Eric Goldwyn

YouTube video by NYU MARRON INSTITUTE OF URBAN MANAGEMENT NYU Marron Institute Hosts Nolan Hicks on Momentum Transit Infrastructure Framework

Got the chance to talk to a room full of really smart people about the Transit Cost Project's rail modernization report — dubbed Momentum — today. The video is up. Watch me talk and then watch me talk with my hands -- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10...

YouTube video by NYU MARRON INSTITUTE OF URBAN MANAGEMENT NYU Marron Institute Hosts Nolan Hicks on Momentum Transit Infrastructure Framework

If you missed the momentum talk, you can watch @ndhapple.bsky.social distill 150+ pages into a crisp hour+ talk. Thanks to everyone who showed up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe10...

This really took a turn. I have just inherited over $2.5 million three times over. See you next lifetime.

“In 1978, 57 percent of [NYC] households were paying more than a quarter of their gross incomes in rent, the highest percentage recorded up to that point.”

Can anyone remember a time when the escalator going to the 4th floor at the Union Square Barnes and Noble worked? I’m pretty sure it’s been out order or just turned off for 20+ years.

*Scaling Pedestrian Crossing Analysis to 100 Cities*

For better decisions about pedestrian infrastructure, we need data that is both accurate to the block level + scaled up to entire cities. Our new pre-print, pursues this with an advanced computer-vision model

arxiv.org/abs/2507.20497

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This could be the one

Take a Ride on the Interborough Express, New York City’s Future Train Line (Gift Article) The Interborough Express, a new rail line that would link Brooklyn and Queens, could change the face of the city.

This new rail line, the most ambitious in 90 years, could change the face of New York City.
We hopped on a freight train to film the route, and show its potential. Take a look! 🚂
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The High Speed Rail and the City – part 1 Routing High-Speed Rail in urban areas: the case of Florence

I have turned my thread about the history of planning the route of the High-Speed rail through Florence into a Substack blog post, expanding the discussion and making it easier to refer.

I hope you enjoy it.

open.substack.com/pub/marcochi...

Right, but no one actually does it that way. BART delivers projects.

Does that have any relationship to the separation operations and capital delivery? I am not sure I understand why it’s an “actually” situation.

Sandag doesn’t operate transit. It builds and hands off.

Thank you, Henry!

Any SANDAG heads here? Trying to learn more about SANDAG. It is institutionally very, very different from other project delivery arms in the US transit world. Is that good? Unsure!

oh. you meant did tutor get picked. my bad. yes. as Derek noted, Walsh got the contract. sfbos.org/sites/defaul...

working on a dataset and need to figure out procurement methods for projects in California. This is harder than I hoped it would be...

"...when evaluating bidders for a CMGC contract, the cost criterion must weigh at least 40%. The Grand Jury found that this mandatory minimum led to the selection of the less technically qualified bidder to award the contract for the Van Ness project, which led to problems throughout the project."

If you want one of these beautiful momentum reports, they’re long, you have to come to our event at NYU Marron on 8/6 at 9am. RSVP here:

forms.gle/WZHxtVeVB5C2...

I was excited to work with Stephen on this. We’ve locked ourselves into what is really a very small market when we could have access to the global elevator market. This is low hanging fruit to fix!

How Cheaply Could We Build High-Speed Rail? “Amtrak and the commuter rail agencies have a mutually abusive relationship”

Amtrak says it'd cost more than $100 billion to build high-speed rail on the Northeast Corridor.

@alonlevy.bsky.social says Amtrak's wrong.

New Statecraft on why. www.statecraft.pub/p/how-cheapl...

Recorded for sure

Come join us o 8/6 at 9AM to talk passenger rail electrification. Send me a note if you'd like to come and see @ndhapple.bsky.social preach about the benefits of electric trains and how to slash travel times between New York City and Albany!

They will be available at the event. Beyond that, maybe?

Oh by the way, amid all the mayoral campaign transit proposals, two more congestion pricing lawsuits against the @mta.info were dismissed. #traffic #transit #congestionpricing

Momentum event with Nolan Hicks at 370 Jay Street Join us at NYU Marron

Join us on 8/6 at 9am at NYU Marron at 370 Jay Street room 1201 to celebrate the release and *printing* of @ndhapple.bsky.social’s Momentum. The report is about the benefits of passenger rail electrification. Please RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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We have been working on a Roosevelt Boulevard Subway project for the last year or so. A lot of great data & analysis re: land-use, jobs, transit ridership, walkability, ridership estimation, etc. Really phenomenal work from @eensari.bsky.social & Joao Paulouro: ibx.transitcosts.com/rbs-post/

That’s my take. We need a transit mayor. He’s interested in being that.

So what are you saying? The state won’t go for city takeover?

I agree. The state has been very generous. I do worry how a different governor would deal with the MTA. But, more relevant, just trying to figure out what this could look like.

Yes. The funding piece is definitely challenging. Maybe New York also gets TBTA back, too?