Greg Osaka
@gregryanosaka.bsky.social
Public transit and urbanism enthusiast. Lover of languages. Migrant. Build more housing.
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As a form of “stretching” while I gear up to write my first book on better city-making next year, I’m also getting back into writing articles for a new publication. I have a number of topics/subjects in mind, but I’m open to recommendations/requests on timely, pressing topics. What do you think?
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
As a form of “stretching” while I gear up to write my first book on better city-making next year, I’m also getting back into writing articles for a new publication. I have a number of topics/subjects in mind, but I’m open to recommendations/requests on timely, pressing topics. What do you think?
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Washington DC: this is not to miss!
I'll be in Washington DC Jan 8-16 to
1. Keynote at @T4America's Transportation Camp.
2. Attend the TRB conference on Tuesday only.
3. Teach a session of our "inexcusably fun" two-day course in transit network planning.
Links in replies below.
1. Keynote at @T4America's Transportation Camp.
2. Attend the TRB conference on Tuesday only.
3. Teach a session of our "inexcusably fun" two-day course in transit network planning.
Links in replies below.
December 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Washington DC: this is not to miss!
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This book is my current transit commute read!
I attended the pre-launch of the book "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation", by our old friends Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Vancouver.
#UrbanismBookClub
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I attended the pre-launch of the book "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation", by our old friends Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Vancouver.
#UrbanismBookClub
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October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This book is my current transit commute read!
I attended the pre-launch of the book "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation", by our old friends Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Vancouver.
#UrbanismBookClub
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I attended the pre-launch of the book "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation", by our old friends Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Vancouver.
#UrbanismBookClub
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Good to see more services on tram routes 86 & 96, including more Saturday evening services to cut waiting times and crowding.
We hope to see Sunday night 30 min waits also fixed, and on-road priority to speed up trams, but this is a good start.
More info: transport.vic.gov.au...
We hope to see Sunday night 30 min waits also fixed, and on-road priority to speed up trams, but this is a good start.
More info: transport.vic.gov.au...
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Good to see more services on tram routes 86 & 96, including more Saturday evening services to cut waiting times and crowding.
We hope to see Sunday night 30 min waits also fixed, and on-road priority to speed up trams, but this is a good start.
More info: transport.vic.gov.au...
We hope to see Sunday night 30 min waits also fixed, and on-road priority to speed up trams, but this is a good start.
More info: transport.vic.gov.au...
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Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Word on the street is that there are a bunch of new folks joining Bluesky right now, so it seems like a good time to re-share my first & biggest STARTER PACK of urbanists & city-making organizations from across the world. Hope you’ll consider following the excellent accounts here. And please share!
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An email: "In case you do not already know it, the term MacCabe Corner will be of interest, and the Google map of the borders and Murray River there look impressive...."
Some odd straight lines on maps, now out from behind the paywall
Some odd straight lines on maps, now out from behind the paywall
Some odd straight lines on maps
Illusory straight lines in Australia, and unexpected ones in Western Sahara.
jonn.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An email: "In case you do not already know it, the term MacCabe Corner will be of interest, and the Google map of the borders and Murray River there look impressive...."
Some odd straight lines on maps, now out from behind the paywall
Some odd straight lines on maps, now out from behind the paywall
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Blog: A 2013 plan envisaged more frequent trains every day on most of the #Melbourne rail network by 2017. But most of it didn't happen.
What could have been
A 2013 document envisaged more frequent trains every day on most of Melbourne's rail network
danielbowen.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Blog: A 2013 plan envisaged more frequent trains every day on most of the #Melbourne rail network by 2017. But most of it didn't happen.
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Books where the main character uses public transit
https://www.booksns.com/160170/
Fiction please! Could be a romcom, literary fiction, sci fi, etc. by Unusual_Internal_928
https://www.booksns.com/160170/
Fiction please! Could be a romcom, literary fiction, sci fi, etc. by Unusual_Internal_928
Books where the main character uses public transit - Trending Books
Fiction please! Could be a romcom, literary fiction, sci fi, etc.
www.booksns.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Books where the main character uses public transit
https://www.booksns.com/160170/
Fiction please! Could be a romcom, literary fiction, sci fi, etc. by Unusual_Internal_928
https://www.booksns.com/160170/
Fiction please! Could be a romcom, literary fiction, sci fi, etc. by Unusual_Internal_928
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Save the date! The Sustainable Cities campaign's Better Bus Fest for Melbourne's West is coming up on Sun 5th Oct, 10am-1pm in Werribee.
Share your story of using PT in Melbourne's West. Show your support for fast, frequent, and connected buses!
Share your story of using PT in Melbourne's West. Show your support for fast, frequent, and connected buses!
Better Bus Fest for Melbourne's West
We want fast, frequent, and connected buses for Melbourne's West. Stop by our family-friendly bus-fest to share your experience.
www.eventbrite.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Save the date! The Sustainable Cities campaign's Better Bus Fest for Melbourne's West is coming up on Sun 5th Oct, 10am-1pm in Werribee.
Share your story of using PT in Melbourne's West. Show your support for fast, frequent, and connected buses!
Share your story of using PT in Melbourne's West. Show your support for fast, frequent, and connected buses!
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There’s nothing like visiting aging relatives to make you appreciate how a car-dependent society increasingly becomes a prison as people become too old to get behind the wheel. We must take steps to make it easier for the elderly (and everyone else) to live in walkable communities.
August 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
There’s nothing like visiting aging relatives to make you appreciate how a car-dependent society increasingly becomes a prison as people become too old to get behind the wheel. We must take steps to make it easier for the elderly (and everyone else) to live in walkable communities.
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Running #Melbourne's Metro trains more like an actual metro, with frequent services all day every day, would bring huge benefits. Fixing the 30, 40, 60 minute gaps should be a priority.
August 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Running #Melbourne's Metro trains more like an actual metro, with frequent services all day every day, would bring huge benefits. Fixing the 30, 40, 60 minute gaps should be a priority.
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On an overnight flight with no wifi, I figured I tell you all what I got wrong about transit, and the lessons learned along the way:
thetransitguy.substack.com/p/confession...
thetransitguy.substack.com/p/confession...
Confessions of a Transit Advocate
What I’ve Learned From Getting Transit Wrong
thetransitguy.substack.com
August 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On an overnight flight with no wifi, I figured I tell you all what I got wrong about transit, and the lessons learned along the way:
thetransitguy.substack.com/p/confession...
thetransitguy.substack.com/p/confession...
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The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
August 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The Thai cover band you didn't know you needed in your life.
Crank it! 😀 🎸
Crank it! 😀 🎸
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Ok, it's time to do Oceania now. There aren't many cities over there, but the map is painfully empty!
Please, inhabitants of the Terra Australis, help me fill this map!
Please, inhabitants of the Terra Australis, help me fill this map!
August 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ok, it's time to do Oceania now. There aren't many cities over there, but the map is painfully empty!
Please, inhabitants of the Terra Australis, help me fill this map!
Please, inhabitants of the Terra Australis, help me fill this map!
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Hang out with me drawing transit networks!
I'll be doing my fun master class in transit network design is in Portland Oct 30-31. It's for anyone who interacts with transit planning on the job, as well as for advocates and aspiring planners.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
I'll be doing my fun master class in transit network design is in Portland Oct 30-31. It's for anyone who interacts with transit planning on the job, as well as for advocates and aspiring planners.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
Intensive Course in Transit Network Design Comes to Portland, October 30-31! — Human Transit
I’m happy to announce that we’ve scheduled the next session of my “inexcusably fun” two-day intensive course in transit network design. It will be October 30-31, 2025 in Portland, right after the Mpa...
humantransit.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hang out with me drawing transit networks!
I'll be doing my fun master class in transit network design is in Portland Oct 30-31. It's for anyone who interacts with transit planning on the job, as well as for advocates and aspiring planners.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
I'll be doing my fun master class in transit network design is in Portland Oct 30-31. It's for anyone who interacts with transit planning on the job, as well as for advocates and aspiring planners.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
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Friends — I'm going on a tour in support of my new book, "Coming Up Short." More events and cities will be added, but here's a short list of what's been announced so far.
I’m promising myself this is my last book tour. (Of course, I made the same promise with the last book.)
Hope to see you there.
I’m promising myself this is my last book tour. (Of course, I made the same promise with the last book.)
Hope to see you there.
August 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Friends — I'm going on a tour in support of my new book, "Coming Up Short." More events and cities will be added, but here's a short list of what's been announced so far.
I’m promising myself this is my last book tour. (Of course, I made the same promise with the last book.)
Hope to see you there.
I’m promising myself this is my last book tour. (Of course, I made the same promise with the last book.)
Hope to see you there.
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The most damning part: The car was programmed to send all the information to Tesla then delete the local copies. Which speaks to a clear conspiracy to hide the fact that "driver assistance" features contributed to an accident #teslatakedown electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
Tesla withheld data, lied, and misdirected police and plaintiffs to avoid blame in Autopilot crash
Tesla was caught withholding data, lying about it, and misdirecting authorities in the wrongful death case involving Autopilot that it...
electrek.co
August 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The most damning part: The car was programmed to send all the information to Tesla then delete the local copies. Which speaks to a clear conspiracy to hide the fact that "driver assistance" features contributed to an accident #teslatakedown electrek.co/2025/08/04/t...
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Canada has higher transit use than the US because there is far more transit service per capita there.
If you want ridership, you have to run service.
If you want ridership, you have to run service.
Canada has dramatically higher transit modeshare than the US is something people clearly need to hear much more often.
July 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Canada has higher transit use than the US because there is far more transit service per capita there.
If you want ridership, you have to run service.
If you want ridership, you have to run service.
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UK readers! I'll be in the UK for most of September, researching and talking about public transport planning. Please suggest events! Details: humantransit.org/2025/06/comi...
Coming to the UK in September! — Human Transit
My travel plans will have me in the UK for much of the month of September this year. This is a great opportunity for British friends to think about events they might want me to do. First, I can do spe...
humantransit.org
July 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
UK readers! I'll be in the UK for most of September, researching and talking about public transport planning. Please suggest events! Details: humantransit.org/2025/06/comi...
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Question:
What kinds of taxes and user fees can #Australian #municipalities levy/collect? I understand Australian states largely just collect stamp duty while the federal Commonwealth government collects income and sales #tax and transfers some to the states.
Interested in comparing with Canada. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺
What kinds of taxes and user fees can #Australian #municipalities levy/collect? I understand Australian states largely just collect stamp duty while the federal Commonwealth government collects income and sales #tax and transfers some to the states.
Interested in comparing with Canada. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺
August 3, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Question:
What kinds of taxes and user fees can #Australian #municipalities levy/collect? I understand Australian states largely just collect stamp duty while the federal Commonwealth government collects income and sales #tax and transfers some to the states.
Interested in comparing with Canada. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺
What kinds of taxes and user fees can #Australian #municipalities levy/collect? I understand Australian states largely just collect stamp duty while the federal Commonwealth government collects income and sales #tax and transfers some to the states.
Interested in comparing with Canada. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺
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Hang out with me drawing colored lines on maps!
My "inexcusably fun" two-day intensive course in transit network design is coming up this October 30-31 in Portland. It's for anyone whose work benefits from a deeper grasp of how networks work.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
My "inexcusably fun" two-day intensive course in transit network design is coming up this October 30-31 in Portland. It's for anyone whose work benefits from a deeper grasp of how networks work.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
Intensive Course in Transit Network Design Comes to Portland, October 30-31! — Human Transit
I’m happy to announce that we’ve scheduled the next session of my “inexcusably fun” two-day intensive course in transit network design. It will be October 30-31, 2025 in Portland, right after the Mpa...
humantransit.org
July 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hang out with me drawing colored lines on maps!
My "inexcusably fun" two-day intensive course in transit network design is coming up this October 30-31 in Portland. It's for anyone whose work benefits from a deeper grasp of how networks work.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
My "inexcusably fun" two-day intensive course in transit network design is coming up this October 30-31 in Portland. It's for anyone whose work benefits from a deeper grasp of how networks work.
Please share!
humantransit.org/2025/07/new-...
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This is a summary map of boarding practices for the European cities for which I received answers. If you know how they board buses in a city not on this map, or if you spot an error, please add the info in the replies! 🙏
(other continents will follow)
(other continents will follow)
July 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is a summary map of boarding practices for the European cities for which I received answers. If you know how they board buses in a city not on this map, or if you spot an error, please add the info in the replies! 🙏
(other continents will follow)
(other continents will follow)
Americans should read this. All 12 parts.
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/
July 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Americans should read this. All 12 parts.
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Waiting for a tram home tonight?
Melbourne has the least frequent evening tram services in Australia. #MoreServicesNow
Melbourne has the least frequent evening tram services in Australia. #MoreServicesNow
July 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Waiting for a tram home tonight?
Melbourne has the least frequent evening tram services in Australia. #MoreServicesNow
Melbourne has the least frequent evening tram services in Australia. #MoreServicesNow