Spooky Monorail Maoist

Should be close to done, I think

I mean, in their defense, if the Jays win the World Series, they may not have a choice.

There had better be scenes of glorious gleeful depravity at winning it all.

Illinois will effectively eliminate parking minimum requirements in ~all of Chicago and much of its suburbs thanks to the transit funding bill that passed last night.

Anyway comics are weird, Philadelphia's cultural cachet will never not be slightly weird

Okay following up on this because I wikipedia'd to figure out the vibe of this series... apparently the backstory is that Philadelphia is the capital of the new mutant nation that forms cause of the 'turn people into X-men' virus

You gotta assume the main guy has a strong hoagie mouth accent

So what you're saying is that Starship development costs are somewhere in the range of US$27-45B?

Trump Says South Korea to Build Nuclear Submarine at Philadelphia Shipyard Lacking the Capability President Trump announced on Wednesday that South Korea will construct a nuclear-powered submarine in Philadelphia as part of a $350 billion trade agreement between the two nations, despite no such...

Man does say a lot of things doesn't he

This sounds like it would be a South Korean Navy submarine too, not a Hanwha built US navy sub, which uh, cool? They gonna fuel it here or?

gcaptain.com/trump-says-s...

So just checking up on this Avengers-but-everyone-on-Earth-is-dead-or-an-X-men alt-universe series Marvel has going, and what's the point of setting the action of this issue in Philly if, even in ruins, it looks nothing like the real thing?

I think they are still looking at both

It's in the pipeline as one of the planned gap filler extensions but I believe those are meant for later in Trolley mod after most of the other work is done

They definitely want it long term so that they don't need to truck trolleys to Woodland for heavier work anymore

As always, remember that good things are possible. This may be years away but it can be here sooner if the network is funded better.

Anyway spot that extension down MacDade for the gap filler extension to connect to the D2 (if that's the route selected)

Link: wwww.septa.org/trolley-mode...

The Darby Transit Center renovation engagement boards made it up to the trolley mod page and... yo

But what if, instead, we had a commission for it whose entire job was to write reports that are just copies of other agencies whish lists, and telling those agencies their rent every year

Anyway, still waiting for someone to invent a "good" AI

I mean, the bridge for the spur might stay there... until the shipyard extends up the Schuylkill and a truck carrying an oversized load for them donks into it

So the Union winning makes it so that every Philly team and Villanova won in a two day period!

Here's what Sauer had to say about it

www.fox29.com/news/septa-f...

Yeah, I gotta hunch what whoever at SEPTA discussed this meant is they'll be asking for first dibs on surplus legacy multilevels once the multilevel IIIs start coming, which is still a year away at least before NJT has enough to improve their own numbers

SEPTA going out for second hand NJT Bilevels would be new, I hadn't heard of that.
Scott Sauer did say they were looking at getting creative to fill whatever fleet gaps they run into until new cars finally arrive

They want school vouchers, but if they can't get that, they at least want to cut spending across the board for everything

Anyway if Duffy *really* wants to be helpful, dangle a savy way to get SEPTA a federal grant for the Silverliner VI cars a little faster and prove he deserves the job

And on the fiscal responsibility part, I'm tapping this sign so often that I've worn paint off down to metal..

SEPTA has an efficiency program and its better than DOGE because it seems to work and doesn't involve cutting every contract and re-signing at worse terms a day later when no one's looking

Quoth Joe Pittman (R-SD41) "Let it burn" (paraphrasing)

This is just Duffy trying to be tough, of course the bilevel car money has to go back, that's what happens after a failed procurement involving federal money. He isn't leading some charge here, the only reason the money might not go back immediately is if its held up in litigation

By all accounts the bus fleet is fine, SEPTA was told the Proterras were safe because the batteries had been depowered and disconnected, the investigation is ongoing.

Anyway, the bus fleet may have issues because they'll have to run longer because of the funding swap

Oh good, we're going to have to deal with Sean Duffy trying to get his wandering hands all over SEPTA aren't we...

www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.go...

When that happens, the tin can labeled "operating budget hole" will have been kicked down the road just like PA Republicans wanted, leaving them the only ones making demands in the budget process beyond the Dems ask to adjust spending for inflation