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@enf.bsky.social Do you still have the pdf that was once at trafficways.org/scans/1956-b...? Or any other information about the 1956 SF rapid transit proposal depicted in www.flickr.com/photos/walki...
San Francisco rapid transit plans (1956)
The San Francisco City Planning Department's response to the 1956 BART Regional Rapid Transit report. (The double-line routes are BART; the black lines are Muni.)
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November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
@enf.bsky.social Do you still have the pdf that was once at trafficways.org/scans/1956-b...? Or any other information about the 1956 SF rapid transit proposal depicted in www.flickr.com/photos/walki...
Finally trying out electrified Caltrain
September 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Finally trying out electrified Caltrain
Furthest I've been (on land):
N: 71.171°N Nordkapp, 1989; as an adult 69.715°N Nordpissen, Tromsø, 2025
E: Likely 176.378°E near Waimangu on a Wellington-Auckland bus, 2013
S: 65.065°S Port Charcot, 2020
W: 159.782°W or so in Kauai, 1988; as an adult 150.022°W Point Woronzof, Anchorage, 2013
N: 71.171°N Nordkapp, 1989; as an adult 69.715°N Nordpissen, Tromsø, 2025
E: Likely 176.378°E near Waimangu on a Wellington-Auckland bus, 2013
S: 65.065°S Port Charcot, 2020
W: 159.782°W or so in Kauai, 1988; as an adult 150.022°W Point Woronzof, Anchorage, 2013
Furthest I’ve been:
N: W. 4th Ave, Anchorage
E: Probably in the Danube Delta (god forsaken place, stay away!), or if not then the Asian side of Istanbul
S: Coyoacán, Mexico City
W: Somewhere on the North Shore of Oahu probably
N: W. 4th Ave, Anchorage
E: Probably in the Danube Delta (god forsaken place, stay away!), or if not then the Asian side of Istanbul
S: Coyoacán, Mexico City
W: Somewhere on the North Shore of Oahu probably
Furthest I’ve been
N: classified
E I guess International date line or Shanghai
S somewhere south of Capetiwh
W Wake Island
N: classified
E I guess International date line or Shanghai
S somewhere south of Capetiwh
W Wake Island
August 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Furthest I've been (on land):
N: 71.171°N Nordkapp, 1989; as an adult 69.715°N Nordpissen, Tromsø, 2025
E: Likely 176.378°E near Waimangu on a Wellington-Auckland bus, 2013
S: 65.065°S Port Charcot, 2020
W: 159.782°W or so in Kauai, 1988; as an adult 150.022°W Point Woronzof, Anchorage, 2013
N: 71.171°N Nordkapp, 1989; as an adult 69.715°N Nordpissen, Tromsø, 2025
E: Likely 176.378°E near Waimangu on a Wellington-Auckland bus, 2013
S: 65.065°S Port Charcot, 2020
W: 159.782°W or so in Kauai, 1988; as an adult 150.022°W Point Woronzof, Anchorage, 2013
My favorite proposals (that I hadn't already seen elsewhere) from the "1 like = 1 passenger rail project" threads:
August 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
My favorite proposals (that I hadn't already seen elsewhere) from the "1 like = 1 passenger rail project" threads:
🦋 Is this public transportation?
August 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
🦋 Is this public transportation?
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
July 27, 2025 at 11:46 PM
1 like = 1 passenger rail project idea
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Today we are familiar with the enormous Chinese high-speed-rail network, but decades ago, it took a tremendous amount of work to build out the conventional rail network from its state at the proclamation of the People's Republic - mostly sparse, in ruins, and incredibly regionally concentrated
July 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Today we are familiar with the enormous Chinese high-speed-rail network, but decades ago, it took a tremendous amount of work to build out the conventional rail network from its state at the proclamation of the People's Republic - mostly sparse, in ruins, and incredibly regionally concentrated
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At Eidsvoll you can transfer directly from a 200km/h electric train to the 169-year-old paddle steamboat Skibladner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiblad..., the world's oldest operating public transport vehicle.
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
At Eidsvoll you can transfer directly from a 200km/h electric train to the 169-year-old paddle steamboat Skibladner en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiblad..., the world's oldest operating public transport vehicle.
This time I'm heading north, starting with the slow trains from Berlin to Hamburg (since they're free with Deutschlandticket and it turned out a hostel bed in Hamburg tonight was cheaper than an early fast train to Hamburg tomorrow morning).
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
This time I'm heading north, starting with the slow trains from Berlin to Hamburg (since they're free with Deutschlandticket and it turned out a hostel bed in Hamburg tonight was cheaper than an early fast train to Hamburg tomorrow morning).
Apparently it's hotter than usual in Hell right now?
July 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Apparently it's hotter than usual in Hell right now?
It's currently difficult to get very far from Europe in most directions without flying (especially with a US passport). But one path remains open, so today I'm heading southwest from Berlin towards Tangier, Dakar, and beyond.
February 4, 2025 at 7:17 AM
It's currently difficult to get very far from Europe in most directions without flying (especially with a US passport). But one path remains open, so today I'm heading southwest from Berlin towards Tangier, Dakar, and beyond.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
What are the furthest points from Berlin/Europe currently reachable via publicly-available not-airplane-or-cruise-ship transport, and how would you go about reaching them?
January 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What are the furthest points from Berlin/Europe currently reachable via publicly-available not-airplane-or-cruise-ship transport, and how would you go about reaching them?
What's the most underrated city in the EU?
What's the most underrated city in the US?
December 13, 2024 at 10:23 PM
What's the most underrated city in the EU?
⚠️ Achtung! Have a nice day.
November 29, 2024 at 2:13 PM
⚠️ Achtung! Have a nice day.
What do STEM PhD dropouts do now that bigtech hiring is so much weaker than in the 2010s?
March 13, 2024 at 11:05 PM
What do STEM PhD dropouts do now that bigtech hiring is so much weaker than in the 2010s?
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== Berlin to Pozzallo by local/regional trains ==
Vehicles: 32 trains, 1 ferry, 1 rail-replacement bus
Distance: 2755km by train, 7km foot, 8km ferry, 100km bus In-vehicle time: ~40hr train, 20min ferry, 2hr bus
Map: google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Thread starts: staging.bsky.app/profile/lexa...
Vehicles: 32 trains, 1 ferry, 1 rail-replacement bus
Distance: 2755km by train, 7km foot, 8km ferry, 100km bus In-vehicle time: ~40hr train, 20min ferry, 2hr bus
Map: google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Thread starts: staging.bsky.app/profile/lexa...
October 11, 2023 at 11:49 AM
== Berlin to Pozzallo by local/regional trains ==
Vehicles: 32 trains, 1 ferry, 1 rail-replacement bus
Distance: 2755km by train, 7km foot, 8km ferry, 100km bus In-vehicle time: ~40hr train, 20min ferry, 2hr bus
Map: google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Thread starts: staging.bsky.app/profile/lexa...
Vehicles: 32 trains, 1 ferry, 1 rail-replacement bus
Distance: 2755km by train, 7km foot, 8km ferry, 100km bus In-vehicle time: ~40hr train, 20min ferry, 2hr bus
Map: google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Thread starts: staging.bsky.app/profile/lexa...
Enabled by Deutschlandticket (€49/month unlimited local/regional transit in Germany) & the Italia In Tour ticket (€29/3days unlimited Trenitalia regional trains), I'm planning to spend the next few days traveling from Berlin to Southern Italy entirely on local & regional trains.
September 26, 2023 at 6:20 AM
Enabled by Deutschlandticket (€49/month unlimited local/regional transit in Germany) & the Italia In Tour ticket (€29/3days unlimited Trenitalia regional trains), I'm planning to spend the next few days traveling from Berlin to Southern Italy entirely on local & regional trains.
Berlin's Gärten der Welt has gardens in the style of places all over the world and... the USA garden has a parking lot with US cars. But nature is healing, wasps have infested the cars.
August 13, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Berlin's Gärten der Welt has gardens in the style of places all over the world and... the USA garden has a parking lot with US cars. But nature is healing, wasps have infested the cars.
Labor productivity fell in 2023Q1 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm; 2022 was also negative for the year, lowest since at least the 80s. I think this is mostly lower-productivity workers rejoining the workforce but I wonder how much is attributable to the Adderall shortage?
May 13, 2023 at 6:24 PM
Labor productivity fell in 2023Q1 https://www.bls.gov/news.release/prod2.nr0.htm; 2022 was also negative for the year, lowest since at least the 80s. I think this is mostly lower-productivity workers rejoining the workforce but I wonder how much is attributable to the Adderall shortage?