Connor Proctor
@connorproctor.bsky.social
San Diego • UCLA Alum • Software Engineer 👨💻 Passionate about transit, bikes, and making our city better 🚲🌇🌴
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Connor Proctor
@connorproctor.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Hi Bluesky, I made a map:
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.
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This was possible thanks to @connorproctor.bsky.social, who put together a page on his website where you can make speed maps from GPX files.
connorproctor.com/speed_map/
connorproctor.com/speed_map/
GPX to Speed Heatmap - Visualize Your Journey's Speed
Upload your GPX file from Strava or any GPS tracker to create a beautiful color-coded speed heatmap. Perfect for analyzing train, bike, bus, or walking journeys.
connorproctor.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This was possible thanks to @connorproctor.bsky.social, who put together a page on his website where you can make speed maps from GPX files.
connorproctor.com/speed_map/
connorproctor.com/speed_map/
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We’ll regulate everything except what’s actually killing kids.
Cars and guns.
Cars and guns.
July 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We’ll regulate everything except what’s actually killing kids.
Cars and guns.
Cars and guns.
Apparently there's a downed power line that has interrupted Surfliner service for going on 3 days now. This is messing up my plans a ton.
The endless unreliability is why people don't take the train.
The endless unreliability is why people don't take the train.
How is every Amtrak train tomorrow sold out between SD and LA?
January 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Apparently there's a downed power line that has interrupted Surfliner service for going on 3 days now. This is messing up my plans a ton.
The endless unreliability is why people don't take the train.
The endless unreliability is why people don't take the train.
How is every Amtrak train tomorrow sold out between SD and LA?
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
How is every Amtrak train tomorrow sold out between SD and LA?
This is good, but can they please let us pay for less than 1hr via credit card? La Mesa does it so San Diego could too
San Diego City Council just voted 8-1 to increase parking meter rates from $1.25/hour to $2.50/hour. Additional revenue will pay for right-of-way maintenance in areas near parking meters that would otherwise be paid by the city's general fund, which is short about $258 million.
January 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is good, but can they please let us pay for less than 1hr via credit card? La Mesa does it so San Diego could too
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If you’re thinking, “Where will my cash-strapped city get money without housing impact fees?”, may I suggest charging for curb parking?
The idea that new market-rate housing increases demand for income-restricted units, therefore warranting mitigation by an impact fee to fund affordable units, rests on three separate propositions -- all critical. At least two, maybe all three, are patently false. 1/5
Since the Supreme Court ruling on Sheetz in September there has been speculation on how it would hit impact fees in other cities. I recently received word from one of my clients that they have prevailed against Oakland and had inclusionary impact fees waived.
Big changes coming to a city near you.
Big changes coming to a city near you.
January 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
If you’re thinking, “Where will my cash-strapped city get money without housing impact fees?”, may I suggest charging for curb parking?
Express Lanes for Express Trains
San Diego should put tolled express lanes on the 5 freeway to fund speeding up the Amtrak and Coaster to 110MPH and to connect them to the airport with a rail connection.
San Diego should put tolled express lanes on the 5 freeway to fund speeding up the Amtrak and Coaster to 110MPH and to connect them to the airport with a rail connection.
January 16, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Express Lanes for Express Trains
San Diego should put tolled express lanes on the 5 freeway to fund speeding up the Amtrak and Coaster to 110MPH and to connect them to the airport with a rail connection.
San Diego should put tolled express lanes on the 5 freeway to fund speeding up the Amtrak and Coaster to 110MPH and to connect them to the airport with a rail connection.
Got a new phone from a Verizon store and they charged me for a $40 charger that they didn’t give me, a $40 setup fee that wasn’t disclosed (and I setup myself), added a $6/month “cloud” plan to my account, and bumped me up to a $8/m higher plan while explicitly telling me it’d stay the same price 🤦♂️
January 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Got a new phone from a Verizon store and they charged me for a $40 charger that they didn’t give me, a $40 setup fee that wasn’t disclosed (and I setup myself), added a $6/month “cloud” plan to my account, and bumped me up to a $8/m higher plan while explicitly telling me it’d stay the same price 🤦♂️
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Some good news, Amtrak will be able to add 3 more round trip trains a day between San Diego and LA after a $27M federal grant!
Now we need some more funding to add more double track.
Now we need some more funding to add more double track.
January 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Some good news, Amtrak will be able to add 3 more round trip trains a day between San Diego and LA after a $27M federal grant!
Now we need some more funding to add more double track.
Now we need some more funding to add more double track.
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American urban planning institutions regulate the wrong things, in the wrong ways, for the benefit of the wrong people.
Urban planning should focus on accommodating population and economic growth in an orderly fashion and creating a pleasant public realm for everyone to enjoy.
Urban planning should focus on accommodating population and economic growth in an orderly fashion and creating a pleasant public realm for everyone to enjoy.
December 19, 2024 at 6:28 PM
American urban planning institutions regulate the wrong things, in the wrong ways, for the benefit of the wrong people.
Urban planning should focus on accommodating population and economic growth in an orderly fashion and creating a pleasant public realm for everyone to enjoy.
Urban planning should focus on accommodating population and economic growth in an orderly fashion and creating a pleasant public realm for everyone to enjoy.
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North American bicycling conundrum
Large cities in which a normal person could easily bike year round:
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Honolulu
Large cities with the best bike infrastructure:
Montreal
Minneapolis
Portland
Seattle
Washington, DC
Large cities in which a normal person could easily bike year round:
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Honolulu
Large cities with the best bike infrastructure:
Montreal
Minneapolis
Portland
Seattle
Washington, DC
December 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
North American bicycling conundrum
Large cities in which a normal person could easily bike year round:
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Honolulu
Large cities with the best bike infrastructure:
Montreal
Minneapolis
Portland
Seattle
Washington, DC
Large cities in which a normal person could easily bike year round:
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Jose
San Francisco
Oakland
Honolulu
Large cities with the best bike infrastructure:
Montreal
Minneapolis
Portland
Seattle
Washington, DC
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🎉✨ Ring in the New Year with FREE rides from MTS! ✨🎉
This New Year’s Eve (Tues. 12/31), MTS Bus and Trolley routes are offering free rides starting at 6 p.m. Plus, enjoy extra Trolley service past midnight 🚍🚋
Skip parking fees, dodge rideshare surge prices, and take transit to the party!
This New Year’s Eve (Tues. 12/31), MTS Bus and Trolley routes are offering free rides starting at 6 p.m. Plus, enjoy extra Trolley service past midnight 🚍🚋
Skip parking fees, dodge rideshare surge prices, and take transit to the party!
December 18, 2024 at 10:30 PM
🎉✨ Ring in the New Year with FREE rides from MTS! ✨🎉
This New Year’s Eve (Tues. 12/31), MTS Bus and Trolley routes are offering free rides starting at 6 p.m. Plus, enjoy extra Trolley service past midnight 🚍🚋
Skip parking fees, dodge rideshare surge prices, and take transit to the party!
This New Year’s Eve (Tues. 12/31), MTS Bus and Trolley routes are offering free rides starting at 6 p.m. Plus, enjoy extra Trolley service past midnight 🚍🚋
Skip parking fees, dodge rideshare surge prices, and take transit to the party!
San Diego is #4 in the nation in transit ridership increase this year!
December 4, 2024 at 9:47 PM
San Diego is #4 in the nation in transit ridership increase this year!
Goleta is getting a cool new train depot that looks like a modern take of the historic depot
November 29, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Goleta is getting a cool new train depot that looks like a modern take of the historic depot
The Surfliner would be like this every day if it was reliable and faster. People don’t want to sit in LA/OC traffic!
It wouldn’t even cost that much to upgrade the line to nearly high speed rail
It wouldn’t even cost that much to upgrade the line to nearly high speed rail
November 28, 2024 at 12:42 AM
The Surfliner would be like this every day if it was reliable and faster. People don’t want to sit in LA/OC traffic!
It wouldn’t even cost that much to upgrade the line to nearly high speed rail
It wouldn’t even cost that much to upgrade the line to nearly high speed rail
“Nobody rides the train”
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
“Nobody rides the train”
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My 2 ¢: have a City of San Diego TRANSIT tax measure. MAYBE coordinate with South Bay.
Regionalism only works when your region works together.
Anyone following SANDAG can see board Repubs vigorously fighting for their way or the highway (which in this case is actually a series of highways).
Regionalism only works when your region works together.
Anyone following SANDAG can see board Repubs vigorously fighting for their way or the highway (which in this case is actually a series of highways).
I'm sure transit advocates will be wondering where to go from here. In 2020, MTS was developing a transit-only sales tax measure that would have left out North County voters. The pandemic killed the idea… but maybe it'll return? 4/ www.kpbs.org/news/economy...
Coronavirus Prompts MTS To Put 2020 Tax Measure On Hold
The Metropolitan Transit System on Thursday halted long-standing plans to place a sales tax measure on the November 2020 ballot, as it shifts focus to dealing with the fallout from the coronavirus pan...
www.kpbs.org
November 20, 2024 at 9:22 AM
My 2 ¢: have a City of San Diego TRANSIT tax measure. MAYBE coordinate with South Bay.
Regionalism only works when your region works together.
Anyone following SANDAG can see board Repubs vigorously fighting for their way or the highway (which in this case is actually a series of highways).
Regionalism only works when your region works together.
Anyone following SANDAG can see board Repubs vigorously fighting for their way or the highway (which in this case is actually a series of highways).
SoCal's rail corridor (LOSSAN) is so poorly managed that recently Metrolink added a train that is scheduled to be in the same stretch of single track in San Clemente as an Amtrak train going in the opposite direction.
This causes 30min-1hr cascading delays for multiple Amtrak trains.
This causes 30min-1hr cascading delays for multiple Amtrak trains.
November 22, 2024 at 4:28 PM
SoCal's rail corridor (LOSSAN) is so poorly managed that recently Metrolink added a train that is scheduled to be in the same stretch of single track in San Clemente as an Amtrak train going in the opposite direction.
This causes 30min-1hr cascading delays for multiple Amtrak trains.
This causes 30min-1hr cascading delays for multiple Amtrak trains.
There’s so much pedestrian traffic at this intersection too, right near the beach. I see people cross here all the time, because the alternative is so time consuming
November 20, 2024 at 8:27 PM
There’s so much pedestrian traffic at this intersection too, right near the beach. I see people cross here all the time, because the alternative is so time consuming
December Nights is almost here! It's always a miserable mess of traffic, but there's a simple solution to let people skip the frustration:
1) Run shuttles from the trolley to Balboa Park
2) Temporarily extend the Park Blvd bus lanes
3) Heavily promote this great alternative
1) Run shuttles from the trolley to Balboa Park
2) Temporarily extend the Park Blvd bus lanes
3) Heavily promote this great alternative
November 20, 2024 at 12:42 AM
December Nights is almost here! It's always a miserable mess of traffic, but there's a simple solution to let people skip the frustration:
1) Run shuttles from the trolley to Balboa Park
2) Temporarily extend the Park Blvd bus lanes
3) Heavily promote this great alternative
1) Run shuttles from the trolley to Balboa Park
2) Temporarily extend the Park Blvd bus lanes
3) Heavily promote this great alternative
San Diego trolley has the lowest cost per passenger mile of any metro system in the country. A third the cost of Los Angeles
November 19, 2024 at 4:17 PM
San Diego trolley has the lowest cost per passenger mile of any metro system in the country. A third the cost of Los Angeles
San Diego Amtrak Hack
There’s a permanent 20% promo code for all Amtrak trains going to or from San Diego
There’s a permanent 20% promo code for all Amtrak trains going to or from San Diego
November 18, 2024 at 8:25 PM
San Diego Amtrak Hack
There’s a permanent 20% promo code for all Amtrak trains going to or from San Diego
There’s a permanent 20% promo code for all Amtrak trains going to or from San Diego
Hi Bluesky, I made a map:
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.
November 17, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Hi Bluesky, I made a map:
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.
Walking vs Biking 10 minutes from every San Diego trolley stop.
6.5x more area covered by biking.