Hayden Clarkin

Twitter is so cooked because what do you mean N*zi's are retweeting my posts talking about how walkable cities cannot be diverse... sigh...

Times Square

I’m sorry what do you mean the busiest pedestrian crossing in the western hemisphere isn’t closed off to cars?

If we are just talking about the structure and bones of the system, WMATA or BART are the best transit systems in the country, right?

lol

Line between San Francsico and Los Angeles

Today, Los Angeles and the Bay Area will see 130 flights in both directions, equivalent to a plane departing every 6.5 minutes for 18 hours a day. Hard to argue it's not a perfect candidate for fast trains.

Schematic transit map of Geneva, Switzerland

This is the urban transit system for a Swiss metro area of 1 million people, the same size as Rochester or Omaha.

What is the best small train station in the world? I'm talking about like an unmanned station that is replicable and great.

Old and new train stations for Omaha (note: I don't own any of the images)

When I tell you we HAD the greatest rail system in the world, I meant it.

(Omaha's Old & New Rail Station)

No but actually

Aerial drawing of Rome with a comparison that says "this is an arial view of ancient rome from 5200" and "this is a times new roman view of ancient rome from 5200", with a joke given one is Arial the font and the other is aerial as in the placement

😂

When very well used bus lanes are asphalt and not reinforced concrete, the wheels of buses over time will destroy them. (Fifth ave)

Clive, IA and Lodi, Italy side by side of same population

Two cities of nearly equal population, with one built before and the other after the car.

Did a car write this?

Enjoying a nice walk after work to unwind after a long day!

I'm traveling the Mediterranean next month and I will be insufferable about the transit and urbanism, FYI.

Where We Vacation Reveals What We’ve Lost What a Fake Town in a Florida Theme Park Tells Us About the Real Ones We’ve Made Impossible

In my latest Substack article (linked in my story), I write about "Where We Vacation Reveals What We’ve Lost" and the cognitive dissonance of vacationing in places built with policies we largely forbid at home.
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If Disney World's Main Street were a town, it would be the 50th densest in the country, and its density would nearly justify a subway station.

If Disney World's Main Street were a town, it would be the 50th densest in the country, and its density would nearly justify a subway station.

I know it’s been said a million different ways but Moyinhan’s lack of seating and efficient boarding protocol is so silly.

You will literally never guess what project document called to gut the scientific arm of the EPA.

Before and after of removal of Houston apartments

TxDOT displaced 160 homes, 433 apartments, 486 public housing units, 5 churches, and 344 businesses in Downtown Houston, costing up to $310M in annual tax revenue, for a $1.1 BILLION-per-mile highway expansion. But somehow, the U.S. “can’t afford” trains?

The USA has spent $2.85 Trillion on roads and highways in the last decade and traffic still hasn’t been fixed.

Cities are where strangers meet.

3km circle around Fort Worth showing a population of 23,764

I just think US cities with more than 1 million people should have urban cores with a population larger than a small suburb.

Amtrak’s Borealis reaches 250,000-rider mark - Trains CHICAGO — Amtrak’s Borealis reached the 250,000-passenger milestone during the July 4th holiday weekend, the passenger operator has announced. The train, funded by the states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, ...

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Trains Magazine: Amtrak's Borealis reaches 250,000 rider mark

A slow daily diesel train between Minneapolis and Chicago sees 100,000 more riders than it was projected to see when it opened a year ago, and you all want to tell me there’s no demand for fast and frequent trains in this country lol.

What would you say is the best, smallest transit system in your country?

Obama also argued that Democrats need to focus on how to “deliver for people,” acknowledging the different views within the party about how best to do that. “There’s been, I gather, some argument between the left of the party and people who are promoting the quote-unquote abundance agenda. Listen, those things are not contradictory. You want to deliver for people and make their lives better? You got to figure out how to do it,” he said. “I don’t care how much you love working people. They can’t afford a house because all the rules in your state make it prohibitive to build. And zoning prevents multifamily structures because of NIMBY,” he said, referring to “not in my backyard” views. “I don’t want to know your ideology, because you can’t build anything. It does not matter.”

Obama coming out against NIMBYism was not on my BINGO card.

lol

The amount of prime real estate for dense housing next to major train stations in this country is absolutely insane. (Newark)

Aerial view of a coastal cityscape featuring numerous mid-rise and high-rise buildings in a variety of pastel colors, including red, green, yellow, blue, and beige. The buildings are clustered together near a sandy beach, with the ocean in the background and some palm trees and greenery along the shoreline. The urban layout appears planned and geometric, with curved streets and small plazas interspersed among the buildings.

Aerial view of a coastal cityscape featuring numerous mid-rise and high-rise buildings in a variety of pastel colors, including red, green, yellow, blue, and beige. The buildings are clustered together near a sandy beach, with the ocean in the background and some palm trees and greenery along the shoreline. The urban layout appears planned and geometric, with curved streets and small plazas interspersed among the buildings.

Aerial view of a coastal cityscape featuring numerous mid-rise and high-rise buildings in a variety of pastel colors, including red, green, yellow, blue, and beige. The buildings are clustered together near a sandy beach, with the ocean in the background and some palm trees and greenery along the shoreline. The urban layout appears planned and geometric, with curved streets and small plazas interspersed among the buildings.

Aerial view of a coastal cityscape featuring numerous mid-rise and high-rise buildings in a variety of pastel colors, including red, green, yellow, blue, and beige. The buildings are clustered together near a sandy beach, with the ocean in the background and some palm trees and greenery along the shoreline. The urban layout appears planned and geometric, with curved streets and small plazas interspersed among the buildings.

What if our cities had more color?

This proposed project in Vlore, Albania is stunning. (📷 Mir)