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capntransit, 13 days ago to random

RT @nyc_dot E-scooter share is coming to Eastern Queens!

Today we announced the timeline for the arrival of the program that will provide critical connections for roughly 600k Queens residents. This expansion builds on the success of program in the East Bronx.

More: https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2024/timeline-e-scooter-share.shtml

capntransit, 13 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 15, 2009: the failure of Roosevelt Island's Motorgate shows that we can't just #BanCars from cities.

They tried here, but the project wound up under people who didn't share the vision: George Pataki and the developers of the Octagon and Cornell Tech.

When I visited in January, it felt like any other tower-in-a-park run by people who think they're too important to get out of their cars.

Eternal vigilance is the price of car-freedom.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/roosevelt-island-whats-up-with-that.html

The sun sets behind the East Loop Road near the Cornell Hills on Roosevelt Island. One side of the street is lined with parked cars.
The east side of the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech on Roosevelt Island. The ground floor is largely featureless concrete, with two wide garage doors.

TheOverheadWire, 14 days ago to random

Would you all want to see the intro posts from my newsletter here? They are a little bit more long form but I've been wondering where else to post them as I feel like people outside the newsletter might be interested in the discussions they may or may not start.

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

RT @nydailynews Transit advocates slam New York State for planned larger highways

A report by Riders Alliance with Vocal-NY said plans to widen portions of six city highways highways stand in opposition to the state’s climate goals

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/13/transit-advocates-slam-new-york-state-for-planned-larger-highways/

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

RT @streetsblogusa An Amtrak vs. Brightline battle is heating up in Ohio. Could other U.S. communities see similar competitions? NeoTrans Blog explores.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2024/05/13/cleveland-a-target-of-rail-competitors

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

The Portal North Bridge has completed 50% of its milestones.

"The Portal North Bridge and its partner, the eventual Portal South Bridge — which will run along the existing swing bridge’s right-of-way — are the crown jewels of the effort to double train traffic across the swamp.

"But even by itself, the Portal North Bridge is expected to alleviate train delays and speed up rail travel with updated signals and rails, and tall enough for marine traffic to pass under."

https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/05/13/officials-tout-key-milestone-in-new-jersey-side-of-gateway-project/

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 14, 2012: The Interboro Express could be great, but what if we had started by just extending the G train to Brooklyn Army Terminal?

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2012/05/this-is-g-train-to-brooklyn-army.html

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

RT @streetsblognyc A new report shows that the massive decline in NYPD ticket-writing to reckless drivers virtually ended the gains of Vision Zero:

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/05/13/data-nypd-enforcement-now-in-decline-was-once-a-key-to-vision-zero-success

capntransit, 14 days ago to random

RT @ridersalliance #StopTheHighwayHeist! In a city where millions of residents don't own a car and primarily take transit, what sense does it make to spend billions of our tax dollars widening highways?

New Yorkers across the state deserve freedom from car dependency and the right to #GetAroundNY!

https://www.vocal-ny.org/resource/report-new-yorks-highway-heist/

TheOverheadWire, 15 days ago to random

Monday's Most Read # 3 - Is this 661-square-foot home the future of housing? https://bit.ly/3JZXypS Fast Company

capntransit, 15 days ago to random

RT @thecharlier State DOTs: "Our fuel tax revenue is in danger. What shall we do?"
Every Analyst Ever: "You must replace fuel taxes with mileage fees; you should do it soon."
State DOTs: "But that will be controversial."
EAE: "Yes."
State DOTs: "Let's study it some more."

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2024/05/09/michigan-road-funding-road-usage-charge-mileage-based-revenue/73630456007/

capntransit, 15 days ago to random

From the Empire State Passengers Association on Facebook:

Another good piece of news that neither NYS DOT nor #Amtrak's press office want to tell you about. Gosh, this is so sad that we run our railroads this way.

https://www.thedailycatch.org/articles/amtrak-adds-a-new-sunday-round-trip-between-albany-and-new-york-city/

capntransit, 15 days ago to random

Anniversary blog post from May 13, 2009:

It's one thing for an individual to be able to live car-free. It's another thing for an entire municipality to exist without cars. There are actually four necessary conditions:

• Car-free existence within the municipality
• Residents can function car-free outside the municipality
• Critical mass of car-free individuals
• Car-free community structure

Spoiler: the New York Times's #urbanism "experts" get them confused.

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2009/05/living-carfree.html

capntransit, 15 days ago to random

RT @regionalplan To close the projected housing gap in the region, we'd need to undertake the rate of development we saw post-WWII, Regional Plan and McKinsey found.

Read more in The Affordability Squeeze:

https://rpa.org/work/reports/impacts-ny-housing-crisis

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @meghanhoward08 Count me among the furious NJ TRANSIT riders. Personally, it's annoying for many of the common reasons given in the article. But I'm even angrier about this because of the impact it will have on my work.

At work, we provide a "transportation scholarship" to our students who income-qualify, in the form of bus or train tickets to get to our office for after-school and Saturday programming.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1789051101951439112.html

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @philwalkable The BQE is room for 100,000 new homes, plus a new light rail line, AND express bus only lanes for commuters and delivery vehicles

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @kevinrbing They’re not. They just stall safety projects over and over again. They’re spending $23k for something in house staff in JC or elsewhere could do on their own. While they “study” people are gonna die.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/hudson-county-oks-measure-to-evaluate-pedestrian-protection-for-14th-st-viaduct/

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @bradleywthomas “No significant impact”

https://www.wcpo.com/news/transportation-development/brent-spence-bridge/brent-spence-bridge-project-clears-environmental-review-could-break-ground-in-coming-months

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @colleenallreds I asked Corbett about comparing to their in-house bus operations benchmark and what it would take to bring in-house. The Academy bid fell below their cost benchmark, indicating it’s cheaper for NJ Transit assuming there are no change orders.

Main thing to keep in mind: NJT bus operations is over capacity in all but one of its 16 if bus garages. Market Street garage in Paterson is 50%+ over capacity.

efforts are under way to add garages but they need a lot more funding

capntransit, 16 days ago to random

RT @commutinglarry NJ Transit awards $81M contract to bus company accused of fraud

https://www.nj.com/news/2024/05/nj-transit-awards-81m-contract-to-bus-company-accused-of-fraud.html

capntransit, 1 year ago to random

WNYC's Rosemary Misdary interviewed some random labor relations professor as an authority on reducing emissions in New York City. And because of Misdary's elite bias, the conversation was all about making taxpayers pay for charging stations for electric cars in a city where the majority doesn't own cars.

https://www.wnyc.org/story/electric-vehicles-make-1-nyc-cars-will-epa-emissions-crackdown-spark-boom/