Eddy Sackinger
@core2idiot.bsky.social
Incremental Transit and urbanism advocate, Firmware Engineer, and queer person (Any/All)
Currently, Raleigh
Formerly, many other places
Currently, Raleigh
Formerly, many other places
It makes me a little uncomfortable that they invited a religious home school group to perform at the governor's mansion 😅
December 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It makes me a little uncomfortable that they invited a religious home school group to perform at the governor's mansion 😅
It's not that park and rides don't attract any riders.
It's that park and rides don't attract that many riders per dollar spent on them and the riders they do attract are wealthier than an average transit rider.
It's that park and rides don't attract that many riders per dollar spent on them and the riders they do attract are wealthier than an average transit rider.
Just updated my timeless piece on the math of Park-and-Ride. humantransit.org/basics-the-m...
Basics: The Math of Park-and-Ride — Human Transit
There is a lot of confusion out there about Park-and-Ride. Is it necessary for ridership? Are motorists entitled to it? Can it last forever? Let’s start with the basic math. Really great transit ge...
humantransit.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's not that park and rides don't attract any riders.
It's that park and rides don't attract that many riders per dollar spent on them and the riders they do attract are wealthier than an average transit rider.
It's that park and rides don't attract that many riders per dollar spent on them and the riders they do attract are wealthier than an average transit rider.
At the end of the day people just want to get to where they're going easily, quickly and affordably. Very few people are just bike, bus, train, or car people.
Is the US irredeemably a "car culture"? No.
18% of Americans are open to car-free living, which would be transformative.
Focus on making that possible for them: transit, active modes, better land use.
Change the facts and the culture will follow.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
18% of Americans are open to car-free living, which would be transformative.
Focus on making that possible for them: transit, active modes, better land use.
Change the facts and the culture will follow.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Who is interested in car-free living in the US? Findings from a nationwide survey
The United States (US) is infamously car dependent, causing environmental, safety, and social problems. Car-free living is one way to combat the downs…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At the end of the day people just want to get to where they're going easily, quickly and affordably. Very few people are just bike, bus, train, or car people.
I think I'm opposed to term limits but I am in favor of age limits. Serving a long time is kind of ok, as a counter balance to lobbyists. It takes time to get good at a job but right now we're ruled by a gerontocracy and that's not okay.
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think I'm opposed to term limits but I am in favor of age limits. Serving a long time is kind of ok, as a counter balance to lobbyists. It takes time to get good at a job but right now we're ruled by a gerontocracy and that's not okay.
The 2017 Point Defiance Rail Disaster only happened because of I-5. That bridge was only built because I-5 would have otherwise chopped the line and they were too cheap to build a more gradual bridge. Also it was in the original WSDOT plan to replace but later cost engineered out.
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The 2017 Point Defiance Rail Disaster only happened because of I-5. That bridge was only built because I-5 would have otherwise chopped the line and they were too cheap to build a more gradual bridge. Also it was in the original WSDOT plan to replace but later cost engineered out.
The number of times I hear about rail when I bring up transit, is amazing. From advocates, or non-advocates. Even suburbanites who have never been on a transit vehicle say, we need Commuter Rail or we need Light Rail and that will solve their transit problems. It won't.
Do you find yourself in conversations with people who like to talk about how "they would never ride a bus" or who worry about "bus stigma"? I was just reminded of this 2017 article of mine, which tries to blow all that nonsense away. Hope you find it useful.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why We Should Stop Talking About 'Bus Stigma'
Obsessing over trying to serve different economic classes on mass transit misses the point.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The number of times I hear about rail when I bring up transit, is amazing. From advocates, or non-advocates. Even suburbanites who have never been on a transit vehicle say, we need Commuter Rail or we need Light Rail and that will solve their transit problems. It won't.
Welcome to Bluesky @c2spirit.bsky.social ! <3
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Welcome to Bluesky @c2spirit.bsky.social ! <3
Reposted by Eddy Sackinger
The Complete Streets movement began with a compelling, people-first vision: streets designed to be safe, accessible, and welcoming to everyone, not just cars.
But as this vision was absorbed into the federal transportation bureaucracy, it became a hollowed-out shell.
But as this vision was absorbed into the federal transportation bureaucracy, it became a hollowed-out shell.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The Complete Streets movement began with a compelling, people-first vision: streets designed to be safe, accessible, and welcoming to everyone, not just cars.
But as this vision was absorbed into the federal transportation bureaucracy, it became a hollowed-out shell.
But as this vision was absorbed into the federal transportation bureaucracy, it became a hollowed-out shell.
It bothers me how urban often means big city for people. I would be happy living in a small town, I just don't want to be at the outskirts far away from the action in town.
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
It bothers me how urban often means big city for people. I would be happy living in a small town, I just don't want to be at the outskirts far away from the action in town.
I just realized there's a video explaining where dirty jobs got safety third comes from
Mike Rowe - Safety Third - Whaaat??
YouTube video by Ron Durham
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I just realized there's a video explaining where dirty jobs got safety third comes from
I tend to ponder the effect of CARB changing charging standards in 2001, to the conductive J1772, and incompatible with the inductive chargers the industry was actively pursuing. I wonder if that played a role in the cancellation of many of these EVs.
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I tend to ponder the effect of CARB changing charging standards in 2001, to the conductive J1772, and incompatible with the inductive chargers the industry was actively pursuing. I wonder if that played a role in the cancellation of many of these EVs.
Reposted by Eddy Sackinger
tax the empty (lots)
November 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
tax the empty (lots)
It's good to see upward mobility in such a vital region!
After much deliberation and a grueling interview process, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a new job and will not need any financial support from my parents to cover the high costs of childcare going forward. #AmericanDream #ThisIsYourCity
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
It's good to see upward mobility in such a vital region!
Let me get this straight, CAMPO wants drive alone travel times to decrease, while transit ridership increases and is willing to accept more carbon emissions to get there?
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Let me get this straight, CAMPO wants drive alone travel times to decrease, while transit ridership increases and is willing to accept more carbon emissions to get there?
Here's the thing, I don't believe that Democrats could have gotten a better deal out of Republicans in order to reopen the government. I don't.
I also would not have had a problem with Republicans eliminating the filibuster in order to reopen the government and believe the filibuster is bad.
I also would not have had a problem with Republicans eliminating the filibuster in order to reopen the government and believe the filibuster is bad.
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Here's the thing, I don't believe that Democrats could have gotten a better deal out of Republicans in order to reopen the government. I don't.
I also would not have had a problem with Republicans eliminating the filibuster in order to reopen the government and believe the filibuster is bad.
I also would not have had a problem with Republicans eliminating the filibuster in order to reopen the government and believe the filibuster is bad.
I don't want to live in a world where we assume the worst in people. People do bad things, and we shouldn't let ourselves be run over by them but to assume that strangers want bad things for us, is going too far.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don't want to live in a world where we assume the worst in people. People do bad things, and we shouldn't let ourselves be run over by them but to assume that strangers want bad things for us, is going too far.
I think I pretty firmly believe that without the ability to self-deal, really being an operating system vendor is a terrible industry to be in.
November 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I think I pretty firmly believe that without the ability to self-deal, really being an operating system vendor is a terrible industry to be in.
I often wonder what the world would look like if Enron and Blockbuster had been successful with in-home streaming.
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I often wonder what the world would look like if Enron and Blockbuster had been successful with in-home streaming.
Young people want cities to build transit and don't have the same aspirational relationship with cars their parents did. They grew up waiting for their parents to drive them around and don't want to put more people through that.
The referendum fared best in precincts that skewed younger and near existing or planned rail lines, a Charlotte Observer analysis of voter data found.
See where voters supported, rejected Mecklenburg transit tax
The referendum fared best in precincts that skewed younger and near existing or planned rail lines, a Charlotte Observer analysis of voter data found.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Young people want cities to build transit and don't have the same aspirational relationship with cars their parents did. They grew up waiting for their parents to drive them around and don't want to put more people through that.
In my mind at least, the #1 lesson of Mamdani is to run younger candidates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
In my mind at least, the #1 lesson of Mamdani is to run younger candidates.
Am I the only one who likes slack better than discord?
October 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Am I the only one who likes slack better than discord?
I don't think I realized that Gillig's battery buses have Cummins drive trains
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I don't think I realized that Gillig's battery buses have Cummins drive trains
Good to see #GoRaleigh operating their bendy buses 😁😍
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Good to see #GoRaleigh operating their bendy buses 😁😍
I always find it interesting that BRT has stations and streetcars have stops 🤷♀️
October 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I always find it interesting that BRT has stations and streetcars have stops 🤷♀️
At a Light Rail station built in 2018, there's no real-time arrival and the paint is peeling. Also the signs are dirty.
October 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
At a Light Rail station built in 2018, there's no real-time arrival and the paint is peeling. Also the signs are dirty.