@newtonmarunner.bsky.social
Life Insurance Actuary, 8x NYC Marathon Finisher, Pasta Aficionado
Three permutations of my NYC Subway crayon. The first are two permutations are more Alon Levy level ambition and the third one is more in line with the Regional Planning Association:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Future NYC Subway 2026 (Moving to a hub-and-spoke network) V1.0 - Google My Maps
Moving to a hub-and-spoke network with hubs in Downtown Brooklyn, LIC, Flushing, Melrose/South Bronx Hub, and Exchange Pl.
www.google.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Three permutations of my NYC Subway crayon. The first are two permutations are more Alon Levy level ambition and the third one is more in line with the Regional Planning Association:
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Trams in this country — particularly here in Boston where the roads are super narrow like London’s — don’t do particularly well here.
I wrote a thing.
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Build trams, but build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...
Build trams. But build them well.
Understanding what tramways are, what they do best and how to employ them.
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trams in this country — particularly here in Boston where the roads are super narrow like London’s — don’t do particularly well here.
@aaronznj.bsky.social, this feels so you about your feelings about ETA.
“just one more whitepaper bro. one more 40 page report is gonna convince them to build bike lanes. just one more fact sheet bro. one more sankey chart will—”
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
@aaronznj.bsky.social, this feels so you about your feelings about ETA.
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“just one more whitepaper bro. one more 40 page report is gonna convince them to build bike lanes. just one more fact sheet bro. one more sankey chart will—”
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“just one more whitepaper bro. one more 40 page report is gonna convince them to build bike lanes. just one more fact sheet bro. one more sankey chart will—”
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
you can’t move policy without moving power. you can’t move power without moving people. to move people you have to o r g a n i z e.
If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following public transit consultant Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, Humanities), aka @humantransit.bsky.social, then you‘re not doing TransitSky right.
1) And boom, Des Moines becomes the latest city to adopt a bus network redesign from @humantransit.bsky.social and Associates! 🚌
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following public transit consultant Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, Humanities), aka @humantransit.bsky.social, then you‘re not doing TransitSky right.
Boston’s narrow, labyrinthine street network makes it impossible to be anything other than a rail city.
The biggest strength of the MBTA network is how well the buses connect to the metro and commuter rail lines.
The biggest strength of the MBTA network is how well the buses connect to the metro and commuter rail lines.
Boston never had that issue since it was always integrated as a subway-surface transfer system (it helped that getting streetcars and buses through downtown was basically a non-starter).
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Boston’s narrow, labyrinthine street network makes it impossible to be anything other than a rail city.
The biggest strength of the MBTA network is how well the buses connect to the metro and commuter rail lines.
The biggest strength of the MBTA network is how well the buses connect to the metro and commuter rail lines.
I’m going to get myself into a lot of trouble for this with liberal foodies one because I do despise Karoline Leavitt, but it looks like a kosher-keeping Thanksgiving minus the mac & cheese, which of course in a kosher-keeping house is forbidden with turkey.
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I’m going to get myself into a lot of trouble for this with liberal foodies one because I do despise Karoline Leavitt, but it looks like a kosher-keeping Thanksgiving minus the mac & cheese, which of course in a kosher-keeping house is forbidden with turkey.
Last run at childhood home completed.
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Last run at childhood home completed.
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During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
During this season of giving, let’s do what we can to give back to the communities that have given us so much. From our family to yours, have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
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From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
From our family to yours, happy Thanksgiving!
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I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I think we can safely say that the Leavitt's brother called ICE on his ex, the mother of his child, and I have to say: I have no desire to respect, find common ground or share the country with these monsters.
This is definitely going to be one of the toughest Thanksgivings for me — having to say goodbye to my childhood home this year.
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This is definitely going to be one of the toughest Thanksgivings for me — having to say goodbye to my childhood home this year.
I’m a runner, so I’m totally with Will that hot weather is overrated.
In fact, it’s counterproductive for running.
Boston still has the best running weather of any major US city.
I hear it also has a pretty good citywide social gathering on the third Monday in April, too.
In fact, it’s counterproductive for running.
Boston still has the best running weather of any major US city.
I hear it also has a pretty good citywide social gathering on the third Monday in April, too.
By the way I think the number one thing that the internet underrates in housing choice is that people (insanely, in my view) seem to love hot weather
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I’m a runner, so I’m totally with Will that hot weather is overrated.
In fact, it’s counterproductive for running.
Boston still has the best running weather of any major US city.
I hear it also has a pretty good citywide social gathering on the third Monday in April, too.
In fact, it’s counterproductive for running.
Boston still has the best running weather of any major US city.
I hear it also has a pretty good citywide social gathering on the third Monday in April, too.
If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, humanities), then you’re not doing TransitSky right.
The planner Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social) talks about planning transportation networks with the goal of freedom (which apparently planners call "access"). He writes about public transit, but I think the approach works for any transportation network.
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
Basics: Access, or the Wall Around Your Life — Human Transit
What if we planned public transit with the goal of freedom? Well, it’s hard to improve things that you can’t measure, but now it’s becoming possible to measure freedom, or as we call it in transport ...
humantransit.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
If you’re into public transit, and you’re not following Dr. Jarrett Walker (PhD, Stanford, humanities), then you’re not doing TransitSky right.
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The planner Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social) talks about planning transportation networks with the goal of freedom (which apparently planners call "access"). He writes about public transit, but I think the approach works for any transportation network.
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
Basics: Access, or the Wall Around Your Life — Human Transit
What if we planned public transit with the goal of freedom? Well, it’s hard to improve things that you can’t measure, but now it’s becoming possible to measure freedom, or as we call it in transport ...
humantransit.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The planner Jarrett Walker (@humantransit.bsky.social) talks about planning transportation networks with the goal of freedom (which apparently planners call "access"). He writes about public transit, but I think the approach works for any transportation network.
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
humantransit.org/basics-acces...
That’s easy.
Just go upscale with cacio e pepe (pecorino romano cheese, black pepper, and high quality thick spaghetti or bucatini) — what the late chef Anthony Bourdain called the greatest dish.
Then you don’t have to use the oven; you just have to prepared to screw it up.
Just go upscale with cacio e pepe (pecorino romano cheese, black pepper, and high quality thick spaghetti or bucatini) — what the late chef Anthony Bourdain called the greatest dish.
Then you don’t have to use the oven; you just have to prepared to screw it up.
What cheeses go into your mac n cheese?
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That’s easy.
Just go upscale with cacio e pepe (pecorino romano cheese, black pepper, and high quality thick spaghetti or bucatini) — what the late chef Anthony Bourdain called the greatest dish.
Then you don’t have to use the oven; you just have to prepared to screw it up.
Just go upscale with cacio e pepe (pecorino romano cheese, black pepper, and high quality thick spaghetti or bucatini) — what the late chef Anthony Bourdain called the greatest dish.
Then you don’t have to use the oven; you just have to prepared to screw it up.
Tell me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party without telling me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party.
Obama feebly tried to stage an open convention. That would have been much, much better.
It was never clear to me why Democrats rallied around Harris so immediately, except for some weird notion on appearing unified.
It was never clear to me why Democrats rallied around Harris so immediately, except for some weird notion on appearing unified.
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Tell me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party without telling me you don’t get the political system and the Democratic Party.
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Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mike Johnson is big mad that we forced through a petition and forced a vote on releasing the Epstein files.
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
So let’s do it again. This time to restore the ACA credits he stole from us:
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Thank you to my friend Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, a trailblazer and tireless advocate for New York, for her decades of dedicated service to our country.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
Nydia Velázquez, a New York Trailblazer in Congress, to Retire Next Year
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Thank you to my friend Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, a trailblazer and tireless advocate for New York, for her decades of dedicated service to our country.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
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The Iowa City transit system doesn't even run on Sundays.
Free fares mean lousy service, and actual transit customers know the difference.
Free fares mean lousy service, and actual transit customers know the difference.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Iowa City transit system doesn't even run on Sundays.
Free fares mean lousy service, and actual transit customers know the difference.
Free fares mean lousy service, and actual transit customers know the difference.
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Tonight! Volunteer meeting about how we save our transit in the Bay Area. Tune in to get up to speed and plugged into the effort to help keep our communities moving
actionnetwork.org/events/weekl...
actionnetwork.org/events/weekl...
Weekly Volunteer Meeting: Bay Area Transit Funding Measure
Your community is on the verge of losing transit service as BART, Caltrain, Muni, and AC Transit face HUGE cuts. For example, BART could drop from 4,200 trains/week to just 500. But we can save famil...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Tonight! Volunteer meeting about how we save our transit in the Bay Area. Tune in to get up to speed and plugged into the effort to help keep our communities moving
actionnetwork.org/events/weekl...
actionnetwork.org/events/weekl...
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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"Punish people for being unhealthy. Born with genetic defects? Fuck you."
Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...
Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Punish people for being unhealthy. Born with genetic defects? Fuck you."
Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...
Of course, using Mullin's logic, anyone who comes down with COVID, measles, rubella, whooping cough etc. because they refused to get vaccinated had it coming, so...
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Without a Bay Area transit measure, Caltrain would have to
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
Caltrain outlines severe service cuts without regional measure — Seamless Bay Area
Funding shortfalls threaten to reverse Caltrain's dramatic ridership boom following the start of faster, more frequent electric train service. The agency could be forced to run only hourly service, ru...
www.seamlessbayarea.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Without a Bay Area transit measure, Caltrain would have to
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
- run 1 train/hour
- stop service at 9pm
- stop weekend service
- close 1/3rd of stations
These cuts would be a disaster for riders and undermine the faster and more frequent service that boosted ridership 47% YoY since electrification.
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Good article on how Philip Eng got the MBTA subways running well again. (I was interviewed for it.)
To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston’s subway system back on track
Many now see America’s oldest subway system as a model for repairing the country’s crumbling transportation infrastructure – a huge turnaround from two years ago.
www.csmonitor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Good article on how Philip Eng got the MBTA subways running well again. (I was interviewed for it.)