Borners
@borners.bsky.social
Transit Costs Project Researcher
英国基進主義者 (English state buildingism...its better in the Sino-Japanese).
Profile pic is Nagasawa Ryosetsu's picture of Crane (the virtuous man) staring at your soul.
英国基進主義者 (English state buildingism...its better in the Sino-Japanese).
Profile pic is Nagasawa Ryosetsu's picture of Crane (the virtuous man) staring at your soul.
Its not Odd, its self-interested. Its about quarantining Labour voters away from Tory/Reform.
In almost of all of these new councils the primary choice is electoral gerrymandering mostly aimed at LDs, Greens and Tories (in that order).
In almost of all of these new councils the primary choice is electoral gerrymandering mostly aimed at LDs, Greens and Tories (in that order).
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Its not Odd, its self-interested. Its about quarantining Labour voters away from Tory/Reform.
In almost of all of these new councils the primary choice is electoral gerrymandering mostly aimed at LDs, Greens and Tories (in that order).
In almost of all of these new councils the primary choice is electoral gerrymandering mostly aimed at LDs, Greens and Tories (in that order).
Weirdly just published even though from 2023?
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Weirdly just published even though from 2023?
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Again finds growing support for housing but lots of opposition that's not explained.
Also as with all UK government docs these days small print says "Britain here means England"
Parking spot density various Greater Tokyo locations from Shibuya to Chiba New Town, plus Thai, German, UK and US data.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Parking spot density various Greater Tokyo locations from Shibuya to Chiba New Town, plus Thai, German, UK and US data.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
Which basically says my hometown/borough has the least parking in the world.
Best part of England indeed.
One for @alonlevy.bsky.social that transit is more efficient. This from a report by Japanese cabinet showing share of income going to cars (orange line) and public transport (blue line).
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
One for @alonlevy.bsky.social that transit is more efficient. This from a report by Japanese cabinet showing share of income going to cars (orange line) and public transport (blue line).
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
And Japan is very keen on making transport pay, high (for income) costs for cars and transit fares.
Turks are European indeed.
(N/B this satirical anybody looking at this in the future)
(N/B this satirical anybody looking at this in the future)
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Turks are European indeed.
(N/B this satirical anybody looking at this in the future)
(N/B this satirical anybody looking at this in the future)
And the greatest period of northern relative decline in the entire-post Victorian period.
All you need to prove me wrong is give London and the SE the same number of mps per person and fiscal autonomy as Manchester.
You can choose class inequality or geographic not both. And that's true globally.
All you need to prove me wrong is give London and the SE the same number of mps per person and fiscal autonomy as Manchester.
You can choose class inequality or geographic not both. And that's true globally.
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
And the greatest period of northern relative decline in the entire-post Victorian period.
All you need to prove me wrong is give London and the SE the same number of mps per person and fiscal autonomy as Manchester.
You can choose class inequality or geographic not both. And that's true globally.
All you need to prove me wrong is give London and the SE the same number of mps per person and fiscal autonomy as Manchester.
You can choose class inequality or geographic not both. And that's true globally.
Little crude diagram I put together last night about how Japan regulates fares.
Its based on cost structures of each operators (annualised averages).
Japanese railways are more open on their costs between this and shareholder reports than UK operators arre.
Its based on cost structures of each operators (annualised averages).
Japanese railways are more open on their costs between this and shareholder reports than UK operators arre.
November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Little crude diagram I put together last night about how Japan regulates fares.
Its based on cost structures of each operators (annualised averages).
Japanese railways are more open on their costs between this and shareholder reports than UK operators arre.
Its based on cost structures of each operators (annualised averages).
Japanese railways are more open on their costs between this and shareholder reports than UK operators arre.
Europe is the past, its taking them that long to cosplay pol (England will be the last to fall because we are prudes and cynics)
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Europe is the past, its taking them that long to cosplay pol (England will be the last to fall because we are prudes and cynics)
Finally read a history of my Dad's homeland.
V.resentful Left-wing boomer, Oz had it's golden age 1950's, then he admits it's a place people like living in.
Wants some combo of Argentina, Sweden or US?
(Yes Peronist Argentina is cited positively)
Also insular as hell.
V.resentful Left-wing boomer, Oz had it's golden age 1950's, then he admits it's a place people like living in.
Wants some combo of Argentina, Sweden or US?
(Yes Peronist Argentina is cited positively)
Also insular as hell.
November 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Finally read a history of my Dad's homeland.
V.resentful Left-wing boomer, Oz had it's golden age 1950's, then he admits it's a place people like living in.
Wants some combo of Argentina, Sweden or US?
(Yes Peronist Argentina is cited positively)
Also insular as hell.
V.resentful Left-wing boomer, Oz had it's golden age 1950's, then he admits it's a place people like living in.
Wants some combo of Argentina, Sweden or US?
(Yes Peronist Argentina is cited positively)
Also insular as hell.
As with all Davies it betrays of ignorance of anything outside London or NY.
There are enough megacities out there that basic comparisons show supply works. But far better to just oppose any real change.
There are enough megacities out there that basic comparisons show supply works. But far better to just oppose any real change.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
As with all Davies it betrays of ignorance of anything outside London or NY.
There are enough megacities out there that basic comparisons show supply works. But far better to just oppose any real change.
There are enough megacities out there that basic comparisons show supply works. But far better to just oppose any real change.
Fukuoka is debating extending its Nanakuma line in exactly teh wrong way! Branch it to Minami ward in South where there is no existing railway and move to automation/CBTC to get capacity.
Airport connector subsidy be damned!
Airport connector subsidy be damned!
November 22, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Fukuoka is debating extending its Nanakuma line in exactly teh wrong way! Branch it to Minami ward in South where there is no existing railway and move to automation/CBTC to get capacity.
Airport connector subsidy be damned!
Airport connector subsidy be damned!
Jesus Christ, UK has sprawl problem even within its underbuilding (this isn't London Greenbelt , stuff this middle of nowhere Middle England). From a great Warwick university report on UK planning.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Jesus Christ, UK has sprawl problem even within its underbuilding (this isn't London Greenbelt , stuff this middle of nowhere Middle England). From a great Warwick university report on UK planning.
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
The idea that Brown, somebody who deliberately created 2 tier citizenship with Barnett/Sewell, ethno-racial-national lines is a model is typical Labour ignoring of its authoritarian Imperial national core.
Labour believes in democracy/equality for some, for other less. See FPTP.
Labour believes in democracy/equality for some, for other less. See FPTP.
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The idea that Brown, somebody who deliberately created 2 tier citizenship with Barnett/Sewell, ethno-racial-national lines is a model is typical Labour ignoring of its authoritarian Imperial national core.
Labour believes in democracy/equality for some, for other less. See FPTP.
Labour believes in democracy/equality for some, for other less. See FPTP.
Great Report by @centreforcities.bsky.social @mauricelange.bsky.social
I particularly like this graph which shows Sapporo the least space constrained Japanese city is actually one of the densest.
www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/u...
I particularly like this graph which shows Sapporo the least space constrained Japanese city is actually one of the densest.
www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/u...
November 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Great Report by @centreforcities.bsky.social @mauricelange.bsky.social
I particularly like this graph which shows Sapporo the least space constrained Japanese city is actually one of the densest.
www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/u...
I particularly like this graph which shows Sapporo the least space constrained Japanese city is actually one of the densest.
www.centreforcities.org/wp-content/u...
1. England flag continues to creep into public discourse.
2. The being addicted to phone discourse very much fits top UK politicians.
2. The being addicted to phone discourse very much fits top UK politicians.
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1. England flag continues to creep into public discourse.
2. The being addicted to phone discourse very much fits top UK politicians.
2. The being addicted to phone discourse very much fits top UK politicians.
Not every day work you and your team did gets mentioned in official new communiques. Our Transit Costs Project, Train Operations report is getting some mileage, hopefully it stops the bill.
transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Not every day work you and your team did gets mentioned in official new communiques. Our Transit Costs Project, Train Operations report is getting some mileage, hopefully it stops the bill.
transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...
2016 MLIT Report on Japanese rail infra, left km of bridges and right is km of tunnels and how long ago they were built. You can see WW2, 1973 Oil shock, and the petering off of construction till the present (although a lot of tunnel will come on line in the 2030's with Sapporo/Chuo shinkansen).
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
2016 MLIT Report on Japanese rail infra, left km of bridges and right is km of tunnels and how long ago they were built. You can see WW2, 1973 Oil shock, and the petering off of construction till the present (although a lot of tunnel will come on line in the 2030's with Sapporo/Chuo shinkansen).
Nice lecture about ex-Japanese PMs posy-PM careers.
Something that might interest @tobiasharris.bsky.social
Something that might interest @tobiasharris.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nice lecture about ex-Japanese PMs posy-PM careers.
Something that might interest @tobiasharris.bsky.social
Something that might interest @tobiasharris.bsky.social
I don't think railways should be doing this. Train-go-back-and-forth-on-time is what they should be doing, but since we refuse to pay local government enough to do local government.
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don't think railways should be doing this. Train-go-back-and-forth-on-time is what they should be doing, but since we refuse to pay local government enough to do local government.
Oh Today is a bumper crop of underpants gnomes policy papers for transport investment in the North that doesn't engage with any of the actual obstacles to building infrastructure. Including misleading and stupid comparisons.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Oh Today is a bumper crop of underpants gnomes policy papers for transport investment in the North that doesn't engage with any of the actual obstacles to building infrastructure. Including misleading and stupid comparisons.
static1.squarespace.com/static/55e97...
static1.squarespace.com/static/55e97...
Another day, another underpants gnome scheme of how a couple of tram lines will solve Outer Britain's low productivity economy.
As if the Ruhr, Charleroi, Katowice, Shenyang, Osaka, Chicago don't exist (i.e. places with transit, and decaying compared to Core economic zones).
As if the Ruhr, Charleroi, Katowice, Shenyang, Osaka, Chicago don't exist (i.e. places with transit, and decaying compared to Core economic zones).
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Another day, another underpants gnome scheme of how a couple of tram lines will solve Outer Britain's low productivity economy.
As if the Ruhr, Charleroi, Katowice, Shenyang, Osaka, Chicago don't exist (i.e. places with transit, and decaying compared to Core economic zones).
As if the Ruhr, Charleroi, Katowice, Shenyang, Osaka, Chicago don't exist (i.e. places with transit, and decaying compared to Core economic zones).
UK bookshops atm have lots of African "only English language sources" history books. But engaging with Ethiopia's ancient political tradition while it collapses, Nada. Its telling of both the UK's racism, xenophobia and unwillingness to engage seriously with its multi-nation reality.
November 15, 2025 at 1:56 PM
UK bookshops atm have lots of African "only English language sources" history books. But engaging with Ethiopia's ancient political tradition while it collapses, Nada. Its telling of both the UK's racism, xenophobia and unwillingness to engage seriously with its multi-nation reality.
Too right. Lets do this diversity stuff well. And that means importing dope architecture. Muslims (and Hindus) got shape up and match the architectural extravagance of previous marginalised religious minorities (Westminster Cathedral below).
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Too right. Lets do this diversity stuff well. And that means importing dope architecture. Muslims (and Hindus) got shape up and match the architectural extravagance of previous marginalised religious minorities (Westminster Cathedral below).
Due to random chance I found myself looking at English Mosques/Masjids, and somehow...Bradford has some reasonably handsome ones, the Bradford Central Mosque is particularly fitting. Unlike the rubbish ones in London.
Though it being the North they also have car parks.
Though it being the North they also have car parks.
November 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Due to random chance I found myself looking at English Mosques/Masjids, and somehow...Bradford has some reasonably handsome ones, the Bradford Central Mosque is particularly fitting. Unlike the rubbish ones in London.
Though it being the North they also have car parks.
Though it being the North they also have car parks.
