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capntransit, 1 hour ago to random

RT @Streetsblog ITDP is laying out the essential metrics that all communities should track if they want to understand how sustainable they really are—and giving advocates a tool to see how well their neighborhoods stack up right now.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/how-sustainable-is-your-citys-transportation-network

capntransit, 2 hours ago to random

RT @regionalplan Join Regional Plan, TransitCenter, and partners for an event discussing urban highway removal in NYC, focusing on the BQE!

We'll start with a book talk from Megan Kimble about her book City Limits. Get FREE tickets for the June 6 event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-highway-removal-and-nyc-with-a-spotlight-on-the-bqe-tickets-912769396837

capntransit, 4 hours ago to random

RT @alexfromnj This #TurnpikeTrap will only cause more traffic, increase air pollution, and cost taxpayers billions while our mass transit system leaves people stranded.

NJ needs to expand transit, not highways.

https://newjersey.news12.com/activists-hold-rally-in-opposition-to-nj-turnpike-expansion-project-in-hudson-county

capntransit, 5 hours ago to random

RT @amnewyork NYC Transit getting new interim boss after Richard Davey named chair of Massachusetts Port Authority

https://www.amny.com/transit/nyc-transit-richard-davey-leaving-massachusetts/

capntransit, 6 hours ago to random

RT @komanoff It's tiring having to again refute poorly reported scare stories like today's NYT Metro "Congestion Pricing Could Bring Cleaner Air But Maybe Not for Everyone." Truth is, even taking zero credit for transit improvements, the toll will cut driving outside the zone.

All those trips into the congestion zone that will be deterred (not just rerouted) emanate from outside, so their disappearance will cut non-zone VMT. even South Bronx, as fewer trips from Scarsdale etc. pass through

capntransit, 8 hours ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc The NYC Planning showed off a big plan for the new PANYNJ Bus Terminal ... and we mean "big." That and other news in today's headlines:

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/wednesdays-headlines-mass-transit-edition

capntransit, 9 hours ago to random

RT @BillOdeaJC The NJ Turnpike expansion in the downtown neighborhood of Jersey City I represent will only further contribute to environmental degradation, displacement of communities, and encourage increased traffic congestion. A plan that also includes investment in light rail expansion, Ferry Service and other mass transit options that will encourage commuters to opt off of the Turnpike sooner must be part of the solution. We need a sustainable solution.

capntransit, 12 hours ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 30, 2012: The Tri-State Transportation Campaign released a report on Dangerous Roads for Walking, which was a good idea in general, but I recommended measuring the danger per mile, not just on the road with that name, since the lengths varied.

A spot-check on crashmapper suggests that some roads, like the Bowery and Fourteenth Street, were a lot safer in 2011-2024, while others, like Brighton Beach Avenue and the Grand Concourse, were not.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/05/dangerous-roads-for-walking.html

capntransit, 22 hours ago to random

The Voice of the Subways, Bernie Wagenblast, will be among the judges at the May 31 all-gender Miss Subways 2024 contest at Coney Island USA's Sideshows by the Seashore Theater (1208 Surf Ave)!

"Contestants will represent their subway line of choice, answer subway-themed questions, and show off their talents, all for a chance to represent NYC straphangers as the next Miss Subways."

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/who-will-win-the-transit-tiara-at-nycs-all-gender-miss-subways-competition-052924

capntransit, 23 hours ago to random

RT @jalexa1218 On Friday I went to this Mexican bar in Brooklyn. All the tables were full, so people had to stand. Before this summer they had extended their outdoor seating area to the street but now it is parking for one graffiti covered truck

Andres4NY, 1 day ago to cycling

I'm not on Xitter any more, but someone else (on IRC, lol) posted this. #BikeTooter #Wildfires #CarsAreDumb

I think the original article is from 2017.

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

RT @railpassengers One of 123 ADA-based Amtrak station projects since 2011, the Montpelier Junction station along the Vermonter route is getting a makeover

https://vtdigger.org/2024/05/27/montpelier-amtrak-platform-undergoing-3m-upgrade/

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc After a car passenger is killed by a driver fleeing cops, Streetsblog examine police chases and found they remain historically high.

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/29/in-hot-pursuit-nypd-chases-still-surging-unleashing-danger-on-city-streets

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

Every truck VMT is a policy failure.

RT @usdotfhwa At 8.3 billion vehicle-miles traveled (VMT), Interstate 80 leads the nation with the most annual VMT, followed closely by I-75 at 8.1 billion and I-40 at 7.7 billion. https://fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/hpms.cfm

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

RT @aarmlovich Decommodification--ditching the price system in favor of a lottery, waitlist, or other rationing--can be done, but urban housing scarcity is a physical fact

It is possible to turn high prices into 20-year waitlists, for example, but it will not fit 100 families into 90 homes

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

"The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced today that it has awarded an $83.3 million grant to NJ TRANSIT to transform the historic Brick Church station in East Orange into a modern, fully accessible station that preserves historic features and improves the customer experience. Highlights include replacing the current low-level platforms with accessible high-level platforms and adding elevators."

https://www.njtransit.com/press-releases/nj-transit-receives-83-million-grant-fta-brick-church-station-modernization

tml, 1 day ago to random

Speling can be hrad

capntransit, 1 day ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 29, 2010, in which I draw on some musings from Engineer Scotty about what motivates people to choose a particular transportation mode, and distill them to four categories: Availability, Value, Amenities and Glamour.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2010/05/more-difficulties-predicting-mode.html

capntransit, 2 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 28, 2010: We do not make just one mode choice. We make mode choices repeatedly, of at least three kinds: Single Trips, Habits and Investments. We're not going to get people out of cars by addressing only one kind of choice.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2010/05/mode-choices.html

capntransit, 2 days ago to random

RT @openplans NYC's "roadway dining structures...occupy parking spaces or other parts of the street." Does outdoor dining occupy "parking spaces"? Or does free curbside parking actually occupy public space, homogenizing & clogging a useful & potentially versatile piece of our streets?

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/this-summer-is-the-end-of-outdoor-dining-in-nyc-as-we-know-it

Andres4NY, 2 days ago to nyc

Cool, cool. End of August. Sure, no rush, bike lanes don't need protection or anything.

(#NYC's 311 has entries allowing you to report multiple types of 'illegal' games, but nothing for reporting any kind of unsafe bike lane situation. So you just send a generic comment to #NYCDOT Queens commissioner, which may get answered eventually..)
#BikeNYC

Furniture Store Complaint Make a complaint about a furniture or mattress store. Gambling Call 911 to report illegal gambling. Games of Chance Complaint Make a complaint about a business that hosts bingo, raffles, and other games of chance. Gaming Cafe Complaint Make a complaint about a business with three or more computers for playing games. Garbage Truck Spill Report waste leaking or spilling from a garbage truck or trash that spilled onto the ground while being loaded into a truck.
Stray Animal Report a stray or abandoned animal. Street Con Game Report a street con game, such as three card Monte. Street Fair Vendor Complaint Make a complaint about a vendor at a street fair. Street Flooding Report street flooding or ponding.

capntransit, 2 days ago to random

"Memorial Day will be celebrated as usual, by high-speed collisions of automobiles and bodies strewn on highways and the sound of ambulance sirens throughout the land." - Howard Zinn, 1976

h/t @bhalpin

https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/whom-will-we-honor-memorial-day/

capntransit, 3 days ago to random

New blog post: There's an approach to climate change that focuses on "Making Polluters Pay" for the cost of carbon pollution. But who counts as a polluter? Why are they so insistent that it's just a handful of corporations?

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2024/05/making-all-polluters-pay.html

capntransit, 3 days ago to random

We should have torn down the 1950s-era Bronx River Parkway extension that people keep dying on (one person died last month). Instead advocates stopped at a half-assed Sheridan Expressway teardown and we're spending $138 million to rebuild the bridge with wider lanes and shoulders. Sorry, we gotta cut corners on transit, though!

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/bronx-river-parkway-bridge-project-flatiron-ee-cruz-nyc/692693/