Marcel Moran
@marcelmoran.com
San Francisco 🌁
City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Banner by Bellows.
City Planning, Sustainable Transportation, Spatial Science. Union Member. Banner by Bellows.
Nice ride on the Blue Line
November 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nice ride on the Blue Line
Begging San Diego to build a connection from their airport to their light rail.
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Begging San Diego to build a connection from their airport to their light rail.
All hail airports where the subway goes directly to the terminal
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
All hail airports where the subway goes directly to the terminal
There's always something fun about seeing something you've written "break containment" and start to be discussed in a different language. All the better when it's French!
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There's always something fun about seeing something you've written "break containment" and start to be discussed in a different language. All the better when it's French!
The point I desperately want to get across is that how we *enforce* speed limits has altered American's understanding of the limits themselves. sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/o...
November 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The point I desperately want to get across is that how we *enforce* speed limits has altered American's understanding of the limits themselves. sf.streetsblog.org/2025/11/24/o...
Two weeks from today! Should be a super fun conversation on the intersection of imagery analysis and city planning with me and Prof. Ayda Kianmehr, and Prof. Maryam Hosseini. Free and open to the public: sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Two weeks from today! Should be a super fun conversation on the intersection of imagery analysis and city planning with me and Prof. Ayda Kianmehr, and Prof. Maryam Hosseini. Free and open to the public: sjsu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Noticing 19th St Oakland BART has labeled (numbered) exits. Good practice for wayfinding!
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Noticing 19th St Oakland BART has labeled (numbered) exits. Good practice for wayfinding!
We really need to hook up farmers market vendors to the grid - because running these for hours ain't it
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We really need to hook up farmers market vendors to the grid - because running these for hours ain't it
Pretty day on campus
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Pretty day on campus
Powerful cartography and reporting in this piece:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Powerful cartography and reporting in this piece:
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Are there any imminent plans for @caltrain.com 22nd Street Station to receive a ramp or elevator?
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Are there any imminent plans for @caltrain.com 22nd Street Station to receive a ramp or elevator?
These scaffolding designs are an upgrade, but the root problem is the law which demands too many of these in the first place. Glad Mamdani has specifically indicated he is going to remove many sidewalk scaffolds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
These scaffolding designs are an upgrade, but the root problem is the law which demands too many of these in the first place. Glad Mamdani has specifically indicated he is going to remove many sidewalk scaffolds.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
City is just gorgeous
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
City is just gorgeous
View of Market Street from SF's downtown IKEA
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
View of Market Street from SF's downtown IKEA
Although - YIKES with this part of the article. Self-driving cars following the speed limit is NOT A DOWNSIDE:
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Although - YIKES with this part of the article. Self-driving cars following the speed limit is NOT A DOWNSIDE:
It's always funny to me that the NYTimes has what's very clearly a "rich person section" but they have to call it their "style magazine"
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It's always funny to me that the NYTimes has what's very clearly a "rich person section" but they have to call it their "style magazine"
Enjoyed that Apple's advertising of the new AirPods includes public transit:
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Enjoyed that Apple's advertising of the new AirPods includes public transit:
One thing American media is very good at is writing about homeowners as if they are victims.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
One thing American media is very good at is writing about homeowners as if they are victims.
New bus-boarding island coming to 7th and Mission (by the federal courthouse).
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
New bus-boarding island coming to 7th and Mission (by the federal courthouse).
Another new tenant in the Ferry Building
November 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Another new tenant in the Ferry Building
It's amazing in how bad it is. You can either hike, or write a book, you absolutely cannot write "most" of a book WHILE hiking
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It's amazing in how bad it is. You can either hike, or write a book, you absolutely cannot write "most" of a book WHILE hiking
Bernal Heights, post rain
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Bernal Heights, post rain