Greyson Forster

Copenhagen or Lynn Mass?

We have this…. But still with a light 😅

Green line could use a “Save Safe Seconds” program like the subway. Some of the built up platforms don’t need the 10 mph speed limit, throw some jersey barriers on the crazy amt of intersections on the C branch, maybe question some of the switches they have in the tunnels

SEPTA Youth Advisory Council's budget comments | Greyson Forster posted on the topic | LinkedIn An essential role of the SEPTA Youth Advisory Council is our yearly operating/capital budget comments. All members are required to submit comments to be given to the agency. My first time compiling th...

Tried to emphasize this in this year’s SEPTA youth advisory council budget comments, especially with a future of insecure funding. www.linkedin.com/posts/greyso...

Spain blackout showing that metro trains can be safely evacuated en masse without tunnel-widening walkways @chittimarco.bsky.social

I developed a new petty theory of everything. There are two antithetical models of countries for infrastructure delivery: those with a strong culture of Public Works and those without it.

China and France are two examples of the former, and Canada is an example of the latter.

When I toured Besançon's L3 BHNS, I thought that the modal filter that turns Av. de l'Observatoire from a through arterial to two dead-end local streets for all but buses & bikes was done as part of the BHNS project in 2016-17 (1st pic).

But it pre-existed in a different form since at least 2006.

Meanwhile rural road in Switzerland

Strasbourg.

The bus stop on the left is on a "regular" bus line
The bus stop on the right is on a "BRT" (BHNS) route.

Apart from the size of the shelter, they have the same features, including kessel kerbs for better boarding and real-time arrival info.

I seem to recall the “math doesn’t real” variety of socialists saying that Kansas City making buses fare free was a model to follow nationwide.

Bluesky's gonna really take off once people discover joking

Upper Darby straight up looking like the 60s out here

Wow finally we have some takers on the Marron document that tells you in plain terms how to make your damn trains cheaper

Plus knowing this person has been released by the system again and again

Points out that the assailants were given free rides but still went to spit and kill Leroy Ramos www.youtube.com/live/1w1jt0t...

“Everything I’ve been through is really traumatizing” Operator got no follow up with the assaults on her. www.youtube.com/live/1w1jt0t...

Many want fare box off the bus, free system, or role of fare enforcement to not fall on operator.

Operator wants MARTA police to have same reputation as GSP. www.youtube.com/live/1w1jt0t...

Operators speaking to MARTA on recent violence: “we had the meeting [with MARTA]… they didn’t give us an avenue, they didn’t give us a game plan.” www.youtube.com/live/1w1jt0t...

Soooo MARTA didn’t use the station rehab bus bridge or weekday night single tracking as an opportunity to do track work? Been under a slow order for a while too

YouTube video by MARTA MARTA GM/CEO speaks to murder of Bus Operator Leroy Ramos

Wow it took him five days to put out a whole bunch of nothing. No beefed up protection for operators? No change in positioning of MARTAs hundreds of police officers so a bunch of cowards don’t feel emboldened to SHOOT A BUS OPERATOR TO DEATH youtu.be/TzZSL8FXxuk?...

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“the proposed operating budget will need $1.387 billion in net city funding — an increase of $85 million over last year, or 6.5 per cent.” Step up, Philadelphia

Savannah lowkey has Atlanta beat in amount of true urban fabric and exurban consumerism

Also tried Parker’s which is a Georgia coast only QT style gas station

7brew was exactly as expected. Drive thru only, chick fil a tablets and super nice customer service. Tried getting me to order like three sweeteners and were surprised I just got a cold brew

Feels like there’s a good amount of chains spreading regionally and nationally that simply have zero urban/suburban presence. Purely rural and exurban

24 hours in, marta CEO Collie Greenwood, a former bus driver himself, hasn't made even a public acknowledgement of the killing of one of his operators

Bike racks inside the faregates are a big help. Been parking ebike at midtown for years with no problems

How Fast New York Regional Rail Could Be Part 2 In my last post about New York regional rail schedules, I covered the New Haven and Harlem Lines of Metro-North and the Main Line and Hempstead Branch of the LIRR. I was hoping to cover more lines …

Today it’s 90 mins by diesel train. @alonlevy.bsky.social says electrification and proper scheduling could bring it down to 62/65 mins. But MTA has no plans for that, so instead NYU will just have to pay nurses more (passed on in premiums, of course) to hire a replacement willing to do the commute.