leogcam
@leogcam.bsky.social
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This guy gets it..
—Validators for PAYGO/electronic ticketing
—Proof-of-payment
—Eliminate assistant conductors/collectors
—Lower fares
The game plan is not that new or complicated. MTA is too inept to make it happen. Easier to keep raising fares & beg Albany for another tax when that doesn't work.
—Validators for PAYGO/electronic ticketing
—Proof-of-payment
—Eliminate assistant conductors/collectors
—Lower fares
The game plan is not that new or complicated. MTA is too inept to make it happen. Easier to keep raising fares & beg Albany for another tax when that doesn't work.
August 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This guy gets it..
—Validators for PAYGO/electronic ticketing
—Proof-of-payment
—Eliminate assistant conductors/collectors
—Lower fares
The game plan is not that new or complicated. MTA is too inept to make it happen. Easier to keep raising fares & beg Albany for another tax when that doesn't work.
—Validators for PAYGO/electronic ticketing
—Proof-of-payment
—Eliminate assistant conductors/collectors
—Lower fares
The game plan is not that new or complicated. MTA is too inept to make it happen. Easier to keep raising fares & beg Albany for another tax when that doesn't work.
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Summer of Hell levels of meshugas from the PATH. The Port Authority clearly isn’t interested in running it — and never has been.
It’s time to move it to NYCT as the third subway division. Put it in an organization that thinks in headways.
It’s time to move it to NYCT as the third subway division. Put it in an organization that thinks in headways.
Less than 5 hours after service was suspended for 17 hours to fix a switch problem, PATH now reports a track condition near Hoboken.
PATH service was operating normally for two (2) minutes this morning.
PATH service was operating normally for two (2) minutes this morning.
July 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Summer of Hell levels of meshugas from the PATH. The Port Authority clearly isn’t interested in running it — and never has been.
It’s time to move it to NYCT as the third subway division. Put it in an organization that thinks in headways.
It’s time to move it to NYCT as the third subway division. Put it in an organization that thinks in headways.
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What transit experts generally tell you is: the highest use of scarce resources is making transit service more *frequent & reliable*. That's what actually boosts ridership.
Everything else -- free point-of-use fare, electric buses, fancy new trolleys, architecturally fancy stations -- matters less.
Everything else -- free point-of-use fare, electric buses, fancy new trolleys, architecturally fancy stations -- matters less.
July 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
What transit experts generally tell you is: the highest use of scarce resources is making transit service more *frequent & reliable*. That's what actually boosts ridership.
Everything else -- free point-of-use fare, electric buses, fancy new trolleys, architecturally fancy stations -- matters less.
Everything else -- free point-of-use fare, electric buses, fancy new trolleys, architecturally fancy stations -- matters less.
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If I'm reading this right, it not only bans future conversion to OPTO, it would make the MTA put conductors on the G train and the Times Sq shuttle
I regret to inform you that after decades of trying, it appears that the anti-OPTO bill the TSA has been pushing finally passed the Senate and Assembly in Albany. I do not know if the governor plans to enact this bill or veto it or if it will even make it to her desk.
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S4091
Prohibits the operation of NYC transit authority subways or trains without at least one conductor on board; requires a conductor on any subway or train operated by such authority whenever the subway o...
www.nysenate.gov
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
If I'm reading this right, it not only bans future conversion to OPTO, it would make the MTA put conductors on the G train and the Times Sq shuttle
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A 30+ year old design, locked in for at least another 40 years to come.
Clearly none of the design improvements that @mta.info used for the R211 subway cars has trickled down to @mtalirr.bsky.social. An utter lack of any imagination.
Clearly none of the design improvements that @mta.info used for the R211 subway cars has trickled down to @mtalirr.bsky.social. An utter lack of any imagination.
June 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A 30+ year old design, locked in for at least another 40 years to come.
Clearly none of the design improvements that @mta.info used for the R211 subway cars has trickled down to @mtalirr.bsky.social. An utter lack of any imagination.
Clearly none of the design improvements that @mta.info used for the R211 subway cars has trickled down to @mtalirr.bsky.social. An utter lack of any imagination.
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Someone should put a price tag on the Indian Point fiasco.
Exclusive: New York intends to build a large nuclear-power facility, the first new U.S. plant undertaken in more than 15 years.
New York to Build One of First U.S. Nuclear-Power Plants in Generation
Gov. Kathy Hochul has directed the state’s public electric utility to add at least 1 gigawatt of new nuclear-power production.
on.wsj.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Someone should put a price tag on the Indian Point fiasco.
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Next step: Someone should buy about 500 of these and deliver them to every lawmakers' State Capitol and district offices.
June 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Next step: Someone should buy about 500 of these and deliver them to every lawmakers' State Capitol and district offices.
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The world's a little crazy right now, so here's my crayon for extending the IBX to LGA, and Harlem via a new East River bridge.
www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...
www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...
June 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The world's a little crazy right now, so here's my crayon for extending the IBX to LGA, and Harlem via a new East River bridge.
www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...
www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2025/...
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There is one big crucial question about the nature and existence of "standards," especially "minimum standards," from which one's acceptability of "substandard" solutions is shaped:
Is it better to have something that isn't state-of-the-art but exists or nothing at all?
Is it better to have something that isn't state-of-the-art but exists or nothing at all?
However, in Europe they do allow elevators this size to be added to old buildings if there was no elevator there before – not something we allow in the U.S. We ban the size but also the placement (you can’t put an elevator in a stairway).
May 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
There is one big crucial question about the nature and existence of "standards," especially "minimum standards," from which one's acceptability of "substandard" solutions is shaped:
Is it better to have something that isn't state-of-the-art but exists or nothing at all?
Is it better to have something that isn't state-of-the-art but exists or nothing at all?
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This is some really impressive stuff from WMATA. Really pushing the technical and even more so political envelope for transit in the US by talking openly about full automation of the rail system and platform screen doors. www.wmata.com/about/board/...
April 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This is some really impressive stuff from WMATA. Really pushing the technical and even more so political envelope for transit in the US by talking openly about full automation of the rail system and platform screen doors. www.wmata.com/about/board/...
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With all the problems getting battery powered bus production to scale up, I wonder if it's not a time to give trolley buses a look on New York's major bus corridors... 14th Street, 2nd Ave, Fulton Street, Jamaica Blvd. Would also ease the range issues with some built-in mid-route recharge.
Even through battles over operations funding, the fleet continues to age, thus SEPTA has released the RFP for new trolley buses
April 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
With all the problems getting battery powered bus production to scale up, I wonder if it's not a time to give trolley buses a look on New York's major bus corridors... 14th Street, 2nd Ave, Fulton Street, Jamaica Blvd. Would also ease the range issues with some built-in mid-route recharge.
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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...
April 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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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NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: Electrify those diesel lines, LIRR; the recent NYU-Marron study is a blueprint for how to get it done.
"For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs."
-- www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
"For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs."
-- www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
LIRR effort to fully electrify gets good push from NYU report
The $13 billion blueprint includes related costs like double-tracking and grade-crossing eliminations and suggests dividing the work into manageable segments.
www.newsday.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NEWSDAY EDITORIAL: Electrify those diesel lines, LIRR; the recent NYU-Marron study is a blueprint for how to get it done.
"For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs."
-- www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
"For a region where public transit is an economic life line, that's the spark Long Island needs."
-- www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
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A pretty good example of what happens to transit coverage when you lay off your transit beat reporter (which someone sent to me this AM)
March 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A pretty good example of what happens to transit coverage when you lay off your transit beat reporter (which someone sent to me this AM)
@ndhapple.bsky.social do you know if there's any other context behind the new Metro North battery locomotives for Penn Access? I'm really confused about their reasoning and also frustrated they went into almost no details about it at the board meeting.
February 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@ndhapple.bsky.social do you know if there's any other context behind the new Metro North battery locomotives for Penn Access? I'm really confused about their reasoning and also frustrated they went into almost no details about it at the board meeting.
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In a recent report, Amtrak made fundamentally flawed arguments against through-running at Penn Station while pushing its unnecessary $16.7B project.
The report is simply incorrect and should be dismissed. NYC is ready for through-running.
Read our analysis now!
www.etany.org/penn-station...
The report is simply incorrect and should be dismissed. NYC is ready for through-running.
Read our analysis now!
www.etany.org/penn-station...
Penn Station Can Handle the Load: NY is ready for Through-Running — Effective Transit Alliance New York
Through-running at Penn Station would transform regional rail in NYC, and we have the infrastructure to do it.
However, in a recent report, Amtrak made fundamentally flawed arguments pushing its unne...
www.etany.org
January 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
In a recent report, Amtrak made fundamentally flawed arguments against through-running at Penn Station while pushing its unnecessary $16.7B project.
The report is simply incorrect and should be dismissed. NYC is ready for through-running.
Read our analysis now!
www.etany.org/penn-station...
The report is simply incorrect and should be dismissed. NYC is ready for through-running.
Read our analysis now!
www.etany.org/penn-station...
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Newsday's Editorial Board out in strong support of expanding electrification over buying new dual modes
"MTA can’t rely on diesel-electric locomotives over the long term. The only real solution for upgrading public transit on eastern LI lies in electrification." www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
"MTA can’t rely on diesel-electric locomotives over the long term. The only real solution for upgrading public transit on eastern LI lies in electrification." www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
LIRR should electrify tracks, not just engines
The MTA can't rely on diesel-electric locomotives over the long term.
www.newsday.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Newsday's Editorial Board out in strong support of expanding electrification over buying new dual modes
"MTA can’t rely on diesel-electric locomotives over the long term. The only real solution for upgrading public transit on eastern LI lies in electrification." www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
"MTA can’t rely on diesel-electric locomotives over the long term. The only real solution for upgrading public transit on eastern LI lies in electrification." www.newsday.com/opinion/edit...
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Every one of the stores in this thread is a banger
December 31, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Every one of the stores in this thread is a banger
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Everyone who rides the NEC corridor needs to be hounding Amtrak over its continued refusal to invest in constant tensioned wiring.
Amtrak can’t operate reliably if it’s too cold.
Amtrak can’t operate reliably if it’s too hot.
Amtrak can only operate reliably if it’s jusssttttt right.
Amtrak can’t operate reliably if it’s too hot.
Amtrak can only operate reliably if it’s jusssttttt right.
December 22, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Everyone who rides the NEC corridor needs to be hounding Amtrak over its continued refusal to invest in constant tensioned wiring.
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This is like one of those "before" pictures showing the same street in Amsterdam in 1974 and today.
Last Thanksgiving before congestion pricing… I’m gonna miss this
November 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM
This is like one of those "before" pictures showing the same street in Amsterdam in 1974 and today.