Kurt Raschke
@kurtraschke.com
they/them
Transit and technology, mostly. Prone to ranting.
Reposts and favorites are not endorsements. Posts are solely my own.
ABATE NOXIOUS STIMULI.
Transit and technology, mostly. Prone to ranting.
Reposts and favorites are not endorsements. Posts are solely my own.
ABATE NOXIOUS STIMULI.
I really want to see proper FDIR capabilities in consumer devices. You can’t push packets through a cellular link despite adequate signal strength? Power-cycle the modem _automatically_, and if that doesn’t fix it before reaching some pre-determined lockout, then _annunciate a fault_!
November 30, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really want to see proper FDIR capabilities in consumer devices. You can’t push packets through a cellular link despite adequate signal strength? Power-cycle the modem _automatically_, and if that doesn’t fix it before reaching some pre-determined lockout, then _annunciate a fault_!
I'm working on a new Web site. There's a dev server running on my laptop, which is connected to public Wi-Fi, and I want to see it on my phone, which is on 5G. This should feel like magic, like some kind of networking sorcery, but thanks to @tailscale.com it all just works.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I'm working on a new Web site. There's a dev server running on my laptop, which is connected to public Wi-Fi, and I want to see it on my phone, which is on 5G. This should feel like magic, like some kind of networking sorcery, but thanks to @tailscale.com it all just works.
"Hey, should I buy this 16 TB drive that's on sale today?"
No. It's almost certainly a liability. Let me explain.
If you're just looking for somewhere to stash a third, or fourth, or fifth copy of some cold data, sure, maybe.
No. It's almost certainly a liability. Let me explain.
If you're just looking for somewhere to stash a third, or fourth, or fifth copy of some cold data, sure, maybe.
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
"Hey, should I buy this 16 TB drive that's on sale today?"
No. It's almost certainly a liability. Let me explain.
If you're just looking for somewhere to stash a third, or fourth, or fifth copy of some cold data, sure, maybe.
No. It's almost certainly a liability. Let me explain.
If you're just looking for somewhere to stash a third, or fourth, or fifth copy of some cold data, sure, maybe.
As a former Federal civil servant, this whole thread is just heartbreaking. I urge you to read it in full.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
As a former Federal civil servant, this whole thread is just heartbreaking. I urge you to read it in full.
Sometimes it’s tough to work in transit, but stories like this make it all worth it.
Thx @cnn.com for telling Joy and Sam’s story! A great example how transit connects the community & can really impact people in so many ways. Really appreciate seeing our amazing @wmata.com staff get the attention they deserve. Pls pass this one along ❤️
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/u...
She was a bus driver who answered questions from a curious 5th grader. A decade later, they reconnected — as colleagues | CNN
Though Sam Mencimer didn’t know it at the time, all those moments with his favorite bus driver, Joy Kenley – the never-ending questions, the bus depot tour – would have a lasting impact on his life.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sometimes it’s tough to work in transit, but stories like this make it all worth it.
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no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
no one has ever spoken like this about a GoA4 (grade-of-automation four, or no staff on-board and completely automatic) driverless metro
I think I’ve mentioned this before but a fun little data science project for someone would be to build a map of places where you can see the stars at night and which are transit-accessible.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I think I’ve mentioned this before but a fun little data science project for someone would be to build a map of places where you can see the stars at night and which are transit-accessible.
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
(as regards the last repost, there is an increasing view among consultants and operators that GoA 3/4 systems simply _must_ have PSDs, and that doesn’t have to be the case! SkyTrain and the DLR have functioned just fine for decades!)
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 AM
(as regards the last repost, there is an increasing view among consultants and operators that GoA 3/4 systems simply _must_ have PSDs, and that doesn’t have to be the case! SkyTrain and the DLR have functioned just fine for decades!)
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I understand the benefits perfectly, and they make sense, but platform boarding doors for metro systems are my worst nightmare. Removing the rush of air and unobstructed view of a train arriving in a station is an unimaginable loss of romantic feeling and metaphor from society. Don’t @ me about it.
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I understand the benefits perfectly, and they make sense, but platform boarding doors for metro systems are my worst nightmare. Removing the rush of air and unobstructed view of a train arriving in a station is an unimaginable loss of romantic feeling and metaphor from society. Don’t @ me about it.
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[Ed Harris in Apollo 13 voice] alright. What do we have on this spacecraft that isnt gender.
November 12, 2025 at 3:07 AM
[Ed Harris in Apollo 13 voice] alright. What do we have on this spacecraft that isnt gender.
I understand that folks may not view transit agencies as paragons of functional behavior. But, in two particular ways, I contend that thinking and acting like a transit agency may improve your life: kurtraschke.com/2025/11/neur...
Thinking (and acting) like a transit agency can improve your life: two vignettes
I realize the assertion in the title of this post may sound outlandish, so I should start by clarifying: when I say “thinking and acting like a transit agency”, I don’t mean showing up late, or perhap...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I understand that folks may not view transit agencies as paragons of functional behavior. But, in two particular ways, I contend that thinking and acting like a transit agency may improve your life: kurtraschke.com/2025/11/neur...
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finally wrote that blog post, in which i argue that "people will lie about using AI for coding" is not a good reason to allow people to use AI for coding:
blog.xkeeper.net/thoughts/ran...
blog.xkeeper.net/thoughts/ran...
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
finally wrote that blog post, in which i argue that "people will lie about using AI for coding" is not a good reason to allow people to use AI for coding:
blog.xkeeper.net/thoughts/ran...
blog.xkeeper.net/thoughts/ran...
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like, i’m sorry man, but gun to my head, i’ll take the statistical probability of another fukushima nuclear disaster over the certainty of what we’re losing to climate change
turning off existing nuclear plants before we’re out of fossil fuel consumption to displace is objectively insane!
turning off existing nuclear plants before we’re out of fossil fuel consumption to displace is objectively insane!
November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
like, i’m sorry man, but gun to my head, i’ll take the statistical probability of another fukushima nuclear disaster over the certainty of what we’re losing to climate change
turning off existing nuclear plants before we’re out of fossil fuel consumption to displace is objectively insane!
turning off existing nuclear plants before we’re out of fossil fuel consumption to displace is objectively insane!
I seldom post on LinkedIn, so you should know that when I do it must be for a darn good reason. In this case, the Subways Performance Analysis Unit, a great group of people I work with closely, is hiring for an analyst:
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Transit Management Analyst Series - Performance Analysis Unit (PAU) in Brooklyn, New York, United States | Kurt Raschke
In 1981, after the landing of the first Space Shuttle mission—the first time a reusable space vehicle had ever been launched and returned to Earth fit to fly again—Johnson Space Center Director Chris ...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I seldom post on LinkedIn, so you should know that when I do it must be for a darn good reason. In this case, the Subways Performance Analysis Unit, a great group of people I work with closely, is hiring for an analyst:
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The interminable wait for DNS to propagate.
November 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The interminable wait for DNS to propagate.
What can you learn from 80 million GTFS-realtime feed fetches? I dig into the good, bad, and ugly of real-time transit data in my latest post: kurtraschke.com/2025/10/gtfs...
Lessons learned from consuming GTFS-realtime at scale, hundreds of billions of StopTimeUpdates later…
Disclaimer: I work for a transit agency and have, at times, worked on passenger information and open data. The views contained in this post are entirely my own and not reflective of or endorsed by any...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
What can you learn from 80 million GTFS-realtime feed fetches? I dig into the good, bad, and ugly of real-time transit data in my latest post: kurtraschke.com/2025/10/gtfs...
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
I was recently in the Bay Area again, and each time I find it a little bit harder to leave behind.
October 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I was recently in the Bay Area again, and each time I find it a little bit harder to leave behind.
I use they/them pronouns now.
Yes, I know what today is.
Yes, I know what today is.
October 11, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I use they/them pronouns now.
Yes, I know what today is.
Yes, I know what today is.
I had an insight this morning: the way I am coming to feel about autonomous vehicles is a lot like the way I feel about nuclear power.
kurtraschke.com/2025/10/nucl...
kurtraschke.com/2025/10/nucl...
How autonomous vehicles are like nuclear power, and how we should think about them both
I have a confession to make: when I was in San Francisco in 2024, for the BART legacy fleet retirement, one of the things I did while I was there was ride in a Waymo. I had no reason to do so other th...
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October 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I had an insight this morning: the way I am coming to feel about autonomous vehicles is a lot like the way I feel about nuclear power.
kurtraschke.com/2025/10/nucl...
kurtraschke.com/2025/10/nucl...
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I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Should We Let Public Transit Die?
Urban-rural hostility is fueling a public transportation crisis in US cities. But demands to abandon bus and train riders ignore the economic and social costs of cutting service.
www.bloomberg.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I have a major piece in Bloomberg Citylab today. Should the US let transit fail, as Pennsylvania is already doing? And if not, what are the arguments we need to let it succeed?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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nothing more freeing than pushing absolutely terrible nondescript commit messages to a private repo only you are in
August 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
nothing more freeing than pushing absolutely terrible nondescript commit messages to a private repo only you are in
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AI weirdos can pry em dashes and sparkle emojis from my cold, dead hands
June 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
AI weirdos can pry em dashes and sparkle emojis from my cold, dead hands