than $9 million in federal funding for improvements ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The city will host seven matches this summer.

Zara Larsson is the kindest individual l've ever met. She took photos, signed autographs & even did the #LushLife dance with the kids. The kids got the full #ZaraLarsson #BikeBus experience!! Thanks you to you and your team for riding with us. #Boots

New information on Metrolink SCORE is out: - SCORE Phase 1 not complete until after Olympics - Half-hour service on SBL, AVL, VCL by 2032 - but not on OCL until 2037 - LinkUS will combine VC and OC lines, delivering the Tripper service we modeled in #Electrolink! Good projects, slow timeline.

Good afternoon Houston

Applications for our summer planning position close in a week! We’re also now looking for an engineering intern and full time civil engineers. Come work with me on making a safer, more sustainable Houston.

Holy shit CAHSR now planning on electrifying AV Line by 2039! @calelectricrail.org

So happy to see Zara Larsson join @coachbalto.bsky.social & the Portland Bike Bus!! 🚲

Amtrak is no longer going to seek its ageing superliners with new bi-level cars. www.trains.com/pro/mechanic...

Tuesday's Most Read # 1 - FRA's Controversial Amtrak Shake-Up Leaves Passengers Looking For Clues In Europe link.theoverheadwire.com/t3rm7 The Travel

Popular Houston Heights pedestrian bridge repairs delayed again

US Fed Railroad Admin is apparently directing Amtrak to split itself into 3 entities: —Operations —Rolling stock [& maintenance facilities] —Infra [mainly Northeast Corridor & stations] This approach could have major ramifications for Amtrak. I'm personally quite skeptical it will improve outcomes.

You think it’s painful to read this chart, imagine how painful it was to make this chart.

Diving into TSP as a non-expert (I'm no traffic engineer) has been a wonderful journey into discovering how an apparently niche topic is deeply interwined with how we design streets and organize (or fail to) traffic patterns It seems mostly a tech problem, but it's really a planning and design one

1) Amtrak Mardi Gras Beats 1 year ridership projections in only 6 months🚆 2) Doing so in the reddest of red states 3) Now extend it to Baton Rouge (already connecting bus 🚌), get Pensacola connecting bus 🚌 service going & then extend to Pensacola. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Now who let the northwest garage employee shuttle into GTFS…

Houston METRO revealed their World Cup service plan. This plan includes: -All-day express bus service until midnight, every day -Increased frequency and spans of service on buses and trains -New service to Hobby Airport -Shuttles connecting hotel zones to popular entertainment districts

According to Trains Magazine, Connecticut could remove M8 EMUs from Shore Line East *solely* because of the additional fees Amtrak charges for using electricity on the NEC. Consider this context RE: MARC & MBTA for not running electric on the NEC... www.trains.com/pro/passenge...

This is not what it looks like when a state "leads on climate change."

The left tried for decades to pass green energy subsidies, passed them, the subsidies worked, and now literally the entire planet's electricity grid is going to convert to solar+battery. It just doesn't feel like "tech" because it mostly produces kinda boring blue collar jobs instead of billionaires

Crazy. Clearly CT needs to negotiate with partners to ensure electric operation is cheaper than diesel. Slower/heavier diesel trains are a bad option for EVERYONE -Slower older trains for riders -Less available capacity and more wear on the corridor -Louder more polluting engines for everyone else

Paris region launched its Tzen 4 bus rapid transit line this week. The 14 km (9 mi), €123 m electrified route serves cities in the southern part of the metropolitan area; it's expected to serve 47,000 daily riders. It uses 24 m (79 ft) buses.

Yesterday Brest inaugurated it's second tram lines, but also BHNS bus line D, which shares a short segment with the new tram line, something that was unheard of in the first generation of French trams but it's getting more common nowadays.

Today T6 Nord tramway opened in Lyon. The project isn't very big (just 5.5 km) but the timeline is just impressive: the project was launched in 2020, 3 years for planning, design, public consultation, permitting and contracting and less than 3 years for construction. youtu.be/XiJesxVJXFo?...

Sorry, but this @nytimes.com op-ed on free fares in New York City, by @galvinalmanza.bsky.social, is deeply ignorant of the issues. It proposes that pretty social justice vibes and some careless citations will change facts of math. Thread: 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/o...

Amtrak's Newest Train on film Their "Airo" trainset in Cascades livery looks fantastic on Fuji 200

Love seeing the pedestrianisation of Main Street progress! The project is set to be fully complete before the FIFA World Cup.

It's a "whole new era at Amtrak," @amtrak.com President Roger Harris said Tuesday. Its new Airo trains will debut on the Cascades this summer and East Coast in 2027, becoming the workhorse of Amtrak's fleet by replacing Amfleets that date to the 1970s. thepointsguy.com/news/amtrak-...

UPDATE: The FAA says never mind

The nearest major alternate airport is Albuquerque, 4 hours away. Is there a precedent for a US metro area just being cut off like this with no reason given? (San Juan got shut down in similar fashion, but not for 10 days.)

The FAA is closing the airspace around El Paso International Airport in Texas for 10 days, grounding all flights to and from the airport, for “special security reasons." The FAA's notice did not provide additional details.

So much new passenger rail going on in Mexico these days (compared to prior decades). On February 2nd, the El Insurgente line (previously known as Tren Interurbano) extended 8.4 km to connect with the Mexico City Metro Line 1 at Observatorio station. It uses CAF EMUs in serving 57 km to Toluca.

There's a national media event unveiling our new Amtrak Cascades trains in DC today. Here are some photos for you to enjoy! The Cafe Car is even stocked with our PNW favorites.

Hey friends

Lost in the culture war surrounding rainbow crosswalks: they save lives. usa.streetsblog.org/2026/02/09/t...

My firm is looking for a summer transportation planning intern! If you/someone you know is in school for planning and has a passion for active transportation, please pass this along. We'd love to have them join us in Houston this summer. :) teiconnects.com/career/plann...

lambasting the toll roads is such a silly opinion. Its no pinata lol. Its roads that actually pay for themselves, unlike the interstates and state roads. Tolls raising 100M each year to be used for trails, sidewalks, etc is one of the good policies going on here!

New paper finds that US bike deaths have "trended toward lower-density suburban areas" rather than central cities Those killed tend to be poor and non-white. Lesson: The suburbanization of poverty could be contributing to the surging number of cyclist fatalities. doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Before Rosa Parks, there was Claudette Colvin. At 15, Colvin refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus which ignited the movement for transit justice and civil rights. On #TransitEquityDay, we honor her legacy a future where mobility is a right, not a privilege.

My firm is looking for a summer transportation planning intern! If you/someone you know is in school for planning and has a passion for active transportation, please pass this along. We'd love to have them join us in Houston this summer. :) teiconnects.com/career/plann...

After seeing United’s lacklustre centennial livery, I had to take my own cut at it. I tried to reflect the current brand while paying homage to its origins.

The integrated lighting on these bus shelters brings me joy

Goodnight Houston