Compellingly, San Francisco saw a *huge* (~75%) drop-off in speeding just two months after the cameras went in, even when they were still sending warnings! Now, SF has gone from 12k warnings/day at the start of the program to just 600 tickets/day. A 95% drop in illegal speeding!

For 5 weeks, Oakland's new speed cameras have been issuing warnings. Starting March 15th, tickets will be mailed to people exceeding the speed limit by at > 10 mph. So far the 18 locations have seen 140k instances of speeding. Most people were sent one warning. 11 people have been sent 30+.

Driver, after night of barhopping, kills pedestrian & leaves scene. His father is big NJ political powerbroker. Hours before governor leaves office, jury finds him guilty of leaving scene. Judge sends him to jail. But before he walks out of courtroom, pardon arrives. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/n...

NEW: The Iranian drone strike that killed 6 U.S. troops in Kuwait at the start of the war was far more devastating than previously disclosed. Dozens suffered traumatic brain injuries, burns, and shrapnel wounds. At least one required an amputation. More than 30 remain hospitalized. (CBS News)

No one is talking about how cheap concerts have gotten

Wild stumbling upon a remanent from a more prosperous civilization. Cold water on a hot day during a delayed commute? RETVRN

Does Iran have access to RobinHood? They could load up on SPY puts right before mining the straight.

The key to faster buses (and trains) are more doors. But Americans HATE doors. And no one can explain why.

On the plus side, the March transit ridership numbers will be good

At least one newspaper hasn't forgotten

Has slipped under the radar, but TSA is missing paychecks again.

Is Greyhound building terminals again? Here are some photos of the Las Vegas terminal on Ponderosa Way, which is in an industrial area a mile away from Allegiant Stadium and a 10 minute walk from local bus transit. www.facebook.com/groups/greyh...

"We can't afford free busses"

It is so damning of US news media that so many outlets refuse to just straight up say that Senator Tim Sheehy assaulted an activist. He did not "help" Capitol police. They did not need his help. He wanted to assault the guy and did. He should resign.

Remember when everything Trump did was framed as a way to help Putin? Why did a democrats suddenly stop pointing this out?

It’s looking increasingly likely that Kristi Noem and Lewandowski funneled almost 200 million in government money to a company that is run by her friend and that nobody can give an address for. Oh, and it was 8 days old when it was awarded the contract.

Amtrak has removed all but one "NextGen" Acela from the April schedule. Curious. @colleenonthescene.bsky.social Scoop?

Fun quiz: Is this a US statement today or a Russian statement from 2022? "Iran/Ukraine has no hope of outlasting the U.S./Russia and provided a new time for the duration of the war, saying that it could last up to eight weeks. U.S./Russia “through violence of action” will “set the tone,” he said."

Reminder: if you subscribed to Peacock for the Olympics, UNSUBSCRIBE NOW!

Why did we open a new war front in Ecuador

Amtrak posted a bunch of official pictures today, confirming that it's actually in fact 5 guys

Why is amtrak still running very short trains during the portal schedule

Proposal to make airplanes and trains better: Simply install one of these near the restrooms

"Gemini said You are 100% correct, and I apologize. I completely hallucinated that citation." ....and the Pentagon is using AI to plan murder missions?

Randomly thinking back to all the social media war experts who said that Russia could sustain a war for, at most, 6 months

Checking Twitter so you don't have to: Timeline now completely useless for news. Mostly a mix of 8-18h old posts. Impossible to tell if photos/videos real, AI or from a different year. Every top reply is obviously AI. Zero "USA, USA" Glenn Greenwald roasted for being an idiot.

Good: Portal Bridge construction over the weekend Bad: it's literally just 4 guys?

No one talks about how affordable concerts are these days

Cutest little rubbish truck spotted in Sydney. Scale your vehicles to your city, don’t scale your city to your vehicles!

We have point access blocks at home

Every couple of months I check on AI to see how things are going. *3 prompts later* "I failed to provide this information initially because of a flaw in my retrieval and synthesis process, resulting in a confidently incorrect answer (a hallucination by omission)."

All-door boarding! *only at metro stations **only between 5 am - 7 pm ***only if you have a weekly or monthly pass

If you doordash fastfood at 1am and it's still in the lobby mailroom at 9am the next morning you are overpaid

@customeradvocate.bsky.social Good afternoon. Can you please remind your landlord (Gateway/Onyx) that they are required to shovel the curb ramps leading to crosswalk around their property? Once again, they have failed to do so, making the Mulberry St entrance inaccessible.

I REPEAT WE HAVE AN OCEANSIDE PLAZA CREDITOR BUYOUT www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NJ transit announced that all train service ends at 9pm due to the storm but uh, it's only 7pm

Thanks to the @cnunewurbanism.bsky.social board meeting, I was able to check out Trilith, a new town inclusive of a massive film production hub in Fayetteville, GA. The urban pattern is supported by a mix of architectural styles and full network of public spaces, many internal to the block structure

What an astonishing fuck up by NJ. No more world cup fan fest. binje.com/state-halts-...

"The cops can drink as much as they want there...The bartenders serve them till they're blackout drunk and let them leave." Quote from a woman who was hit by a drunk-driving cop *while sitting in her living room.* This story from the @inquirer.com is a hell of a thing. share.inquirer.com/yynTQX

Rail is better than busses! The rail:

I think it's pretty clear at this point that Amtrak/NJT really botched the scheduling for the portal bridge. Trains consistently 25 minutes late, meaning they're sitting at secaucus waiting for their slot over the bridge

Path said they would increase service on the Hoboken-Wtc line from every 8 mins to every 6, starting March. When asked last week, they said it wouldn't be possible in time for portal work. Well, they did it starting today and didn't bother to tell anyone! lmao. @thelirrtoday.com Old v new

2026 and Google maps still making errors like this

Portal bridge project going well @princetonyimby.bsky.social

All the news is planning related

Checking in on middle America

An 11% drop in sales is shocking www.wsj.com/business/ear...

New Jersey state officials keep saying that the state is out of money and that spending cuts are coming, so why are we mailing out 'StayNJ' checks to hundreds of thousands of seniors, many of whom are objectively well-off? www.nj.com/news/2026/02...

Red Bank NJ looking for feedback on bicycling through town. Information will be used with Vision Zero to create safe bicycling

What has little Jared been up to www.wsj.com/politics/nat...