happy 2026. you should ride more public transit. actually, on second thought, you *will* ride more public transit.

All aboard! The schedule for San Diego Transit Month, happening for the first time this September, is now available! Get event details and learn more about Transit Month at sdtransitmonth.org. More events will be added to the schedule as time goes on! (1/2)

September is San Diego Transit Month. Join us and @buildsd.org for some amazing events. sdtransitmonth.org/events Some highlights: - Sep 5: Transit Trivia Night - Sep 9: Draw your vision for San Diego Transit - Sep 13: Thrift Shopping by bus - Sep 14: Trolley Speedrun

Wouldn't it be crazy if my dad, Erica and I spent all day taping PA Senator Tracy Pennycuick's phone number onto every single SEPTA stop in her district? Yes, it would be. But when SEPTA is under attack, there is no overkill.🤜 Have fun checking that voicemail box!

Excited to head this up for BuildSD with so many awesome community partners. All aboard!

Headed back to school? 🏫 Try transit! Many agencies offer "school-oriented routes" that are dedicated to students. Anyone can ride these buses, but they usually only run before and after school. Other agencies offer "trippers" that provide extra service. Whatever your commute is, good luck!

Pure gold.

Good luck to all the SDHS Cavers headed back to school next week! Hope to see some of you at UC San Diego in the years to come :D

New pictures of Eamon Ore-Giron's "Infinite Landscape: Los Ángeles Para Siempre" - probably the D Line Extension (phase 1 at least) artwork I'm most excited for!

New on the BuildSD journal: a guest post from @ultracodez.bsky.social - It's a story of agency outreach, paper trains, and public records requests shenanigans that seemed too fun to ignore! buildsd.org/journal/tran...

"Good afternoon to all of my beautiful people on the train! On behalf of this wonderful train crew, welcome aboard!" Meet Rodney, a train conductor on the 6 line who's been with the MTA for 21 years! His goal? Make sure every subway rider, whether they're new or a daily commuter, feels comfortable.

This type of advocacy is why North American transit agencies predominently use the slower and more expensive Pay As You Enter model of fare collection. For Proof of Purchase to work, there need to be fare enforcement officers, but advocates freak out about any kind of enforcement.

Transit adventures? Transit adventures! 🚌 ✨ Take MTS route 84 to the Cabrillo National Monument stop, right inside the park gate, to explore the old Point Loma lighthouse and get beautiful views of the San Diego Bay and the ocean. And...of course...track your bus on Catenary!

Clairemont Drive is among the least used transit stations in the San Diego region. Here's how a new TOD project could change that for good: buildsd.org/projects/the...

Happy Trolley Anniversary to all who celebrate! The BuildSD Primary Sources archive has dozens of studies, documents, and even video footage of the first Trolley line, which opened from downtown to San Ysidro on this day in 1981: library.buildsd.org

Today, BuildSD is proud to honor 35 years of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Disability Pride Month. In our Journal today, @samuelsharp.com reflects on 35 years of setting the global standard for accessibility in transportation: buildsd.org/journal/tran...

My childhood and history as a person are inseparable from SEPTA and the freedom and joy it offered me and my peers. If I grew up with the SEPTA that PA Senate Republicans are about to create, the best parts of my childhood never would have happened. I would have just gone home on the school bus.

HOLY BASED!!!!!

Opening date for A Line Extension has dropped! 🚊 Four new stations! 🚊 Connection to Metrolink at Pomona 🚊 Alternative to teeth-grinding 210 gridlock

Words today in the @buildsd.org journal: who's riding San Diego Unified's school buses? The answer is a bit more complex than you might think. buildsd.org/journal/tran...

I’m hearing that these trains are currently running in evening hours (6pm-2am) and pre revenue service on the A line extension is planned to start July 20th.

@buildsd.org we are putting together a primary source library for San Diego's past, present, and future plans. @samuelsharp.com and Sam are hard at work on this project. We have around 30 documents on it already and 200 more to add. Find it at library.buildsd.org

New fare gates being installed at Firestone. #transitLA

chat today marks massive day, im going to be starting on my journey to ride every single bus line on LA Metro's list (including the busway lines and the 857). i will be recording this. this project will be a year long effort, and i hope yall ready for this probably tortuous unnecessary gauntlet :3

Metro riders! Wondering if the new HR4000 trains are out there.. somewhere? Wonder no more! https://where-hr4k.samuelsharp.com

Thinking about the MLK Jr. K Line station today: one of the first transit projects I got to explore on my own, and such a meaningful community space. "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." - MLK Jr.

All Samuel Transit light rail vehicles now come equipped with the original seating pattern from LA's 45' Compo and Articulated buses. You're welcome.

Earlier this week I went to the easternmost point that MTS serves on every weekday - Campo, California! Specifically, I tried the only way to day-trip a full Rural line from SD without doubling back: routes 894 & 888. (more pics in thread, 1/4)

First big project, the Del Mar Tunnel. Getting the Surfline off the Del Mar Bluffs, it should be done some time in the 2030s. Here are the 3 alts for this project. This would double track a significant single tracked segment, make it safe against erosion, and speed up service @samuelsharp.com 's pic

New state rail plan. As I always do here whats does that mean for San Diego transit? Ill go over it in a short thread

route 101 just has such good vibes, y'all just don't understand

true metro acolytes have fact checked this as: TRUE ✅

this is true!

reminder: the Silver Line (Vintage Trolley) is running tomorrow with U-2 #1001 - the first-ever red Trolley delivered to MTS in 1980! more info: sdmts.com/transit-services/vintage-trolley

I got something to pluck. Play my fun San Diego based quiz. sdlocallegends.com

I think a ride on the Green Line at sunset would fix most people

Honored to be featured in Mass Transit magazine for our work building @calhsta.bsky.social. Let's keep moving forward, together! www.masstransitmag.com/management/p...

NEWS RELEASE: Students from across California are coming together to launch the California High School Transit Alliance (CalHSTA)!

LA Metro's press pictures go so unimaginably hard

what goes on here?

can't take the doomerism and constant ads on the other place. let's try this place!

The virgin dodger stadium vs the Chad PetCo Park

hello chat

We didn't expect #Melbourne to have that swag in them!!!!! Melbourne commuter rail, now trackable on Catenary Maps.

New feature: rail superpowers ⚡️ Enable "Railfan Mode" in Catenary settings and get control points, mileposts, track numbers, and much more directly inside Catenary, plus the precise vehicle locations we've always offered! ...foamers, the lot of you

Thanks to @samuelsharp.com for implementing this feature! :)

rode Rapid 227 Sunday with @fumoandtransitsd.bsky.social, super cool bus service. if this is "light rapid", I'm here for it!

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seasoned foamers will instantly know what's wrong with this image.

New logo! Do you like it?