Charlie Echard

So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!

Zohran sitting in the corner seat on a subway.

#4 👍

When they keep emailing you that the VIP tickets for a band you’ve never heard of are going fast

It’s pronounced cyclist.

Texas loaded busses with desperate migrants and dropped them off in Chicago like trash in the middle of winter. We welcomed them into our communities. Now Texas is sending its National Guard to terrorize them on our streets. In our neighborhoods. What the fuck.

Biased, but Pittsburgh! Transit for most trips, but the radial routes sometimes mean biking makes more sense for a crosstown trip.

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.

The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

Side view of a street in Amsterdam with lots of parked and moving bikes with people sitting at a cafe. Photo by me.

Speed doesn't matter when you are already there.

Sort of wild WMATA isn’t on here

Keep catching myself observing people going about their day—working, laughing, chatting, crying—and can’t help but feel how profoundly sad it makes me that we all just deserve so much better from our leaders

Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.

if you are wearing a cross while you go after immigrants and push hate against marginalized groups then what i have to surmise is the cross is actually a medal for getting rid of someone you didn't like.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

How much of the US trade deficit with Europe is linked to Boeing’s inability to build a plane that can fly? Legit asking. Ditto how much is linked to Cadillac and Lincoln offering literally no competitor to the S-Class and 7-Series. Etc etc.

A screenshot of the NYT’s homepage, which features a chart that shows the plunge of U.S. stock prices since Trump returned to the White House. Above the chart sits a headline, which I’ve edited to read: TRUMP TAKE NEST EGG Lower on the page sits this _actual_ NYT headline: S&P 500 Is Down Almost 5% as Trump’s Moves Stun Markets

wow

BREAKING: Metro hit 1M trips yesterday on bus & rail combined! We saw 600k+ rail trips & 400k+ bus trips, making it the highest ridership day since March 2020. This moment is all about YOU, our customers. THANK YOU for riding with us! We’re proud to move the region every day 💪

my most conservative-coded trait these days is that i honestly think that the worst possible thing that can happen for young men is for the entire society to coddle them. what they need to hear is that they have one life to live and they have to take responsibility for it.

we believe we are special and we simply are not

in america you have several inalienable rights unless you poll badly with white suburbanites

YouTube video by City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家.

This is our city.

We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone.

#Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

People to deserve to know when a hurricane is coming toward them and deserve to not die from the flu and deserve to have an egg sandwich sometimes

About 7,000 bus stop signs are being updated for our Better Bus launch on June 29. Metro is making signs easier to read & optimizing service across the region. Plus, our 202-GO-METRO will help customers contact customer service for trip planning & more. ➡️ wmata.com/about/news/M...

Post from US DOT, reads: “New York State's cordon pricing program unfairly targets working-class Americans and small businesses that depend on taxpayer-funded federal highways to reach Manhattan. Read more on the announcement to terminate this program:”

“taxpayer-funded federal highways”

They’re so close to getting it.

Opinion: What North America can learn from the greatest transportation system in the world Fifty years ago, Switzerland was poised to become as car-dependent as anywhere in North America. Now it has the best transit system in the world. What’s the secret to this alpine nation’s transport su...

Basically every paragraph in this piece has a pull-quote-worthy line so just go read it all. A good dive into how the Swiss make transit the backbone of their national mobility not necessarily with high frequencies or speeds but with intentional coordination. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Buses are a capital investment, so think they’re being honest here

Absolutely, friend. And sadly, for some people, democracy has died in broad daylight for centuries.

GENRES ARE MARKETING TOOLS NOT RULES