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I'm repeating myself ad nauseam, but this totally stupid nonsense of all identical traffic lights with written signs to indicate what they are meant for is so absolutely insane that has come to symbolize the hyper-provincialism of Ontario and why it fails so miserably at transit construction.
December 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I'm repeating myself ad nauseam, but this totally stupid nonsense of all identical traffic lights with written signs to indicate what they are meant for is so absolutely insane that has come to symbolize the hyper-provincialism of Ontario and why it fails so miserably at transit construction.
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The last season the Hoosiers were big ten champions the Qing Emperor could’ve watched their home opener.
The last season the Hoosiers were *sole* big ten champions the King of England was also Emperor of India
The last season the Hoosiers were *sole* big ten champions the King of England was also Emperor of India
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The last season the Hoosiers were big ten champions the Qing Emperor could’ve watched their home opener.
The last season the Hoosiers were *sole* big ten champions the King of England was also Emperor of India
The last season the Hoosiers were *sole* big ten champions the King of England was also Emperor of India
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we are reaching new levels of inane traffic delays
December 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
we are reaching new levels of inane traffic delays
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It took 4 minutes to go this 700 meters. That’s a speed of about 10.5 kph
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It took 4 minutes to go this 700 meters. That’s a speed of about 10.5 kph
I do not think this is true.
Bad things can be bad without being end of the world bad.
Bad things can be bad without being end of the world bad.
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.
December 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I do not think this is true.
Bad things can be bad without being end of the world bad.
Bad things can be bad without being end of the world bad.
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Finch West appears on Apple Maps, but since they get it it disappears at a different zoom level than the subway.
Should have called it Line B or something…
Should have called it Line B or something…
December 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Finch West appears on Apple Maps, but since they get it it disappears at a different zoom level than the subway.
Should have called it Line B or something…
Should have called it Line B or something…
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I don’t wanna glamorize it because the UK’s always had pretty bad NIMBYism, but at least when planning cooperated, they WERE good at executing. But with the post-Grenfell “reforms” (2nd stair, sprinklers, liability, lack of prescriptive rules), it’s become almost impossible to build high-rises
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I don’t wanna glamorize it because the UK’s always had pretty bad NIMBYism, but at least when planning cooperated, they WERE good at executing. But with the post-Grenfell “reforms” (2nd stair, sprinklers, liability, lack of prescriptive rules), it’s become almost impossible to build high-rises
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If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Stupid question but how the heck is this stopping at the Milwaukee airport?
December 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Stupid question but how the heck is this stopping at the Milwaukee airport?
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Technology is cool and all but did you ever happen to think that what is possibly the most impressive and comprehensive transit signal priority system in the world, Zurich's, is essentially based on updated versions of 1970s and 80s tech, i.e. induction loops, antennas and basic programming?
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Technology is cool and all but did you ever happen to think that what is possibly the most impressive and comprehensive transit signal priority system in the world, Zurich's, is essentially based on updated versions of 1970s and 80s tech, i.e. induction loops, antennas and basic programming?
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One cool reform element related to parking minimums has impacted previously planned projects:
“In the Bronx, a 94-unit project will not include the 25 parking spots previously required, & in Brooklyn, a more than 500-unit project will not include the previously required 140 parking spots.”
“In the Bronx, a 94-unit project will not include the 25 parking spots previously required, & in Brooklyn, a more than 500-unit project will not include the previously required 140 parking spots.”
heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy — www.crainsnewyork.com/real-estate/...
Housing production increases 23% in first year of City of Yes
The Adams administration has released figures on accessory dwelling units, affordable housing and more to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the plan's passage.
www.crainsnewyork.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
One cool reform element related to parking minimums has impacted previously planned projects:
“In the Bronx, a 94-unit project will not include the 25 parking spots previously required, & in Brooklyn, a more than 500-unit project will not include the previously required 140 parking spots.”
“In the Bronx, a 94-unit project will not include the 25 parking spots previously required, & in Brooklyn, a more than 500-unit project will not include the previously required 140 parking spots.”
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One of the many problems with this episode is it depends upon people being upset at the idea of Wesley dying.
When they said "where no ONE has gone before" they meant THESE folks. Who were the hottest thing on tv in 1989.
December 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
One of the many problems with this episode is it depends upon people being upset at the idea of Wesley dying.
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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 2:07 AM
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...
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One of the best posts I’ve made, and it only involved stealing a take from @nilo.bsky.social
Capitalism is when you're good at building car, Communism is when you're good at building train. This is why the Soviet Union was Communist, Japan and China are mixed economies, and why America was capitalist but now is feudal.
December 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
One of the best posts I’ve made, and it only involved stealing a take from @nilo.bsky.social
What country could they possibly referring to?
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What country could they possibly referring to?
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Driver passed two 99s in front of us and then crossed three lanes of traffic to get us to the bus stop first
December 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Driver passed two 99s in front of us and then crossed three lanes of traffic to get us to the bus stop first
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Please
In 2017, the city built the award-winning Washington/Wabash for $75 million, or $99 million in today’s dollars.
If State/Lake was three times more expensive than Washington/Wabash, we’d be **saving money**.
What is going on here? When is anyone going to start asking real questions about this?
If State/Lake was three times more expensive than Washington/Wabash, we’d be **saving money**.
What is going on here? When is anyone going to start asking real questions about this?
The State and Lake CTA station is getting a $440 million overhaul with a glass roof and elevators to the Red Line.
blockclubchi.co/4mK05Wq
blockclubchi.co/4mK05Wq
August 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Please
Brookline is an exclusionary suburb in a wealthy corner of a wealthy metropolitan area. That makes other things expensive but of course this family can still afford everything!
1/ I may write something about this, but I've noticed some folks, notably Noah Smith, but others as well, deriding the $140,000=poverty in today's US guy.
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
So I thought I'd work out what a family of 4 budget would look like in my well-off Boston suburb (Brookline).
TL:DR--pretty damn tight...
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Brookline is an exclusionary suburb in a wealthy corner of a wealthy metropolitan area. That makes other things expensive but of course this family can still afford everything!
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Me when I do the good race based segregation
Philadelphia’s Chinatown neighborhood has grown significantly over the past decade, but a majority of its new gains in population and business have resulted in a decline in the share of Asian residents.
Share of Asian residents in Chinatown decreasing, new report says
www.inquirer.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Me when I do the good race based segregation
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Correct. There is no elevator installation requirement in any building code aside from NYC’s. Some affordable housing funding guidelines may require it, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act has what Payton describes. Otherwise, an 80-story walk-up apartment building is legal in the Land of the Free.
December 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Correct. There is no elevator installation requirement in any building code aside from NYC’s. Some affordable housing funding guidelines may require it, and the Fair Housing Amendments Act has what Payton describes. Otherwise, an 80-story walk-up apartment building is legal in the Land of the Free.
Why would someone debase themselves by writing something so sloppy and low effort?
Sharp critic of the Illinois transit funding bill: “[A] transit fiscal cliff is a rare opportunity for customer-oriented reform. But the CTA and other systems would rather burn through more taxpayer funds to provide services that customers don’t want.” www.city-journal.org/article/chic...
Chicago Transit Doesn’t Need Another Bailout
Declining ridership shouldn’t be rewarded with more taxpayer dollars.
www.city-journal.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Why would someone debase themselves by writing something so sloppy and low effort?
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Florence tramway hit a new record ridership in october, carrying 4.6 million or 160-170 k per weekday on a network that is just 19km
That is around 9,000 daily boardings per km, on the higher end of this metric for trams.
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
That is around 9,000 daily boardings per km, on the higher end of this metric for trams.
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
Tram, record a bordo. E in piazza Beccaria ecco lastre del ’300
Sopralluogo della Soprintendenza: fermato il cantiere
www.lanazione.it
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Florence tramway hit a new record ridership in october, carrying 4.6 million or 160-170 k per weekday on a network that is just 19km
That is around 9,000 daily boardings per km, on the higher end of this metric for trams.
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
That is around 9,000 daily boardings per km, on the higher end of this metric for trams.
www.lanazione.it/firenze/cron...
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Alaska Airlines will lease slots at Heathrow from American Airlines for Summer 2026 ops.
Looks like a 1405 arrival and 1600 departure at LHR.
#avgeek
Looks like a 1405 arrival and 1600 departure at LHR.
#avgeek
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Alaska Airlines will lease slots at Heathrow from American Airlines for Summer 2026 ops.
Looks like a 1405 arrival and 1600 departure at LHR.
#avgeek
Looks like a 1405 arrival and 1600 departure at LHR.
#avgeek
Low property taxes
Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos will not live forever, so perhaps they are contemplating how to deploy their billions in the long term. What can the descendants of the aristocracy that dominated Britain from the Middle Ages to the first world war teach them? on.ft.com/447ztrr
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Low property taxes
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This is what I feared when I saw Maria Torres-Springer on this transition team. Jamie Torres-Springer’s career in NYC government has been leading two of the worst construction bureaucracies in the world (DDC and MTA Construction & Development).
New: Jamie Torres-Springer, a senior MTA official and the husband of one of Zohran Mamdani’s transition team heads, is under consideration to become the incoming mayor's top operations deputy at City Hall.
www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/03/m...
Mamdani eyeing MTA exec Jamie Torres-Springer for key role; wife helps lead mayoral transition team
The potential deputy mayor for operations pick, Jamie Torres-Springer, is married to Maria Torres-Springer, one of Mamdani’s three transition team co-chairs and former first deputy mayor unde…
www.nydailynews.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This is what I feared when I saw Maria Torres-Springer on this transition team. Jamie Torres-Springer’s career in NYC government has been leading two of the worst construction bureaucracies in the world (DDC and MTA Construction & Development).