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Jean-Paul Torres

@jpaulito.bsky.social

He/him โ€ข Queer neurodivergent latino living the car-free dream. Views expressed are my own. San Francisco, CA ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ

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Colma was an exciting step to bringing BART service into the peninsula back when my family lived in San Bruno. It helped to shorten our trips into the city (SamTrans -> BART via Colma)

25.02.2026 08:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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02.02.2026 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Been snoozing all my alarms this morning. The 7am earthquake woke me up perfectly

02.02.2026 15:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A map of Europe titled โ€œHigh-speed rail planโ€ showing future high-speed train connections and travel times. Green lines represent future new connections, and magenta lines represent future train travel times. Major cities are marked with circles and connected by these lines. Examples of travel times include: Lisbonโ€“Madrid (3h), Parisโ€“Brussels (1h15), Parisโ€“Rome (6h), Berlinโ€“Warsaw (4h15), Berlinโ€“Prague (2h30), Berlinโ€“Vienna (4h30), Berlinโ€“Budapest (6h15), Berlinโ€“Stockholm (4h), Rigaโ€“Tallinn (1h45), Vilniusโ€“Riga (2h), Sofiaโ€“Athens (6h). The map includes the EC logo in the bottom right corner.

A map of Europe titled โ€œHigh-speed rail planโ€ showing future high-speed train connections and travel times. Green lines represent future new connections, and magenta lines represent future train travel times. Major cities are marked with circles and connected by these lines. Examples of travel times include: Lisbonโ€“Madrid (3h), Parisโ€“Brussels (1h15), Parisโ€“Rome (6h), Berlinโ€“Warsaw (4h15), Berlinโ€“Prague (2h30), Berlinโ€“Vienna (4h30), Berlinโ€“Budapest (6h15), Berlinโ€“Stockholm (4h), Rigaโ€“Tallinn (1h45), Vilniusโ€“Riga (2h), Sofiaโ€“Athens (6h). The map includes the EC logo in the bottom right corner.

Weโ€™re launching a bold plan to make high-speed rail the fastest, more sustainable way to travel across Europe by 2040.

Itโ€™s a concrete timeline to remove bottlenecks, unlock investment, and harmonise rail systems โฌ‡๏ธ

05.11.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 525    ๐Ÿ” 115    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 58
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05.11.2025 02:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 86754    ๐Ÿ” 18277    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3167    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2373

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.

Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.

They are not the same.

30.10.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 39546    ๐Ÿ” 14912    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 571    ๐Ÿ“Œ 666
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SFILEN San Francisco Immigrant Legal & Education Network

If you live in San Francisco, today is a good day to familiarize yourself with the San Francisco Rapid Response Network, which has a 24-hour hotline for reporting ICE raids, actually verifies those raid reports, and does attorney activation: sfilen.org/resources/sf...

23.10.2025 04:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 278    ๐Ÿ” 184    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country" This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...

Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."

20.10.2025 03:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1369    ๐Ÿ” 423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 24

Thank you for sharing! I missed this speech but joined earlier for the march.

20.10.2025 05:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The governor signed SB 63, the Connect Bay Area Act, this afternoon, authorizing a ballot measure in five Bay Area counties in November 2026 to fund transit. Thank you @gavinnewsom.bsky.social for working to keep Bay Area moving.

14.10.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh nifty! I didnโ€™t expect there to be 10s of thousands of state employees in the 9 county Bay Area. Helpful to know, thank you.

07.10.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ooo where did the stat โ€œ>25kโ€ come from?

07.10.2025 15:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Real time departures screen shot from West Oakland at 7:45am showing longer trains.

Real time departures screen shot from West Oakland at 7:45am showing longer trains.

You all have shown up for BART, which means it is time to add cars and run longer trains.

Starting today:

๐ŸŸจYellow Line trains will increase from 8 cars to 9 cars.

๐ŸŸฅRed Line trains will increase to four 8 car trains in the AM and PM Peak.
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29.09.2025 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 97    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

The way this message still needs to be amplified.

23.09.2025 06:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The tell here is defining street capacity as a how many vehicles they can fit instead of the number of *people* they can move. Cars are the least efficient way to move people.

22.09.2025 19:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 191    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Okay on that note, will try to go to sleep. Happy groggy Monday yโ€™all

22.09.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The gays
โ€œDid you feel that?โ€
โ€œMe and my roommates all woke upโ€
โ€œAre you okay?โ€
โ€œMy cat is unphasedโ€

My Mexican family which includes some gays
Me: โ€œAre you okay?โ€
Family group chat: โ€ฆ

Guess this is sub 5 quake energy lol

22.09.2025 10:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earthquake Preparedness Learn what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. Sign up to get early warnings from the State of Californiaโ€™s Early Warning System by downloading the MyShake app (available in theโ€ฏApple Appโ€ฏa...

This earthquake was a small one - learn how to prepare for a big one.
berkeleyca.gov/safety-healt...

22.09.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Not my friend saying โ€œduhโ€ when they read this ๐Ÿ˜† glad weโ€™re all okay

22.09.2025 10:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
M4.8 - 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California A magnitude 4.8 earthquake located 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California was detected at 9/22/2025 2:56:12 AM PDT. This information is subject to change. Please visit the USGS event page for up-to-date details.

๐ŸŸก M4.8 #earthquake detected 3 km ESE of Berkeley, California at 9/22/2025 2:56:12 AM PDT

This reflects data from the U.S. Geological Survey that is subject to change. Visit the USGS page linked below for the latest #quake information

22.09.2025 09:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 173    ๐Ÿ” 101    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 33

One year ago today, California realized the first part of its' HSR dream.

Purpose-built trains that increased the freedom of everyone on the corridor.

At @monicamallon.bsky.social's invitation, I boarded the very first electric train in service at 06:57. It was one of the best days of my life.

21.09.2025 20:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 26    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Waymo blocking a bike lane on Townsend

Waymo blocking a bike lane on Townsend

Literally the same spot earlier.

10.09.2025 06:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fewer things spark more joy for me than the overlap of transit and art. If youโ€™re like me, Iโ€™d check this event out on Sept. 24 ๐Ÿš„๐ŸŽจ๐ŸšŽ

03.09.2025 18:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sign the petition โ€” Keep Market Street Moving

Lurie allowing Waymo/Uber onto Market while cutting Muni service for 240,000 daily riders is despicable, and keeps anyone without tons of wealth out of downtown.

We will not let the Mayor and his corporate buddies create an SF for the wealthy only.

Sign the petition.
Direct action coming soon.

21.08.2025 19:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 26    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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The SFMTA wants your feedback on the Muni service cuts that took place in June.

Link: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8416318/P...

22.08.2025 02:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Caltrain riders โ€” we want to hear from you! Take this short survey to tell us about your experience. Survey is open through August 12 โ€” donโ€™t miss your chance to weigh in:

samtranscore.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

31.07.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In response to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA):
Canceling these grants without cause isnโ€™t just wrong โ€” itโ€™s illegal. These are legally binding agreements, and the Authority has met every obligation, as confirmed by repeated federal reviews, as recently as February 2025.

17.07.2025 16:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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โ€œEvery day and every night, peaceful protest is our right!โ€ Peaceful protesters about to cross Octavia/Central Freeway along Market in SF

05.07.2025 04:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ridership for this critical train line is surging thanks to Californiaโ€™s investments in rail | Governor of California

Ridership is up over 40% on the Bay Areaโ€™s recently electrified Caltrain, made possible by local, state, and federal investments.โ€ Read more in @governor.ca.govโ€™s latest press release www.gov.ca.gov/2025/04/09/r....

10.04.2025 16:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Advocates Resist Muni Service Cuts - Streetsblog San Francisco Is this a transit-first city? Or a cut-transit-first city?

Advocates Resist Muni Service Cuts - sf.streetsblog.org/2025/03/18/a...

19.03.2025 00:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0