Ramon

Quick reminder:

As awesome of a display of civil involvement that MARCHING and PROTESTING is …

A small number of additional people VOTING would have prevented all of this entirely. It would have taken a tiny fraction of the number of people marching to have voted and stopped all of this.
#NoKings

btw, comment submissions for sepulveda are now up. consider your comments well. metro.commentinput.com?id=HNYpSPZkD

Sepulveda EIR is live! I'll be going through this today and will post any interesting findings in this thread

NJ Transit engineers strike, raising commuter fears | NJ Spotlight News NJ Transit rail engineers said they were going on strike, ending months of negotiations and beginning a job action poised to disrupt New Jersey’s public

A spokesperson for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen confirmed to NJ Spotlight News that there will be a strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday.

Sounds like no deal yet for NJ Transit. Expect a strike in 60 minutes. Get your travel in now.

Phil Murphy and the NJT CEO are speaking here: x.com/i/broadcasts...

BREAKING: BLET railroad engineers union sources report “wheels are in motion to strike” that @NJTransit “walked out” of contract talks. @govmurphy.bsky.social just confirmed impasse. Full coverage @njspotlightnews.org

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?

Amtrak CEO Departs Amid Threats of a Transit Funding Pullback Amtrak Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gardner announced that he is leaving his job Wednesday as the Trump administration threatens to pull back on funding mass transit and transportation projects acr...

Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner announced that he is leaving his job Wednesday as the Trump administration threatens to pull back on funding

Image of someone swiping a MetroCard

It’s the end of an era: MetroCard sales will end on December 31, 2025 as part of our transition to OMNY for subway and bus fare payments.

NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is booed by protesters as he announces Trump is cutting off funding for high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Instead of dealing with all the planes crashing everywhere, the former “Real World” star is abandoning investments in US infrastructure.

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting Kluwe, a Huntington Beach resident, made comments against a MAGA plaque proposed for installation at the Central Library, then approached the dais and was arrested.

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe arrested during Huntington Beach City Council meeting

www.latimes.com/socal/daily-...

MTA doing more than any other agency by literally just saying "No"

“Today, the MTA filed papers in federal court to ensure that the highly successful program – which has already dramatically reduced congestion, bringing reduced traffic and faster travel times, while increasing speeds for buses and emergency vehicles – will continue notwithstanding this baseless effort to snatch those benefits away from the millions of mass transit users, pedestrians and, especially, the drivers who come to the Manhattan Central Business District. It’s mystifying that after four years and 4,000 pages of federally-supervised environmental review – and barely three months after giving final approval to the Congestion Relief Program – USDOT would seek to totally reverse course.”

Statement from MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber regarding legal filing to continue benefits of the congestion pricing program: www.mta.info/press-releas...

Post where I asked “what’s the biggest problem our cities are facing in just one word,” and Donald Shoup responding “parking.”

BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away.

Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities.

The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work.

Thank you Donald. #RIP

Donald Shoup on a bicycle in two photos decades a apart. He is near a parking sign in both and wearing a crocheted sweater.

Rest in peace, Professor Shoup (1938-2025)
We will keep up the good work.

Share your stories and thoughts with the parking reform community here: parkingreform.org/donald-shoup

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

Roll call — who all is gonna be at this shindig? And more importantly…where’s the afterparty

Congestion Pricing Program in New York - MTA

You can read the preliminary data here: congestionreliefzone.mta.info

Congestion Relief Zone tolling has been in effect for a week.

Here's what the data says so far ⬇️

this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)

Three turkeys descending from the heavens. They are landing on top of a formation of mountains as the sun rises in the background. One is carrying a smoke alarm. Another is carrying a battery for the smoke alarm. Another is carrying a fire extinguisher. The text reads: Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us!

USDOT has signed the Value Pricing Pilot Program agreement with New York, enabling the start of congestion pricing in New York City in early January.

As seen at MTA HQ - congestion pricing Jan 5th start date in big print

here it is! couldn’t fit every question but got a lot of them:

The @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social has announced the return of the Holiday Nostalgia Train for 2024. Trains will run each Sunday in December from 2nd Ave. (F) to 96th St. (Q) between 10-5:30. Hopefully the foamers behave this year and don't ruin it for everyone else.

All of the NYC Metro area is now in a Level 2 (Severe) drought, with a Level 3 (Extreme) drought in parts of Southern NJ. Dry weather and windy conditions are expected to lead to a continued risk of wildfire spread over the next several days.