Amtrak did it again — For the second year in a row the company has set a new ridership record • Ridership: 34.4 million (+5%) • Ticket Revenue: $2.76 billion (+11%) • FY 2025 Revenue: $3.95 billion (+9) The Northeast Regional alone shuttled over 12 million passengers

Wide streets really ruin the aesthetics of a place.

To her credit, “cities are good and we should prioritize urbanites’ quality of life over the convenience of suburban motorists” remains a radical proposition even now, ~65 years after she published The Death and Life of Great American Citied.

A Decade-Long Study Shows Cycling Helps Older Adults Live Longer, Healthier Lives. buff.ly/wGhHNve

Apparently it's possible to make a city without fatal crashes without self-driving cars. #EveryoneGetsHome

We deserve better

IDEA: Take a half block and remove cars.

Super important to understand why most people would welcome Parisian-style apartment housing (left) but not “five over one” apartment (right) to their neighborhood —yes, one reason is that the Parisian building is easy on the eyes while the American apartment building is painful

As Paris keeps showing the world, the moment we stop treating neighborhood streets as exclusively places to move and store cars, and start designing them as places to live, everything changes... cooler blocks, safer streets, cleaner air, stronger community, & real public space.

There are much better ways to build neighborhoods than like this:

Car ownership used to be optional. A luxury purchase to make life more convenient Now it’s an obligation. A $1,000 per month tax just to participate in society

The concept of "reconnecting communities" torn apart by federal infrastructure has come under fire by GOP leaders in Washington. This Senator says it's time to renew the program anyway — and more than triple its funding. usa.streetsblog.org/2025/12/22/new…

I just want places like this to walk to

Colorful bike lanes do not change the fact that we still dedicate far too much space to cars.

The easier it is to hop on a network of bike lanes, the more people ride bikes. Straightforward stuff. Build more bike lanes!

Who would’ve guessed that more train investment would result in more rail ridership?

They don’t teach you in history class that Americans actually had quality passenger train travel once upon a time Small towns to midsized cities in almost every corner of the country had beautiful train depots that were hubs of local commerce

I think humans should be able to live within walking distance of a fresh fruit stand.

Hey Grok remove the less livable city from this picture