Marcus Nelson

Florida DOT, like the current US DOT, is doing what it can to reverse the very feeble efforts US cities have made to dedicate road space to users other than drivers.

FDOT study used to scrap SunRunner lane ‘incomplete,’ ‘unfair’, experts say The dedicated bus lane on Pasadena Avenue was removed after the state said there was a rise in crashes.

WOW: It appears that the Florida Department of Transportation and state Republicans used a flawed study to illegally dismantle dedicated bus lanes along a federally funded BRT project that was completed on time and under budget

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One of the arguments the Class Is and AAR put up any time anyone talks about freight rail electrification is that there's no electric locomotives designed for US/NA freight service. While on the surface this claim is true, it's also not a big deal

To prove it, let's talk about this fucking thing

Just this year they put out another "independent analysis" claiming that electrification isn't practically feasible despite the number of places and cases in which it obviously is.
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Not since 2017.

Freight Rail Electrification | AAR A proposed nationwide overhead catenary system ignores key challenges, high costs, and freight rail's ongoing decarbonization efforts.

FEC Railway, full member of the Association of American Railroads, which has expressed for some time now opposition to electrification. www.aar.org/issue/freigh...

FEC are the ones who decided to build an LNG plant in Brevard County and then buy LNG tanks to power trains with instead of electrifying, they seem committed.

Almost certainly some form of the first. The issue with commuter service plans right now is actually building the expanded infrastructure and satisfying all the players involved, one of which is strongly opposed to electrification. I'd imagine this is about refinancing debt and building expertise.

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Wonder why you said this…

I'd rather bulldoze the EEOB and NEOB and build a new office complex on that west side (including whatever state dining facilities are needed) that connect to the West Wing and keep the President in the Executive Residence, raze the silly ballroom though.

Probably not besides portions of the Empire Connection, if you want to count that as Hudson Line.

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I've found them fine, is something wrong with yours?

VRE already ordered the bilevels from Alstom with Metra, they don't appear to want any MUs. Lots of their added capacity will probably go to more dual-mode Northeast Regional trains instead of being service they have to run.

I doubt Youngkin cares much about Stadler's former CEO's political career.

For whatever reason, VRE's rolling stock decision-makers are joined at the hip with Metra's so they've committed to buying bilevels that require low platforms. The politicians in charge have also decided their long-term plans should remain primarily commuter-focused, though somewhat more frequent.

Taylor from Billions?

they made this into an highway vs transit funding infographic

Memphis transit is in deep trouble

It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/

Plans for an updated grade crossing at the CSX A-Line in Jacksonville. A large roundabout is built in the center of the tracks.

They are also doing this on other rail lines, such as this one on the CSX A-Line near Jacksonville:

The future intersection of Race Track Road and US-1, according to FDOT plans to improve the existing intersection. The intersection cuts through the FEC Railway.

A view of the new State Road 312 intersection with US-1, including a new grade crossing at the FEC Railway.

FDOT is continuing to build grade crossings much like these along other parts of the FEC where Brightline may run one day. The second picture is of a brand-new road with a new grade crossing.

Reading the markup and bill, this would essentially not fund any new transit project that isn't already part of the CIG program. That seems like a serious problem for long-term transit development.

$70k? These vans cost $392,000. The purpose-built shuttles that are supposed to replace them in a few years cost $409,000.

That's even worse, tracks are too permanent! That's why this was somehow a better idea to spend $66 million on, apparently.

Alas, JTA executives have claimed regular fixed-route buses are too large and inflexible for years in order to justify building this system with smaller vehicles.

Well…
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There still has to be a guy in it to drive it when the computer gets confused (often). But JTA executives have repeatedly denounced the concept of operating fixed-route buses in order to justify building NAVI.

JTA will kick off autonomous shuttle service June 30 by offering rides for free Th Jacksonville Transportation Authority will begin its NAVI service with self-driving shuttles on June 30. Rides will be free the first three months.

Beep has been awarded a 5-year, $36 million contract to operate and maintain NAVI for JTA. This is in addition to the $40 million "Autonomous Innovation Center" built for the project.
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That would be neat if it worked particularly well at all. Unfortunately for everyone, most of all Jacksonville, the "Ultimate Urban Circulator" doesn't.

Here's my experience of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority's NAVI "autonomous" shuttle system:
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