DOB’s Sustainability Bureau applied for this funding from U.S. Department of Energy with Marron Institute and Urban Green Council, which have been strong advocates of LL97 since it was first passed into law in 2019. Learn more about how funds will be used: nyc.gov/site/buildings…

We are hiring people to write ***new*** transit costs project cases. We will pay you. It must be awesome. Feel free to ask @[email protected]/@alonlevy.bsky.social (they) and me questions. More info here: docs.google.com/document/d/1hw…

#WUF12Egypt 🗨 When urban population grows, a city triples. As much as 90% of new growth is informal or unplanned. What needs to be done? #UrbanExpansion, minimal and realistic planning : Patrick Lamson-Hall NYU Urban Expansion Program #ItAllStartsAtHome ##UrbanPlanning citiesalliance.org/newsroom/event…

Join us in Fumba Town on Nov. 22 for the launch of our AUL Public Talk Series! 🤩 We're thrilled to host Alain Bertaud, a renowned urban planner whose work bridges the gap between operational urban planning and urban economics. He will discuss the future of African cities 🏙️✨

My main advice to everyone building transit projects: cut your timeline in half. For this one, let’s cut it by 75%, at a minimum.

We just posted a rolling stock costs dataset. It’s early days, but hopefully will be a useful tool to understand how costs vary. We have included some early takeaways, but plan to do more: transitcosts.com/rolling-stock-…

The Africa Urban Lab couldn’t be more proud to have our inaugural Public Talk given by Alain Bertaud here in ZNZ! 🌆 In addition to Alain we had students from our Diploma program, from The State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), from @Aru_university, Zanzibari community members, & many others. ASE Zanzibar

A very misguided cliché I hear in transit is “Nobody cares about opex because you can’t cut a ribbon.” Of course you can have a big photo op for a major operational improvement! And the politician that funds it will still be in office when it opens, unlike a capital project

Going to be in Toronto talking transit costs next week. If you're around and interested, here is more information: eventbrite.ca/e/can-transit-…

eric goldwyn from Marron Institute is presenting on Can Transit Infrastructure Projects Be Delivered Better?

Can Transit Infrastructure Projects Be Delivered Better with eric goldwyn of Marron Institute and Matti Siemiatycki of Infrastructure Institute. #IMFGtalks

NYC Council member Ossé cites the Transit Costs Project 🩶Marron Institute eric goldwyn @[email protected]/@alonlevy.bsky.social (they) @ChittiMarco

Gave a talk about transit costs research at the University of Toronto (IMFG). Prof Matti Siemiatycki had a lot of excellent questions in the Q&A. For those that don’t know, Toronto probably has the largest capital program in North America: imfg.org/research/doc/?…

Watch the video of this important topic. imfg.org/research/doc/?…

For the first time ever, the new State Rail Plan incorporates an international best practice known as service-led planning. Tune into this webinar to learn from Caltrans HQ, Californians for Electric Rail, and eric goldwyn about the plan. 🔗Link below and in our bio

Elizabeth Glazer Greg Berman American Enterprise Institute Urban Institute Benjamin Soskis Indiana University Bard Early College Claire Dunning Univ. of Maryland Fund for the City of New York Ms Carter A former nonprofit CEO and official in the de Blasio administration, Mindy Tarlow compares life in the nonprofit sector to her experience at City Hall. Marron Institute vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-p…

New analysis with Marron Institute: LIRR Got By Far the Most MTA Capital Investment Per Rider in Last 25 Years. Read it here ⤵️ buff.ly/bsnYPtB

This new station in xi’an looks pretty spectacular. What it does that you don’t see in the US. Besides the obvious stuff is the use of *columns*. We have jettisoned columns, largely, because we think they’re bad/unsightly. But no columns means larger, more expensive caverns.

The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and intercity rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/upl…

Momentum, Nolan Hicks’, fantastic report is up. It ties together a lot of positive threads in US passenger railroading that have emerged recently. *Electrification is salvation for passenger rail*. Embrace it, run trains frequently, & get butts in seats: transitcosts.com/reports/