Eric Goldwyn

“But these can be circumvented by magnets…”

Had a very nice late morning chat with @benschneider.bsky.social about his new book, The Unfinished Metropolis. If you’re interested in why cities are the way they are and how they can become something different, you’ll enjoy Ben’s book. Buy multiple copies for the holidays!

Yesterday a few us chatted with an LA group that recently read our report. I noticed that they seemed to have physical copies of our final report. We have discussed this internally, but have never actually printed and bound one before. Seeing it in the wild, albeit over video conference, was cool!

Thanks to the @nypost.com for letting me check an item off my bucket list (“be the target of a meaty hit piece by a world-class NYC tabloid”) and for highlighting @transalt.org proposals for better walking, biking, & transit!

More nice ideas here:

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The Unfinished Metropolis event with Ben Schneider at 370 Jay Street room 1201 Join us at NYU Marron

Come join me and @egoldwyn.bsky.social for a conversation about transit history and innovation next Wednesday 12/3 at 11am in downtown Brooklyn.

Should be a rollicking good time.

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“They have even discussed an escape room that would evoke life under the [Franco] dictatorship. A game app called Kill Democracy is on the way.”

@mayorofoakland.bsky.social my son would like to interview you for his class

"Earlier this week, [TWU President John] Samuelsen also referred to the Marron Institute study as 'garbage.'"

New York City is very unusual in relying on two person crews for the subway and should be moving over time to solo operations or automation, but the legislature passed a bill requiring 2PO forever.

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Axing federal transit funding won’t solve the Highway Trust Fund’s fiscal woes - Transportation For America The Trump administration’s proposal to eliminate the core pillar of federal transit funding won’t fix the Highway Trust Fund’s budget woes. Other proposals put forward by this Congress so far haven’t ...

Cutting transit and disproportionately taxing EVs won't fix the Highway Trust Fund. We’re in this mess because Congress chose to take money from all taxpayers to prop up a highway program that is failing to deliver on safety, state of repair, and mobility.
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Got to see @lostsubways.com drop some knowledge about transit, land-use, and urbanism. He gives a good talk grounded examples you may or may not know. Definitely check out the book and his talks!

Very excited for this! Eric and I have been discussing transit and cities for nearly a decade now — it will be fun to do it in public.

The Unfinished Metropolis event with Ben Schneider at 370 Jay Street room 1201 Join us at NYU Marron

We are hosting @benschneider.bsky.social at our office in Brooklyn on 12/3 at 11am to celebrate the publication of his book, The Unfinished Metropolis. If you'd like to attend please RSVP below. We will have food, books, and Ben!
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Is the REM the Future of Canadian Transit Expansion? Reflections with the big REM Opening, and the idea of CanadaMetro.

The biggest chunk of the REM in Montreal has just opened, and I’ve been reflecting not only on what it means for Montreal, but for Canada as a whole. Read my latest article now:

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We included what we had

We did list many Japanese lines with TPTO?

I love that new #transit smell!

Getting a press tour of #Montréal’s new REM line this morning. Starting at Edouard-Montpetit station.

A clean, light, modern édicule (entry kiosk). And there’s parking for my bicycle…

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Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?

Thanks to @stefanoschen.bsky.social and @nytimes.com for picking up our report on global transit operations. It’s clear that the rest of the world has moved toward more automated and leaner operations without the sky falling. Legislating ops from Albany is overreach:

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Does the Subway Still Need Train Conductors?

Does the subway still need conductors? Much of the world say no, but union leaders say it's a safety issue. Gov. Hochul has to decide by year end whether to sign a bill that would mandate two-person train crews, even on lines that already moved to one operator www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/n...

We certainly could have!

A lot of people helped out with this!
Thank you: @alonlevy.bsky.social, @eensari.bsky.social, @chittimarco.bsky.social, @27a01.bsky.social, @seung.bsky.social, @4freedoms.es, @borners.bsky.social, @reinventalbany.bsky.social

We dropped a new report re: train operations, everyone’s favorite topic. There’s some backstory that we will get too. But, the basic takeaway is modern train systems have moved away from two-person train ops. New York should, too! transitcosts.com/Train_Operat...

Robert Moses's unfinished business should be Mamdani's priority The mayor-elect has 25,000 job applicants in 24 hours and a civil service system designed to keep him from hiring any of them

“One public servant told me that job title hunting is the main skill HR professionals in NYC government are valued for.”

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Vital City | A New Era in New York City Political History? Putting Mamdani’s huge win in perspective — from La Guardia to today

I took a shot at placing Mamdani's victory in the long scope of New York City's political history -- in the most recent issue of @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social , alongside a bunch more essays by some really sharp people. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...

Vital City | A New Era in New York City Political History? Putting Mamdani’s huge win in perspective — from La Guardia to today

I’m a huge @masonbwilliams.bsky.social fan, and enjoyed this piece about New York’s mayoral history via @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social. La Guardia governed with the waves of the New Deal while Mamdani will have to lead us against the current coming from DC.

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"Yes, the score read 72-0 with a little more than 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter."

How Southern California would benefit from electric trains Electrification and level boarding platforms can significantly improve rail travel on the west coast, too.

Momentum is gaining momentum. The railroad infrastructure framework developed by @ndhapple.bsky.social has gone bicoastal.

A new report from @calelectricrail.org shows how level boarding and electrified trains would transform transportation in SoCal.

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Looks like this pipe sprung a leak and this bag of sand (???) plugged the hole

Progressives winning mayor's races is not that rare — what's rare is mayors who progressives continue to like after a term or two of grappling with budgetary tradeoffs.

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AI be tripping