I agree on the EU side however, mutual acceptance *might* allow better EU vehicles to have an opportunity to sale in US. Left Drive Euro small cars would be great to see here. Getting something like a Renault 5 would be great to see.

Recently heard a GOP elected imply that we shouldn't have sidewalks because they bring "undesirable" people.

I've been thinking w should switch corporate taxes to a revenue tax, much lower, simpler, reduces tax spending through esoteric deductions and credits. Makes all business pay something, not just ones turning a profit based on the current accounting rules

CAHSR, despite its many many implementation flaws will provide more value than all of those highways and expansions combined

Haven't played in a few years, but my DMing devolved into... Wing it and keep a story going

Doing a park study on a ~8acre parcel that's currently about 8 different half empty parking lots. Intend to at least vision some restaurants/cafe elements as part

Need a coffee table book "Big Ass Typologies"

Tbf white collar crime was up between January 17-January 21 and starting rising again in January of 25.

West Virginia and flat don't mix!

@brenttoderian.bsky.social is correct, though I'll note my ride home wasn't fun when I was doing it 😂

"Floridians can't behave near railroad tracks" is probably the more accurate headline. Those trains don't come out of nowhere.

Left turn lanes make a lot of sense frequently, but two-way left turn lanes are still grossly overused, they have their place sometimes, but we really need to move away from them as a default.

But safety maintenance and reliability are two areas that airlines do actively try to reduce controllable problems as a core profit generating approach. Airlines are also one of those areas that we know revealed preferences for cheap A-B tickets is the #1 thing for 70-80% off the market.

I generally agree with the thoughts you have here, and definitely find that American corporatism, a bad system that's taken over here, negated some of the benefits and enhanced the negatives. As an airline employee for 20 years, management can be a pita. 1/-

"A community that has lost all affordable, starter housing already has changed, irreversibly. It is only the buildings that have not. Cities must be living, evolving, complex things… Preservation is taxidermy." @clmarohn.bsky.social

The only thing worse than a conservationist is a conservative

Looks around... What's rapid transit?

I wouldn't say those are comparable. Publicly owned groceries for food desert areas may make some sense. In competitive areas, especially NYC with its small independent Bodegas, it's weird to target a low % margin Industry with public subsidized competition. Just bad on opportunity costs alone imo.

Moving to universal off-board fare collections & tap to pay all door boarding with POP enforcement removes the driver as enforcer issue. Expanded ease of access to actually get the free/reduced fare eligible passengers into the program addresses the real equity portion of fares.

No mayor unless 50% vote, just let the city run on inertia.

Funny, gets attention, appeals to the railfan/traveler looking for an experience, doesn't give a reason on why it's better for getting from A to B. (The one i focuses on LD trains so it makes since I guess since they aren't particularly good as actual transportation.)

Working with our State DOT has been eye opening in the lack of competency and capacity due to staff loss and culture. There are good people but it's impossible to get anything done as an outside partner. If we had large transit projects I'd hate to see how and they'd go.

I know the statistical outcomes for HAWKs are good, also the confusion rate is high. WV DOH stated they wouldn't install HAWKs because of high elder driver and confusion..

Just curious, what was the PDEW count in Q323 or Q422 prior to Brightline service?

Procurement policies for lowest qualified bidder?

Very annoying since every car I've owned since High school has been a smaller sedan
97 - Chevy cavalier
02 - Toyota Corolla
04,15,18 - Subaru WRX
21 - Subaru Impreza

And now as I'd consider an EV whenever it's time for another, we don't get any of the good small ones in the US

Worth noting that WV was very Blue until 2000.

Well it's normal behavior for drivers in Florida anyway

1. I didn’t say “ban cars”
2. I didn’t say “ban on-street parking.”
3. Too many cars & on-street parking make traffic congestion worse. Those are facts.
4. Straw man arguments suck.
5. Populist politicians who claim to want to “make traffic better” almost always attack the wrong things, on purpose.

That doesn't look like Portage and Main!