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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19h

I'm still blaming Chris Christie.

Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 19h

Trump announced today, seemingly at random, that he is cancelling fed funding for Gateway Tunnel, a tunnel for intercity & commuter trains under the Hudson River.

The motivation for the cancellation—which is likely to be contested—appears to be purely the president’s hatred of Sen Schumer.

Mark Abraham @markabraham.bsky.social · 20h

"If this system of transportation collapses, the Northeastern economy and the economy of the country collapses." The most important economic development project in the entire nation threatened with cancellation: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/n...

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 1d

My argument is that this was always their normal. I'm actually glad they are showing their true colors so they can be shamed.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 1d

That goes both ways. Something something Southern Democrats.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 1d

There a Canadian band called "Men I Trust". I think we need to start one called "Republicans I Trust".

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 1d

Is it everyone's first day here? Young Republicans have always been the worst people.

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QueensLink @queenslink.org · 1d

No matter what, a #RailsandTrails 🚉🌳 approach would MUCH more BENEFICIAL than one or the other alone!! Tap the 🔗 in byo to tell local leaders to #BuildtheQueensLink now!!

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QueensLink @queenslink.org · 6d

thequeenslink.org/get-involved...

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QueensLink @queenslink.org · 6d

We can't let this valuable right-of-way go to waste! Tap the 🔗 in byo to tell our leaders to #BuildtheQueensLink now!! 🌳🚉 Queens deserves transit equity!!

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 6d

Will be interesting to see if he actually does anything with this information. The QueensLink v Queensway question netted 75% favor for QueensLink, yet the senator is still silent on the issue. Funny what dark money buys.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 7d

bUt In DeNmARk ...

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 7d

Well, at least the Yankees lost.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 8d

Looks like I'll be loosing my health insurance next year because of Republicans and RFK Jr.

The revolution can't come soon enough.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 8d

That's sexy.

Steven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 9d

Hung some new art in my office.

A large copy of the Chicago Track Map. Also visible is a wine fridge.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 13d

So "Caught Stealing" is the best new New York movie.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 14d

Is the landlord special really better than grimey subway stations? I don't know. But the haphazard way it's being done doesn't make me a fan.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 15d

No one saw "S1m0ne" and now it's coming for us. www.imdb.com/title/tt0258...

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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 17d

The F will still run express in Queens, but via 53rd St. The M will run local in Queens but via 63rd St. (with a transfer to the Q).

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 17d

It seems the idea is to direct the user to the railings. Having the strips down the middle would leade the user to tumble down the stairs.

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · 18d

Time to renew my other great baseball love, rooting against the Yankees

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

X/Twitter: Where you go to argue with people on the other side.

Bluesky: Where you go to argue with people on the same side.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

Gadgetbahn is not the answer.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

We should be expanding subways into the outer boroughs along with upzoning for transit. The city has never been all that strategic with it and seems to rarely work with the MTA on this. The existing network CAN support plenty of new riders, but there are plenty of transit deserts that are wanting.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

The wildest idea I can think of is to build a new subway through Red Hook and Industry City, then across to Staten Island. But the costs of this would never pencil out. Red Hook and Staten Island have large populations, but most people using the crossings are just passing through.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

Heavy rail mass transit is good for moving a ton of people over large distances. This isn't that. Even with the new 6k residents, Red Hook will never have such a high population that it needs a subway like this. Maybe if a new line extended deeper into Brooklyn. But there is not enough demand ATM.

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Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen @vanshnookenraggen.com · 19d

On the surface, the city SHOULD be expanding mass transit with housing. But a subway to Red Hook falls flat on its own. Extending the 1 or W train as has been proposed is a very expensive solution. Better buses, or, dare I say, light rail (RIP Bob Diamond) is better.

gothamist.com/news/nyc-to-...

NYC to build heaps of new housing in Red Hook — but not a subway

A plan approved by city officials earlier this week is set to bring 6,000 new apartments to the area, which is in one of western Brooklyn's most glaring transit deserts.

gothamist.com

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