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cities, transportation, transit, and other intermittent discussion.

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It’s a management failure that they didn’t move on this (and control how to do it) before the activist shareholders got involved.

27.01.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Alumni bars. For just about every team under the sun.

27.01.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The terminal issue they have is a) curb space during peak times, b) TSA screening, and c) sufficient check-in desks, less so for the number of passengers but the diversity of airlines.

27.01.2026 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The IAD master plan basically covers all of this; the terminal space need in the future is for international arrivals (which is why they propose a new IAB to connect to the main terminal); and it anticipates UA adding at least two new banks of flights.

27.01.2026 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, not blaming you, but AA shouldn’t use the term either. AP doesn’t, NOAA and NWS don’t.

27.01.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œFern” does not exist! It’s a fake name! It’s marketing BS from The Weather Channel.

27.01.2026 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Its only necessary if you wanted a new monument to slap a name on!

27.01.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

can we stop with the naming of the winter storms? That’s the Weather Channel’s marketing shtick.

27.01.2026 13:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

NYC is arguably one of the best places to be a CFB fan… just not for Rutgers

27.01.2026 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

do you want to spend what it takes to get world class transit? Or only spend what you think it ought to take?

There are lots of structural things I’d love to change, too. But the prompt here is a literal moonshot!

27.01.2026 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
27.01.2026 02:03 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is not a defense of how we as a country allocate funds now, but if the goal is world class transit, we are absolutely underfunding it.

27.01.2026 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

strong memories of an Atmosphere show where Slig asked the audience for a freestyle topic; someone shouted out β€œpeanut butter” and off he went

26.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The disconnect is more about the detailed service planning and operations knowledge.

26.01.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There’s an expertise challenge here for many MPOs; most of which are not also transit operators and a) don’t have the skills for that level of planning, and b) don’t coordinate as closely as they’d need to with the operators

26.01.2026 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m glad someone is making this point re: the T4A report on World Class Transit.

It’s not just a matter of β€œmore.”

Rather than a list of specific projects, we need to pursue network planning in these places, IMO.

26.01.2026 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait he’s only 28? I could’ve sworn he was, like, at least 33.

26.01.2026 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

we are all sampathizers now

26.01.2026 02:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

This sucks, man.

26.01.2026 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

bring back the old astroturf; baseball infields

25.01.2026 22:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
25.01.2026 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β†˜οΈ

25.01.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Early in the CFB season the UNC football twitter account was inexplicably retweeting NFL highlights from all their other alums, but not Maye…

25.01.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We’ve always been at war with Eastasia

25.01.2026 14:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a sucker for glass block!

25.01.2026 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I grew up not far from this intersection… it’s so heartwarming (and heartbreaking) to see this

bsky.app/profile/fult...

25.01.2026 04:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

❀️ Minneapolis

25.01.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, absolutely.

25.01.2026 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because the general thrust hasn’t changed much! They’re not trying to subsidize operations.

25.01.2026 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Congress has legally mandated that Amtrak turn a profit.

24.01.2026 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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