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cities, transportation, transit, and other intermittent discussion.
This is well said: āRail vehicles are at a disadvantage when they operate uninsulated from the chaos of the cityās streets.ā
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Yonah Freemark
30 days ago
I love a lot of things about Sound Transit's growing light rail system in the Seattle region, but the use of numbers to represent both lines (1 and 2) AND stations (e.g., here you see 65 and 68) is super confusing and unhelpful, IMO.
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Edward Russell
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The Trump Administration wants to leave its mark on Washingtonās Dulles airport, even potentially replacing the iconic (but not landmarked) Eero Saarinen-designed main terminal. More on the "cartoonishly vague," as
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byerussell.substack.com/p/make-dulle...
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Itās amazing that āwe have a planā means āissuing an RFIā
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the tl;dr here - itās not a stretch to pin this entirely on Dan Snyder
www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
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Why Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, wonāt host 2026 World Cup matches
The U.S. capital city will sit out the World Cup next summer despite having a rich history with soccer in America. Here's how it happened
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6841652/2025/12/02/2026-world-cup-washington-dc-usa-capital-fifa/
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the man even does recent works of art⦠amazing
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Absolutely not. Herbstreit has plenty of influence in CFB; how about advocating to change the calendar so this is less of an issue?
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So, so many American cities couldāve been like Toronto, had we simply not ripped out all of the streetcars.
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The visuals here are fantastic; you also get the sense that this might inevitably be a Embarcadero or West Side Highway situation - inaction until an outside event forces the closure.
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Population density is one thing, but parking is a huge factor in transit ridership.
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oh NO Lamar
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NCIS: Duluth telling the tales of Americaās furthest inland port
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HES RIGHT BEHIND YOU
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never heard of it
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man, the hits keep coming for Rad⦠š
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Normalcy returns to the universe; Wisconsin wins against Illinois
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Zach Lipton
14 days ago
I think entirely too much about how Californiaās climate plan explicitly says that converting to EVs is not nearly enough to meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets so we need to reduce VMT 25% by 2030, and then we do basically nothing to try to achieve that goal
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A Hill East casino?
www.hillrag.com/2025/11/20/c...
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Casino Development Proposed for Reservation 13 | HillRag
The race for development around the nascent Commanders stadium has begun āand the first proposal is a big gamble. Chatman Holdings LLC, a minority and woman-owned Pittsburgh-based real estate fir
https://www.hillrag.com/2025/11/20/casino-development-proposed-for-reservation-13/
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Yes. For all the abundance conversations, housing is an obvious focus area. But itās not only about aggregate levels, but about location and access.
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Jerad Walker
16 days ago
Despite claims to the contrary, space crime is actually at historic lows.
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This overstates the preference, imo, because most people never actually have the choice. And where the choice does exist, the market signals (prices) indicate the opposite preference!
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Yonah Freemark
18 days ago
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 timesāat reduced costs.
www.wmata.com/about/board/...
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Iām curious for the actual regulatory issue hereā¦
www.reddit.com/r/DMV_RealEs...
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From the DMV_RealEstate community on Reddit: Drama continues over towering addition to local house. š³
Explore this post and more from the DMV_RealEstate community
https://www.reddit.com/r/DMV_RealEstate/s/EqSt8s1fWS
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Gah this framing drives me nuts. What debate? Hereās a nice article on the design history of the mobile lounge, framed around a fake ādebateā instead of an actual description of the airportās future plans
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19 days ago
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Of all the sad fan crowd shots, the Bama ones are always the best
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A lesson going forward: the processes required to spend the money matter just as much as the level of spending itself.
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I had never considered the possibility of a hard landing in a mobile loungeā¦
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My 3rd grader was a bit disappointed none of his classmates knew today was the day of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
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lol *this* is Luke Fickellās first win against a ranked team at UW.
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The legend lives on!
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The punter with the most passing yards is one thing; 2 of 10 for zero (0) yards is another
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āThat decision would likely rest with the District of Columbia Council, which will lease the stadium to the Commanders, and the National Park Serviceā¦ā Well that will be an interesting Council sessionā¦
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Sources: Trump wants D.C. stadium named for him
A senior White House source said there have been back-channel communications with a member of the Commanders ownership group, led by Josh Harris, to express Trump's desire to have the $3.7 billion dom...
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46892115/trump-wants-commanders-stadium-named-him
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Chris Vannini
28 days ago
The way the Big Ten handles ice hockey TV is just brutal. No. 1 Michigan State vs No. 3 Penn State tonight, top teams in the country with a future No. 1 NHL pick, and it's relegated to BTN+ streaming. Come on.
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Christof Spieler
28 days ago
Kiss and Ride is not just an American thing, either -- here's the Swedish wayfinding for it.
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Itās interesting to compare the grumbling here (that I share!) about these requirements, and compare against a longstanding policy that has much the same effect - DCās building projection regulations.
planning.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
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28 days ago
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Not sure what this says about transit; it doesnāt say anything good about the state of data analysis
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I hope Chris McIntosh is also polishing his resume.
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now thatās good transit content
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win or lose, we booze (donāt need the āwinā option in there much these days, tbh)
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Reminds me of the water usage in Edmonton during big hockey games
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ArtButMakeItSports
about 1 month ago
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), šø by @nturchiarophoto
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It is wild to compare the surrounding land use for jet-age contemporaries like IAD and CDGā¦
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ArtButMakeItSports
about 1 month ago
The Good Samaritan, by Joseph Highmore, 1744, šø by @patricksmith04
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Man thatās rough. Dropping both game 6 and 7 with walkoff double plays
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Just gonna load the bases with one out for every half inning from now on. You know, for fun.
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wow wow wow
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lol I thought that was it
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TR
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Important Game 7 content
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I love a 3-6-3 double play
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