Well that was an unexpected sequence of events!

oh that’s some replay BS

The “fast tram” vs “tram” dichotomy is a good one; the key thing is the discipline in planning to keep them distinct services rather than abuse the technology’s adaptability.

I have it as about 1/4 of a second.

not a catch imo but still impressive

Now this is Content

There’s a joke in here about NYC perspective, and trash bins being invented a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…

We have a relatively recent example of how the public reacts to this speed/disruption trade-off: the Capitol Crossing project built above 395.

ahhhrrrggg I’m getting aggravated by a City Cast DC episode again…

Big events are useful to focus attention on things like infrastructure projects, but LAX isn’t building the APM for the World Cup or the Olympics; it’s for the day to day operations of the airport.

Highly recommend this episode.

Yes, the international arrivals experience isn’t great, but I’m going to miss the up close and personal tour of the ramp.

Unless I’m missing something, it seems odd to call this delay to be due to a zoning exemption… the whole site is unzoned (like lots of federal land in DC) www.axios.com/local/washin...

Oooh… new DC alley house for sale. Sure looks like a BLDUS design? redf.in/QDcixh

2h 11m one-way! For light rail!

Damn the Bluesmobile is on the loose in Seattle

Ted wants to buy United? Please!

DC/Federal land use law things: they’re starting construction for the White House ballroom without any NCPC review, apparently arguing that review isn’t required for site prep? www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...

what a sport

DJ Lagway:

Let’s take a closer look at the neighborhood…

If the federal show of force in Washington has had a deterrent effect on crime, it appears to have deterred entirely normal aspects of city life, too. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Hopefully we can all agree: Des Moines is not on Lake Superior after all

There’s a story to tell here about the relationship (and disconnect) between sci-fi depictions of technology (and the association therein with the future, progress) vs the actual technology, grounded in physics.

For such a techo optimist it’s pretty remarkable how uninterested Eli Dourado is in basic physics. Take this recent quote from him. I’ll leave the various issues with supersonic travel to others, but least least in theory one can imagine a plane being able to do such a trip. (The economics…)

Simultaneously nostalgic and angry again about Russel Wilson and the 2011 Wisconsin Badgers discussion here between Bomani and Nate Tice… overcast.fm/+AAeMxUYBWiU

zip in, zip out

Army onside kick! Element of surprise!

Greatest sport in America

Nope. No no no. Not ok.

Preliminary injunction against SEPTA service cuts… Not sure how this helps the situation at all…

I almost caught a HR once (it was foul, but barely) barehanded on the fly; bounced off my hand (which hurt like hell) and someone else ran over and grabbed it off concrete one row in front of me. Sucks, but that’s life!

A good lens here on two recent discourse categories: the school pickup line and free buses. Watch that “walk” share decline as America sprawls

I get why people make this case, but school buses are really a different category (more like an employee shuttle) than public transit. Just because it’s a bus doesn’t make it the same category

1. Yes it should 2. From driving these things back when Car2go was still around, I gotta say that they feel totally different when trying to parallel park.

nuanced take here: the post-hoc rationalization here is obviously self serving, and doesn’t in any way justify the subsequent dismantling of the CDC. Also: the lack of an after-pandemic report means there’s never been a way to learn from mis-steps in the fog of COVID to build up institutions.

Texting with both hands at ~45 mph!

La Décapitation de saint Georges, Bernat Martorell, 1430

Don’t have any legal background here, but… not sure what idea here is? www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/s...

New: a map of railroads around Baltimore, DC, and the Potomac, from 1828 through today, shown against the hills, rivers, and mountains that drove their alignments. imaginaryterrain.com/projects/reg...

Hi Hat

Ok, time to strap in for another season of Wisconsin Football (for better or worse)

Boeing 727 production in Renton, WA: 1966. What is give to have airline color and cheat lines back www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s...

Wiki editors working fast…

I’m gonna need some kind of chart to track the history of control over various parts of Union Station over time… www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

so you guys know: if you're making a dropdown list of states and you put DC under W instead of D we all hate you

Philly cutting service, Metro has 40+yr old signal system, other cities hitting death spiral fiscal cliff too. We live in the richest country in the history of the world, yet other countries are funding & building more 🚇🚌. Let’s make 🇺🇸 the best in the world, it’s a choice!

I can squint and see a decent version of this take, but this ain’t it. For example: citing @stephenjacobsmith.com, who has left twitter, as an example of the success of twitter is just bizarre!