The original Shinkansen in Japan was such a mess of a project and so over budget, the country nearly swore off bullet trains. It now has 1800 miles of it, and the system moves 160 million people annually.

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The City of Los Angeles could largely solve its $1 billion budget shortfall by allowing more homes to be built near its transit stations, according to a report out today from Streets For All, an LA-based safe streets and land use advocacy organization.

Washington, DC — here’s what you can expect now that the president wants to cosplay as dictator in your city, too: ▪️Soldiers sitting around with nothing to do ▪️Lies from all levels of the federal government ▪️No meaningful impact

Didn’t see this on TV? Here’s the Paramount+ version of the end credits scene.

Why is she on national news talking about DC rather than talking to local press about LA? Because her campaign finances have collapsed and she needs national Dem party donors to rescue her.

It took at least 8 US Trump regime troopers to bring down the notorious Subway sandwich slinger of DC after an extensive foot chase across the city. #freeDC #freeSubwaySlinger

During Cap and Trade Reauthorization, we're calling on the legislature to: 1. Pilot a multi-year investment framework to fund the State Rail Plan 2. Guarantee a minimum of $1 B/year for High Speed Rail 3. Eliminate free allowances to make polluters pay & increase C&T revenue 🧵

Posting this 6 weeks after California YIMBYs made national news for passing a permitting reform bill certainly is a choice.

There is some wild MAGA disinformation out there about SB 79. So our own Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈 made this video to bring the facts about this important bill that will help make it easier to afford to live near certain rail and certain BRT stops - but won’t apply in the Palisades

New Yorkers just spend all day thinking about how special going to the store is

“[E]ven worse than ignoring the attacks…is reporting false information about them. Unfortunately, California station KABC-TV appears to have done just that, by reporting uncritically on claims by the LAPD that two people were detained at the protest for “pretending to be media.”

In every debate about extending public transit into a US suburban area, we always hear this. (Link in first reply.)

BORDER PATROL HAS SHOWED UP AT OUR BIG BEAUTIFUL PRESS CONFERENCE! WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED!

TRUMP’S PRIVATE ARMY IS ILLEGALLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY!!!! WE WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED BY THIS WEAK LITTLE MAN!!!

Jim Stewartson, Antifascist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🏴‍☠️🇺🇸 Governor Newsom Press Office

Newsom is right….here’s Trump’s LA gestapo Chief Greg Bovino outside the Newsom rally right now acting all tough

LONG LIVE THE FREE STATE OF CALIFORNIA!

LA City Attorney's assumptions on why LA should oppose SB 79 are false: Yes, development increases infrastructure costs. But she forgot to mention that existing development fees (standard ones, not affordable linkage fees) pay for most of this!