This bicycle rack on the 22nd St Caltrain southbound platform is the most useless piece of infra in the entire system. Here’s why 🧵

Walkable.

There’s a huge double standard when it comes to funding public transit vs funding highways. It plays out in various ways in how society looks at the costs of building & operating transit vs highways. The result is massive under-investment in transit. 🧵:

Things I've done while on the train:
* Listen to a podcast
* Solve a crossword
* Play chess
* Send emails
* Code up features for an app
* Read a book
* Apply for a job
* Write an essay

Things I've done while driving:
* Listen to a podcast

Minutes in transit hit differently.

Travel times cut by 25 minutes, 15 minute peak frequencies, 30 minute weekend frequencies - all brought to you by Caltrain electrification.

These benefits would be transformative on Metrolink, Coaster, Capitol Corridor... time to wire them up! www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...

Transit advocates often worry about trade offs between mode shift/service funding and decarbonizing public transit, but with overhead catenary there is no trade off - decarbonizing makes trains faster and more frequent.

"Dogs might be man's best friend, but they won't pick you up from the airport."

I fell on my sword recently and hailed an Uber to the airport. I was reminded how integral airport rides are to their business. Let me show you 🧵.

Lifestyle centers and malls with large swaths of parking present the biggest opportunities for dense infill development.

Pinched my thumb in my bike lock so it was time for another Shinkansen bandage 🚄

It’s always a great day to ride a bicycle.

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