Eric Goldwyn
@egoldwyn.bsky.social
NYU Marron | transitcosts.com | All Mets Grid
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I took a shot at placing Mamdani's victory in the long scope of New York City's political history -- in the most recent issue of @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social , alongside a bunch more essays by some really sharp people. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
Vital City | A New Era in New York City Political History?
Putting Mamdani’s huge win in perspective — from La Guardia to today
www.vitalcitynyc.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I took a shot at placing Mamdani's victory in the long scope of New York City's political history -- in the most recent issue of @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social , alongside a bunch more essays by some really sharp people. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
I’m a huge @masonbwilliams.bsky.social fan, and enjoyed this piece about New York’s mayoral history via @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social. La Guardia governed with the waves of the New Deal while Mamdani will have to lead us against the current coming from DC.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
Vital City | A New Era in New York City Political History?
Putting Mamdani’s huge win in perspective — from La Guardia to today
www.vitalcitynyc.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I’m a huge @masonbwilliams.bsky.social fan, and enjoyed this piece about New York’s mayoral history via @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social. La Guardia governed with the waves of the New Deal while Mamdani will have to lead us against the current coming from DC.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/a-n...
"Yes, the score read 72-0 with a little more than 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter."
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
"Yes, the score read 72-0 with a little more than 4 1/2 minutes left in the third quarter."
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Momentum is gaining momentum. The railroad infrastructure framework developed by @ndhapple.bsky.social has gone bicoastal.
A new report from @calelectricrail.org shows how level boarding and electrified trains would transform transportation in SoCal.
benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/how-southe...
A new report from @calelectricrail.org shows how level boarding and electrified trains would transform transportation in SoCal.
benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/how-southe...
How Southern California would benefit from electric trains
Electrification and level boarding platforms can significantly improve rail travel on the west coast, too.
benjaminschneider.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Momentum is gaining momentum. The railroad infrastructure framework developed by @ndhapple.bsky.social has gone bicoastal.
A new report from @calelectricrail.org shows how level boarding and electrified trains would transform transportation in SoCal.
benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/how-southe...
A new report from @calelectricrail.org shows how level boarding and electrified trains would transform transportation in SoCal.
benjaminschneider.substack.com/p/how-southe...
Looks like this pipe sprung a leak and this bag of sand (???) plugged the hole
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Looks like this pipe sprung a leak and this bag of sand (???) plugged the hole
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Progressives winning mayor's races is not that rare — what's rare is mayors who progressives continue to like after a term or two of grappling with budgetary tradeoffs.
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
November 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Progressives winning mayor's races is not that rare — what's rare is mayors who progressives continue to like after a term or two of grappling with budgetary tradeoffs.
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
www.slowboring.com/p/now-comes-...
It’s worth noting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has driven incredible voter turnout growth, and is likely going to be the first mayor to net a million votes since John Lindsay!
“Since the June primary, more than 107,000 first-time voters have registered in New York City.”
November 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It’s worth noting that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social has driven incredible voter turnout growth, and is likely going to be the first mayor to net a million votes since John Lindsay!
“Since the June primary, more than 107,000 first-time voters have registered in New York City.”
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“Since the June primary, more than 107,000 first-time voters have registered in New York City.”
Anyone know how many subways the MTA runs per day? Ballpark or precise would be great
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Anyone know how many subways the MTA runs per day? Ballpark or precise would be great
Really got this one wrong…
Buck up Toronto. I know it’s cold and dark in January, and your closet is bursting with really ugly bridesmaid dresses, but this isn’t the answer!
November 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Really got this one wrong…
When @alonlevy.bsky.social and i started working together, we both thought that a wall of text with a picture and maybe a chart/table was advanced design. We know that’s wrong. We attempted to take our NEC work and add some good design. We are very happy with how this came out: nec.transitcosts.com
How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
An interactive site presenting the North East Corridor proposal by Marron Institute's Transportation and Land Use Group, authored by Alon Levy.
nec.transitcosts.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
When @alonlevy.bsky.social and i started working together, we both thought that a wall of text with a picture and maybe a chart/table was advanced design. We know that’s wrong. We attempted to take our NEC work and add some good design. We are very happy with how this came out: nec.transitcosts.com
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Today is publication day for my book, "The Unfinished Metropolis"!
To mark the occasion, the @sfchronicle.com published an excerpt in which I explore what has and hasn't changed in SF's cityscape, and imagine what the city could look like in 50 years.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
To mark the occasion, the @sfchronicle.com published an excerpt in which I explore what has and hasn't changed in SF's cityscape, and imagine what the city could look like in 50 years.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
S.F. isn’t a finished product. It’s a work in progress. Can it ever learn to see itself that way?
OPINION: What should the view from the Golden Gate Bridge look like 50 years from now? Surely, no one who seriously contemplates it would respond, “Exactly the same.”
www.sfchronicle.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today is publication day for my book, "The Unfinished Metropolis"!
To mark the occasion, the @sfchronicle.com published an excerpt in which I explore what has and hasn't changed in SF's cityscape, and imagine what the city could look like in 50 years.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
To mark the occasion, the @sfchronicle.com published an excerpt in which I explore what has and hasn't changed in SF's cityscape, and imagine what the city could look like in 50 years.
www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/open...
I wrote an op-ed in the daily news advocating for a transit mayor, something New York has not had in generations. While my op-ed is incredible, ***however***, I learned that the daily news publishes a magic eye?
enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
October 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I wrote an op-ed in the daily news advocating for a transit mayor, something New York has not had in generations. While my op-ed is incredible, ***however***, I learned that the daily news publishes a magic eye?
enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
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We have a new website for the Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail project, with illustrative graphics. nec.transitcosts.com
How to Build High-Speed Rail on the Northeast Corridor
An interactive site presenting the North East Corridor proposal by Marron Institute's Transportation and Land Use Group, authored by Alon Levy.
nec.transitcosts.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We have a new website for the Northeast Corridor High-Speed Rail project, with illustrative graphics. nec.transitcosts.com
Wrote up my case for a transit mayor in @nydailynews.com. I believe @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can be that mayor! Let’s do this New York: enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
Sun, 10/19/25
New York needs a transit mayor
enewspaper.nydailynews.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Wrote up my case for a transit mayor in @nydailynews.com. I believe @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social can be that mayor! Let’s do this New York: enewspaper.nydailynews.com/shortcode/NE...
“Concrete experts like to say they don’t work •with• concrete; they work •for• concrete.”
October 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“Concrete experts like to say they don’t work •with• concrete; they work •for• concrete.”
We will discuss free buses for at least the next year! Free buses are okay. Faster, more frequent buses and a more expansive fair fares is better. Let’s translate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s enthusiasm for buses into real change in the next administration: www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
Should the bus be free? Transit advocates are divided
"Free buses" is one of the big ideas that helped Zohran Mamdani win the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. But the track record in cities that have stopped collecting fares is mixed.
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
We will discuss free buses for at least the next year! Free buses are okay. Faster, more frequent buses and a more expansive fair fares is better. Let’s translate @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s enthusiasm for buses into real change in the next administration: www.npr.org/2025/10/16/n...
Is there a good overview of fare free buses on Boston?
October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Is there a good overview of fare free buses on Boston?
Great to see the @nydailynews.com write an editorial about the importance of releasing monthly overview reports contextualize what is going on in these megaprojects. In my own research these PMOC reports have been invaluable (cc: @zacharyschrag.bsky.social): www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/29/l...
Let the public speak and read: Gateway Development Commission meetings must allow live public comments and FTA’s Marc Molinaro must publish PMOC reports
Tomorrow, the bistate Gateway Development Commission has a formal meeting with the commissioners participating remotely by telephone and the public entirely excluded, only able to watch on video.
www.nydailynews.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Great to see the @nydailynews.com write an editorial about the importance of releasing monthly overview reports contextualize what is going on in these megaprojects. In my own research these PMOC reports have been invaluable (cc: @zacharyschrag.bsky.social): www.nydailynews.com/2025/09/29/l...
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Copenhagen's deep metro stations have a very lean fire evacuation strategy.
Most egress capacity is provided by the 8 escalators (4 paths x 2 levels) normally used for vertical circulation with a single additional enclosed fixed stair at one end of the platform.
Most egress capacity is provided by the 8 escalators (4 paths x 2 levels) normally used for vertical circulation with a single additional enclosed fixed stair at one end of the platform.
September 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Copenhagen's deep metro stations have a very lean fire evacuation strategy.
Most egress capacity is provided by the 8 escalators (4 paths x 2 levels) normally used for vertical circulation with a single additional enclosed fixed stair at one end of the platform.
Most egress capacity is provided by the 8 escalators (4 paths x 2 levels) normally used for vertical circulation with a single additional enclosed fixed stair at one end of the platform.
“I’m looking to be the Scott Boras of the hedge-fund world…”
September 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
“I’m looking to be the Scott Boras of the hedge-fund world…”
“The forced technology transfer agreements meant to prop up China’s state-owned automakers instead robbed their need to invest in their own innovative capacities. China’s automative successes come from companies like privately owned BYD, which had no foreign partners…”
September 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The forced technology transfer agreements meant to prop up China’s state-owned automakers instead robbed their need to invest in their own innovative capacities. China’s automative successes come from companies like privately owned BYD, which had no foreign partners…”
the good old days: "The Blue Line from San Ysidro
to Old Town is one of the most productive light rail lines in the country with 20 million annual
passengers and a farebox recovery of 64% in FY 2009."
to Old Town is one of the most productive light rail lines in the country with 20 million annual
passengers and a farebox recovery of 64% in FY 2009."
September 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
the good old days: "The Blue Line from San Ysidro
to Old Town is one of the most productive light rail lines in the country with 20 million annual
passengers and a farebox recovery of 64% in FY 2009."
to Old Town is one of the most productive light rail lines in the country with 20 million annual
passengers and a farebox recovery of 64% in FY 2009."
Picked up Dan Wang’s Breakneck. He does not mince words: “Beijing enthralls not because it is nice but because it isn’t….Really, everything that can go wrong in urban design has gone wrong in Beijing.”
September 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Picked up Dan Wang’s Breakneck. He does not mince words: “Beijing enthralls not because it is nice but because it isn’t….Really, everything that can go wrong in urban design has gone wrong in Beijing.”