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capntransit

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Climate advocate, queer, ranting against bullshit for over a decade.

Here are some reasons to get people to shift from cars to transit:

Reducing pollution
Increasing efficiency
Reducing carnage
Improving society
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Strange: everyone knows that Airbnb contributes to unlivable inner cities and housing problems, and yet very few people decide not to rent Airbnb because of this.

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@luccamerel It's just a symptom of housing restrictions, not the problem.

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@luccamerel You're not addressing my point. The only reason AirBnb has that effect is because the market is restricted. It's like cyclists fighting to take away train rights-of-way because the drivers won't make the roads safe to ride bikes on.

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@luccamerel And my broader point is this is not something "everyone knows." Some of us place the blame elsewhere and choose AirBnb because it's cheaper, or offers a more convenient location or a better layout for what we want.

I recently took a trip where the hotel choices were a really expensive hotel in the center of town, or relatively cheap motels out in the unwalkable strip malls. Meanwhile there were Airbnb rentals a short walk from downtown, in interesting neighborhoods with no hotels.

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In NYC election news:

Justin Brannan, who is generally in favor of pedestrian and transit improvements, won over Ari Kagan, who is absolutely not, 58-41.

Marjorie Velazquez, who is usually pretty good on transportation but sponsored the underwhelming outdoor dining bill, lost to a pro-cop, anti-housing, anti-poor candidate, Kristy Marmorato, 47-52.

https://enr.boenyc.gov/

capntransit,
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StreetsPAC didn't make endorsements in the general election this year, but here are Brannan and Kagan's answers to transportation questions that Ben Max asked them in October:

https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2023/10/10/in-their-own-words-ari-kagan-vs-justin-brannan-for-council-in-bay-ridge-coney-island

capntransit,
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@bluGill That is not the only question.

capntransit, to random
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RT @walkabledfw These Demand Response costs per trip are frightening:

bettybarcode, to random
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I need a form that enables people to upload & submit digital photos & write different captions for each one. The assumption is that the photos will not all depict the same thing. Have used Google Forms in the past but AFAIK there aren't custom metadata fields for each upload. Please chime in!

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@bettybarcode What about a Google Photos album?

capntransit, to random
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If I tell you I don't want your negativity in my mentions, that's not tone policing, it's tone self defense.

capntransit,
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@roadskater Possibly. This is a pattern in transit discourse, but maybe it's particularly messed up this week for some reason!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2020/02/when-to-go-negative.html

capntransit,
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@roadskater I've never seen that movie - had to google it! Is it any good? What's the context of the quote?

capntransit,
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I don't know any other advocacy community where it's such common practice to respond to vision posts with "not gonna happen," "infeasible" and worse. It's absolutely toxic, and it seems pretty clear there's a connection between that pervasive negativity and the decreasing mode share of transit.

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RT @naqiyny Sad how much passenger rail service has been lost since the creation of Amtrak, hope to see funding for restoring old routes soon instead of just upgrading the NEC

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@weilawei Please no unnecessary negativity in my mentions!

https://capntransit.blogspot.com/2020/02/when-to-go-negative.html

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@Lyle In the short term, maybe. Are you in touch with the Virginia HSR and other advocates?

capntransit,
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@RoyBrander I don't know all the abandoned railroads, but it makes sense. New York is just solid blue! And there was a railroad around the coast of Nova Scotia?

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@roadskater Just like the Old Erie Main here in the Hudson Valley!

https://www.iridetheharlemline.com/2012/03/20/and-on-to-port-jervis/

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RT @bfurnas NYC has “an opportunity—and an urgent need—to boost housing production by reversing another relic of an era marked by urban decay and car-centric planning: the city's 1961 zoning code, that has blocked projects across large swaths of the city.

https://www.crainsnewyork.com/editorials/new-york-city-has-chance-correct-mindset-1960s-create-more-housing

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RT @streetspac Tomorrow is Election Day in New York City! Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Click here to learn more about the 13 candidates we've endorsed for New York City Council, and links to voting info:
https://www.streetspac.org/council_election_tomorrow_vote_streetspac_candidates

capntransit, to random
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A great illustration of how "BRT" (Select Bus Service) is nothing like the "surface subway" that people from Aaron Naparstek to Janette Sadik-Khan promised us:

RT @dgisserious Have you ever taken the g train from midwood to bedstuy? Here are your options

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RT @marcus_ismael Freedom from parking tickets.

Freedom from paying for parking. Worrying about parking. Finding parking. Returning in time to said parking.

Freedom from monthly expenses in the hundreds and some times thousand+ dollars.

Freedom from wasting life away in traffic and smog.

RT @alex_lee Car dependency is not freedom

Freedom is being able to viably choose between a bike, walk, ride, or transit to your destination

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RT @railpassengers Actor, producer, director, author, humanitarian… and railfan? Sir Patrick Stewart had “one wish” for this recent book tour - to take the train.

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/sir-patrick-stewart-book-tour-trains/

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RT @streetsblogcal Jeanie Ward-Waller speaks out about the lack of accountability and male toxicity that pushed her out of Caltrans: "I Lost My Job at Caltrans for Speaking Out Against Highway Widening"

https://cal.streetsblog.org/2023/11/03/i-lost-my-job-at-caltrans-for-speaking-out-against-highway-widening

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RT @jessiesingernyc It is no coincidence that the most common ways to die "by accident" are in cars, from guns, and from drugs, and these are only policy areas that feign ignorance to the safety science that every other industry subscribes to.

This is because if you die at work, the employer is financially responsible. If you die in a plane crash, the airline takes a financial hit.

If you die of an overdose, a shooting, or a crash, it costs drugmakers, gun manufacturers, and automakers nothing

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RT @transalt We are devastated to learn that a 79-year-old woman was struck by multiple hit-and-run drivers & killed in Bed-Stuy last night.

We send our deepest condolences to her loved ones.

NYC has the tools to stop traffic violence, but lacks the political will to make our streets safe.

https://nypost.com/2023/11/03/metro/brooklyn-woman-killed-when-two-hit-and-run-drivers-strike-her-on-nyc-street/

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