Doug
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Doug
@doug.city
· May 13
One of the fun things about knowing a lot about something is seeing people on social media authoritatively saying absolutely wacky stuff about it. (This is probably less fun if your area of expertise is vaccines or something.)
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These two buildings in Park Slope call the same street different names.
Today I learned this is because, after President Garfield was assassinated in 1881, people on Macomb St asked to honor Garfield with a renaming. They were also tired of their street being confused with Macon St in Bed-Stuy
Today I learned this is because, after President Garfield was assassinated in 1881, people on Macomb St asked to honor Garfield with a renaming. They were also tired of their street being confused with Macon St in Bed-Stuy
December 3, 2025 at 12:28 AM
These two buildings in Park Slope call the same street different names.
Today I learned this is because, after President Garfield was assassinated in 1881, people on Macomb St asked to honor Garfield with a renaming. They were also tired of their street being confused with Macon St in Bed-Stuy
Today I learned this is because, after President Garfield was assassinated in 1881, people on Macomb St asked to honor Garfield with a renaming. They were also tired of their street being confused with Macon St in Bed-Stuy
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Such an elemental yet overlooked reality of planning. If you don't:
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Such an elemental yet overlooked reality of planning. If you don't:
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
- Design a new route to add value to the network overall
- Make changes to the existing network to incorporate the new asset
...you're kneecapping yourself. A key part of transit hist:
homesignalblog.wordpress.com/2024/07/12/t...
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My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
My favorite ludicrous New Yorker style is that they print initialisms in full caps but acronyms (initialisms pronounced as words) in small caps, so in the days of CD-ROMs, they'd write the word like this:
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somewhere in an alternate universe there's museums with freeways that people can drive around on, and cities with streetcars people use in everyday life
November 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
somewhere in an alternate universe there's museums with freeways that people can drive around on, and cities with streetcars people use in everyday life
Is it just me, or have all existing links (including DOIs) to National Academies publications broken because of the apparent migration to a new website (that also made me create a new account)?
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Is it just me, or have all existing links (including DOIs) to National Academies publications broken because of the apparent migration to a new website (that also made me create a new account)?
As is now after (American) Thanksgiving, I have completed my seasonal transformation from an R62 to a "green hornet" R33 in Transit Museum Holiday Nostalgia Train guise. Commence festive vibes.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
As is now after (American) Thanksgiving, I have completed my seasonal transformation from an R62 to a "green hornet" R33 in Transit Museum Holiday Nostalgia Train guise. Commence festive vibes.
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Also, a favorite:
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Also, a favorite:
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Happy Thanksgiving to our riders and everyone here at the MTA who keeps our region moving. Each and every day, we’re thankful for you!
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Happy Thanksgiving to our riders and everyone here at the MTA who keeps our region moving. Each and every day, we’re thankful for you!
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'Tis the season for the Holiday Lights Trains! Don't miss your chance to catch them in action for some festive cheer 🚆✨
Check out their schedule below:
www.mta.info/article/catc...
Check out their schedule below:
www.mta.info/article/catc...
Catch the 2025 Metro-North holiday lights trains
Our holiday lights trains are back. Here's when and where you can catch them.
www.mta.info
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
'Tis the season for the Holiday Lights Trains! Don't miss your chance to catch them in action for some festive cheer 🚆✨
Check out their schedule below:
www.mta.info/article/catc...
Check out their schedule below:
www.mta.info/article/catc...
Last express of the day Thanksgiving Eve is really the holiday travel play. Far better than actual rush hour or tomorrow morning.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Last express of the day Thanksgiving Eve is really the holiday travel play. Far better than actual rush hour or tomorrow morning.
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The Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are being inflated this afternoon on the Upper West Side! Take public transit to West 72 St & Columbus Av to see the magic take shape 🎈
Get details on Thanksgiving service changes: www.mta.info/article/mta-...
Get details on Thanksgiving service changes: www.mta.info/article/mta-...
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons are being inflated this afternoon on the Upper West Side! Take public transit to West 72 St & Columbus Av to see the magic take shape 🎈
Get details on Thanksgiving service changes: www.mta.info/article/mta-...
Get details on Thanksgiving service changes: www.mta.info/article/mta-...
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The Holiday Lights Trains are back!
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Holiday Lights Trains are back!
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
We'll be doubling the holiday spirit this year with the addition of a festive diesel train, bringing bright lights and spreading holiday cheer to even more stations!
These Holiday Lights trains will make their debut on Friday and run through New Year’s.
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Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
This is one of the most delightful things I’ve read in a long time.
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.
www.cnn.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This is one of the most delightful things I’ve read in a long time.
How did a (spam) post that did not mention me and is not a reply to me end up in my notifications? (I blocked and reported, but I am still confused.)
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 AM
How did a (spam) post that did not mention me and is not a reply to me end up in my notifications? (I blocked and reported, but I am still confused.)
On the other hand, Portland, OR is further north than Portland, ME!
Portland is further south than Paris
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
On the other hand, Portland, OR is further north than Portland, ME!
I love this city and the subway so much.
A train crew found a loose chicken on an N train this morning—and couldn’t get it to leave.
Loose chicken fouls N train as subway stowaway slows morning commute
A loose chicken gave new meaning to “free range,” scoring a gratis subway ride to Coney Island on the N train Thursday morning after it was discovered fouling a subway car in storage.
www.nydailynews.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I love this city and the subway so much.
I really, really would like to be able to turn off reposts by user on here. I have found myself muting people I *like* and whose actual posts I'd rather see than not because they repost so much, and often it's not even content objectionable to me but it's just more than I want in my feed.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I really, really would like to be able to turn off reposts by user on here. I have found myself muting people I *like* and whose actual posts I'd rather see than not because they repost so much, and often it's not even content objectionable to me but it's just more than I want in my feed.
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The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
Federal Infrastructure Spending on Transportation, Four Years after the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is up for reauthorization in 2026. New analysis shows that the act increased spending on transportation infrastructure, but…
www.urban.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed 4 years ago. In new research @urbaninstitute.bsky.social we study its effects.
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
US transport spending increased by 30%, but:
—Funding for non-highway projects flatlined
—Construction cost increases resulted in no actual increase in infrastructure
This can't possibly be serious, right? Surely this was written by someone making fun of the whole thing, and the people who signed off on it just didn't realize they were being made fun of...
Listen. This "inspiration" is unacceptable.
You've gotta at least say it was inspired by the traditional Scottish sporran or invent some personal story like "So I was in my kitchen, high as a kite, and then a DISHCLOTH stood up and recited the entirety of THE JABBERWOCKY and then ATE MY PHONE..."
You've gotta at least say it was inspired by the traditional Scottish sporran or invent some personal story like "So I was in my kitchen, high as a kite, and then a DISHCLOTH stood up and recited the entirety of THE JABBERWOCKY and then ATE MY PHONE..."
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This can't possibly be serious, right? Surely this was written by someone making fun of the whole thing, and the people who signed off on it just didn't realize they were being made fun of...
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The most interesting thing about the Edmund Fitzgerald is that it was built and owned by Northwestern Mutual.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The most interesting thing about the Edmund Fitzgerald is that it was built and owned by Northwestern Mutual.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
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REMINDER: Next month, starting December 8, the F and the M will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens on weekdays. Here's everything you need to know!
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
REMINDER: Next month, starting December 8, the F and the M will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens on weekdays. Here's everything you need to know!
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
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The final ridership numbers for last week are in, and Wednesday's total ridership clocks in at 4,601,948.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The final ridership numbers for last week are in, and Wednesday's total ridership clocks in at 4,601,948.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
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Recent subway ridership records:
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Recent subway ridership records:
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.