Interested Milwaukee Citizen
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here let me sum up this entire discourse, from both self-described leftists and centrists:
"we need blue collar candidates who also aren't offensive to the sensibilities of educated high-engagement urbanites like me, except the norms that I personally don't think are important"
"we need blue collar candidates who also aren't offensive to the sensibilities of educated high-engagement urbanites like me, except the norms that I personally don't think are important"
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
here let me sum up this entire discourse, from both self-described leftists and centrists:
"we need blue collar candidates who also aren't offensive to the sensibilities of educated high-engagement urbanites like me, except the norms that I personally don't think are important"
"we need blue collar candidates who also aren't offensive to the sensibilities of educated high-engagement urbanites like me, except the norms that I personally don't think are important"
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As an American I think it’s important to tip well around the world so people will want to see us coming, and to differentiate us from the dreadful Aussies and Brits
December 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
As an American I think it’s important to tip well around the world so people will want to see us coming, and to differentiate us from the dreadful Aussies and Brits
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Such an elemental yet overlooked reality of planning. If you don't:
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Such an elemental yet overlooked reality of planning. If you don't:
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
The 6:15 AM Hiawatha to Chicago is already scheduled padded by 15 min to account for Metra’s incompetence.
Looks like Metra is really shitting the bed today with how delayed we are now.
Looks like Metra is really shitting the bed today with how delayed we are now.
December 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The 6:15 AM Hiawatha to Chicago is already scheduled padded by 15 min to account for Metra’s incompetence.
Looks like Metra is really shitting the bed today with how delayed we are now.
Looks like Metra is really shitting the bed today with how delayed we are now.
Amtrak: “We know most of our riders are new and inexperienced, so we’ll make boarding incredibly simple, even if it’s inconvenient for our regular passengers.”
Also Amtrak: “This Hiawatha is stopping at Joliet after Milwaukee, duh”
Also Amtrak: “This Hiawatha is stopping at Joliet after Milwaukee, duh”
December 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Amtrak: “We know most of our riders are new and inexperienced, so we’ll make boarding incredibly simple, even if it’s inconvenient for our regular passengers.”
Also Amtrak: “This Hiawatha is stopping at Joliet after Milwaukee, duh”
Also Amtrak: “This Hiawatha is stopping at Joliet after Milwaukee, duh”
Snow really reveals which parts of our transportation infrastructure are actually useful.
December 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Snow really reveals which parts of our transportation infrastructure are actually useful.
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Has this been posted yet
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Has this been posted yet
If I were a normal student in that class, I would be raising hell for disrupting my education over this petty bullshit.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If I were a normal student in that class, I would be raising hell for disrupting my education over this petty bullshit.
This is an important and often missed aspect of rail transit in the US. Rather than redesigning bus systems around a new rail line, they are often seen as two independent modes, competing with each other.
The forced bus transfers are an underrated part of REM's success rather than inconvenience, and it's instructive to compare to PATCO: although they share similarities in land use and orientation, NJ Transit was never forced to divert its buses going direct to Philly; PATCO ridership never broke 40k
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is an important and often missed aspect of rail transit in the US. Rather than redesigning bus systems around a new rail line, they are often seen as two independent modes, competing with each other.
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Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
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This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
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i don’t care if you can convict. As soon as we have the House, the sole business of the House should be impeaching the President. and when the impeachment fails in the Senate, the next thing the House should do is impeach him again
in the midst of our supposed campaign against Venezuelan drug traffickers the President of the United States has chosen to pardon the Former President of Honduras, freeing him from his long prison sentence earned for trafficking more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
i don’t care if you can convict. As soon as we have the House, the sole business of the House should be impeaching the President. and when the impeachment fails in the Senate, the next thing the House should do is impeach him again
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Crisis (a Democrat is president): grocery prices rise 2% annually
Not a crisis (a Republican is president): the president ignores the Constitution to destroy half the federal government, deploys troops to US cities, surrenders Ukraine to Russia, and then calls for the mass execution of Democrats
Not a crisis (a Republican is president): the president ignores the Constitution to destroy half the federal government, deploys troops to US cities, surrenders Ukraine to Russia, and then calls for the mass execution of Democrats
The media is saving the "it's a crisis" takes for when a Dem president takes over and starts arresting the people responsible.
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Crisis (a Democrat is president): grocery prices rise 2% annually
Not a crisis (a Republican is president): the president ignores the Constitution to destroy half the federal government, deploys troops to US cities, surrenders Ukraine to Russia, and then calls for the mass execution of Democrats
Not a crisis (a Republican is president): the president ignores the Constitution to destroy half the federal government, deploys troops to US cities, surrenders Ukraine to Russia, and then calls for the mass execution of Democrats
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Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
uhero.hawaii.edu
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Interesting new working paper that studies chains of movers after the construction of a new apartment building in Honolulu.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
Paper finds that the project resulted in the opening up other, lower cost, housing on the island, benefiting the housing market overall.
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"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
At Groundwork: Lessons from the September Jobs Report – J. W. Mason
jwmason.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
"the economic response to the pandemic really worked. Indeed, there is a good case that it was the most successful example of countercyclical policy in US history." jwmason.org/slackwire/at...
Penzey’s being headquartered in Wauwatosa is just so on brand.
my aunt got me this cute penzey's DEI themed advent spice calendar. we love an extremely woke brand don't we folks
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Penzey’s being headquartered in Wauwatosa is just so on brand.
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I'm not sure what it's gonna take for people to realize that being subject to a sick burn in a judicial opinion is not something that will dissuade Trump or his cronies. They will push and push and try again and again until something sticks unless they are sanctioned and punished!
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm not sure what it's gonna take for people to realize that being subject to a sick burn in a judicial opinion is not something that will dissuade Trump or his cronies. They will push and push and try again and again until something sticks unless they are sanctioned and punished!
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haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”
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A Manch-Murk-Collins-Romney clique could've dominated federal policy in the 117th
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A Manch-Murk-Collins-Romney clique could've dominated federal policy in the 117th
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I think one thing that is remarkable over the last half decade is how moderates could step and run the show but are too dumb/convinced of their own helplessness to actually do it
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I think one thing that is remarkable over the last half decade is how moderates could step and run the show but are too dumb/convinced of their own helplessness to actually do it
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People hugely underestimate how much transportation affects them except in these moments where a bunch of people are about to get it that didn’t before. Transportation is mobility and mobility is the spatial exercise of freedom.
Sounds funny today, but not long ago, the use of bicycles by women was considered *extremely* radical & dangerous--to be discouraged, even by supporters of women's right to vote.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
All bc bicycles allowed women a tiny bit of freedom & mobility, without needing things a male guardian could withhold.
Suffragist and educator Frances Willard riding her bicycle, Gladys (because it made her glad).
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
“I learned to bicycle when 50... and I think it is one of the best things I ever did. What pleases me is to see other worn-out women take it up, and find a new lease of health and life thereby."
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People hugely underestimate how much transportation affects them except in these moments where a bunch of people are about to get it that didn’t before. Transportation is mobility and mobility is the spatial exercise of freedom.
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it’s pretty simple: you can either induce demand for things that suck and people hate (traffic), or you can do it for things that are good (bikes, the McRib)
The latest evaluation of bike lane projects in Boston continues to show that if you build bike infrastructure, people will use it.
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
Full report: www.boston.gov/sites/defaul...
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
it’s pretty simple: you can either induce demand for things that suck and people hate (traffic), or you can do it for things that are good (bikes, the McRib)
A story in 3 parts.
Hard to be on time when you leave the layover 3 min late
Hard to be on time when you leave the layover 3 min late
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A story in 3 parts.
Hard to be on time when you leave the layover 3 min late
Hard to be on time when you leave the layover 3 min late
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Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round.
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
As Train Travel Surges, Amtrak Needs to Buy More Trains!
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round. There’s a relatively simple fix for this problem: Buy more trainsets.
www.hsrail.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round.
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
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Borealis is suffering immensely from this problem. If you live in Wisconsin vote for pro-rail candidates in the legislature in 2026 and encourage them to include funding in the next budget cycle for additional rolling stock. A $100 million+ investment is sorely needed in Wisconsin.
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round.
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
The need for more capacity is evident year-round, as the most popular parts of routes sell out or are available only at shockingly high prices
www.hsrail.org/blog/as-trai...
As Train Travel Surges, Amtrak Needs to Buy More Trains!
Amtrak has a problem: There’s more demand than it can handle. Trains regularly sell out, year round. There’s a relatively simple fix for this problem: Buy more trainsets.
www.hsrail.org
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Borealis is suffering immensely from this problem. If you live in Wisconsin vote for pro-rail candidates in the legislature in 2026 and encourage them to include funding in the next budget cycle for additional rolling stock. A $100 million+ investment is sorely needed in Wisconsin.