never forget castro spamming the euro step so much that it made Che Guevara question his commitment to the revolution

Wireless charging might be my favorite new train amenity I’ve seen.

First time seeing a physical JSON file?

String diagrams through the years at the Taipei Railway Museum.

Being woken up by an earthquake alert ten seconds before was kinda cool and kinda terrifying… glad it wasn’t much here

Transit wonks say that running a piece of the MTA’s upcoming Brooklyn-Queens light rail on the street could be the death of the project nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/24/mta…

Interesting local example of how even mostly good projects can go wrong!

Tell me you skipped every briefing on how people get around in NYC without telling me … Community Service Society of New York (CSS) #congestionpricing

Tropical Storm Chris not being strong enough to be a hurricane feels like a real missed opportunity to hear "A Bay Bay" on the news for a week

Excited to see this - one of the most useful but nerve wracking bike lanes I use

The MTA Digital Services team is growing! We’re looking for a PM and a software engineer. We work on realtime screens in the subway and apps (like TrainTime). If you love working on impactful projects with a smart, fast-moving team, this is your job. new.mta.info/document/145586

If you're visiting NYC, a 15-minute e-bikeshare trip now costs $10.19. (pricing: citibikenyc.com/pricing) That's 3.5x the subway fare -- for 15 minutes on an e-bike. What the hell are we doing?

Not surprising that the demographics of people engaging in public review don't match the whole city, but kind of crazy to see laid out like this

Yikes (but also super cool visualization)

Anthony DiComo i cannot believe it either

Tell ‘em Pitbull

What a turnaround

Uhhh

Great thread — the US planned a comprehensive subway system, built it, and got the promised ridership. And then we never did it again. Every US city that has a busy subway network ought to be planning the next set of lines — and none really are.

The truth about congestion pricing - the majority of people who live here like it. And it’s only outsiders who have turned this into a political Left vs Right, Trump vs democrats issues that are against this youtube.com/watch?v=sKXht3…