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Congress blew a hole in DC's (self-funded, balanced) budget — and now Metro very well may pay the price. --- Stellar reporting from James Jarvis at @51st.news 51st.news/metro-faces-...

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"We are all just temporarily abled" (-unknown) and "We are all just one test result away from our lives changing forever" (-my Physician's Assistant former roommate) are two quotes I share a lot, relevant to literally every class I teach on transportation, cities, health, and urban theory.

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“As rising fiscal pressures cause governments across the country and world to reduce costs, the results raise a cautionary note: be careful, since expensive government provision can get even more expensive if governments lack the ability to plan, contract, and supervise well.”

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“Researchers found that people are significantly more willing to reduce their own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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For all the talk you hear from politicians about wanting to address the rising cost of living, somehow there never seems to be any meaningful reckoning with how much money most Americans are essentially forced to spend on car payments, gas, insurance, maintenance just to participate in society

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“Researchers found that people are significantly more willing to reduce their own carbon footprint if they see leaders doing the same.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Yes, the famously private freeway system and the famously private airport systems

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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing: - Complaints about car-honking are down 70% - The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48% - 6 million fewer cars - Half as many traffic-related injuries - 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year

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Philly public school teachers know a manufactured crisis when we see one. It was my pleasure to stand in solidarity with TWU Local 234 & so many folks who rely on SEPTA, including our members & students. The "death spiral" of mass transit in PA can be stopped NOW if Senate Rs would simply act.

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I wrote about Chicago's mass transit fiscal cliff and the plans to avoid it. Who should be in charge of a metropolitan transit system, anyway? slate.com/business/202...

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Daily reminder to fund transit!! Transit is essential!! 🚌🚆🚈

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Transit riders and union members are in a similar boat in many ways: even in the best areas, they're not a majority of voters (and can be easily ignored), society would be better off if they were, their numbers have been declining since the 70's, and the GOP is determined to drive that number to 0.

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More highways? In this economy? Our bill aims to "benefit small municipalities to meet their climate and transit goals, bolstering communities that are near-impossible to traverse without a car." www.timesunion.com/state/articl...

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Any discussion of why the U.S. doesn’t have high-speed rail should include at least a mention of the myriad ways that Republicans have blocked it: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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“Our public transit isn’t failing; it’s being intentionally starved.” Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.

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This is 100% accurate!! @sfchronicle.com needs to get on it.

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I would love free public transit but get that high quality (speed, frequency, etc) matters more for most (not all) riders and mode shift. This free (yay!) but empty UIC period supply machine reminded me as metaphor that free without adequate provision is a problem.

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“Our public transit isn’t failing; it’s being intentionally starved.” Pitch-perfect messaging and framing from @elisejoshi.bsky.social. Transit advocates everywhere: watch this video, learn from it, apply to your local contexts, repeat.

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In response to Conner Dougherty's NYT article, it's helpful to revisit a piece I wrote. In the USA, the poorer you are, the greater percentage of your income you spend on transportation. In the EU, it's the opposite. Why? USA has car-dependent sprawl, EU has good transit. itdp.org/2024/01/24/h...

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Better trains are about getting the basics right. High platforms with level boarding could save serious time on multi-stop lines, and electrification could really speed trains. Both are improvements easily achievable on existing track, @ndhapple.bsky.social found in his recent report, Momentum.

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“Higher car prices won’t increase public transit ridership in areas with little or no mass transit options. For transit to be a viable alternative to driving, localities, states and the federal government must increase investments in frequent, reliable transit service.” www.cnn.com/2025/04/10/b...

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Not a single time in this article glorifying the need for sprawl to address the US's affordable housing crisis is there a mention of the vast transportation costs of sprawling living patterns. Nor is there mention of the fact that sprawl is directly linked to disinvestment in urban cores.

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Just so everyone’s clear about the villain behind these proposed cuts to transit service in Pittsburgh: “[PA] Senate Republicans have ‘repeatedly failed to act’ on mass transit funding proposals passed by the House.” www.post-gazette.com/news/politic...

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Chaos over Trump's tariffs would be disastrous for shared and active transportation priorities, even if skyrocketing car prices do discourage some Americans from buying a new car. It could mean expensive bikes, expensive trains, expensive everything.

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“The recently completed Caltrain electrification [has] already shown there are transportation alternatives that actually work.” sf.streetsblog.org/2025/04/08/c...

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A colleague recently asked about Caltrain’s increased ridership numbers since electrification 9/24. 41% increase YOY in 12/24 — great stuff. But also converting to EMUs has made service much more reliable thanks ease of servicing electric rolling stock.

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Disability Culture Lab is hiring! We're looking to fill two roles: Communications Associate and Program Manager. Join our fight to shift the narrative on disability from fear and pity to solidarity and liberation. We encourage you to apply by April 14. (Image Credit: Disabled and Here)

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We’re also going to need to see many more states use this approach: apnews.com/article/gree...

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A lot of lower income people in the US are not going to be able to afford cars soon. That’s why we need to keep planning and growing transit with them in mind. To do that, we must plan and fund transit to expand access to opportunity, not just to appeal to elite tastes.

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We all should start posting ourselves, taking public transportation, reclaiming the narrative. #transit #infrastructure

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I'm from the government, and I'm here to help (complimentary) bureaucracy is not a dirty word. it's nothing more than a way to organize people serving people.

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pretty sick riding an electric train and getting catapulted from Redwood City to San Francisco in half an hour while I get work done on crazy fast WiFi

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“The ongoing debates about abundance have injected a welcome jolt of energy into US policy discourse, particularly around housing and energy. But for transportation…simply uncorking more construction could be a prescription worse than the disease.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The NYU-Marron report on electrification is out: It pairs electrification and other components to develop a high-throughput infrastructure design framework, which slashes time off of existing commuter and inter-city passenger rail services. We call it Momentum -- transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...

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blue state transportation policy hypocrisy is appalling, man. Dunno how else to say it. the levels of entrenched inertia towards the status quo of writing blank checks for the highway lobby while doing nothing for street safety, transit or climate action except writing press releases is bewildering

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It's hard for a world built for cars to also be a world built for humans.

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The MBTA will soon brings its services to several South Coast communities with its highly anticipated, $1.1 billion expansion. The first South Coast Rail train is set to begin taking passengers Monday morning.

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Want to feel hopeful about something? States are stepping up amidst the federal government’s assault on funding for transit, biking, and walking: abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

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This is about Washington State, but in general, Dems don't really have a partisan agenda when it comes to transportation and urbanism, and it's a shame. When one party is ideologically anti-urban and pro-car, and the other one refuses to take a stance, nothing good happens.

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Congestion pricing in Chicago when? (h/t @ethanpfreedman.com)

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Today in transit villains are Pennsylvania state legislators (specifically, Republicans) who have not increased the share of state $$ going to public transit in more than a decade, forcing a funding crisis at Pittsburgh Regional Transit. triblive.com/local/pittsb...

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Congestion pricing is an unqualified triumph. One of the most immediately, strikingly successful public policies of my lifetime.

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reason #21984545 to be against free buses: when you put 100% of funding into the hands of people who don't give a shit about buses, well-

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