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Geoff 🇮🇪🇵🇸🌹
@monophonique.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Transit agencies trying to get rid of Trolleybuses and replace them with BEBs should have reevaluations of their leadership.
I recently realized I need to repeat this as much as possible, particularly in San Francisco’s case, Trolley Buses have been ZERO emission for 90 years (since inception). BEBs would not only reduce efficiency but potentially increase dirty energy use. Everywhere should be returning to trolley buses.
Who is this for? Bike racks in front of nothing, barely tucked away yet exposed to the elements and possible theft. No walkway up to them. Greenery between them and the door.
January 14, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Who is this for? Bike racks in front of nothing, barely tucked away yet exposed to the elements and possible theft. No walkway up to them. Greenery between them and the door.
And directly under the station, where you’d expect to be able to exit to either side, like one station down at Belmont, you’re met with a fence protecting a Michael’s parking lot.
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
And directly under the station, where you’d expect to be able to exit to either side, like one station down at Belmont, you’re met with a fence protecting a Michael’s parking lot.
Also, Caltrain’s NEWEST station, Hillsdale, is a mess of form over function. It lacks an exit from the platform to 31st Ave, a major street from the mall. How are people supposed to know to walk to the other side and through two blocks of parking lot? There aren’t even signs.
January 13, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Also, Caltrain’s NEWEST station, Hillsdale, is a mess of form over function. It lacks an exit from the platform to 31st Ave, a major street from the mall. How are people supposed to know to walk to the other side and through two blocks of parking lot? There aren’t even signs.
My walk to Caltrain from the San Mateo County hospital…
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
My walk to Caltrain from the San Mateo County hospital…
The Caltrain suburbs (that used to be built like cities!) are STILL treating sidewalk space as free real estate.
January 13, 2026 at 11:33 PM
It’s so frustrating in the Caltrain suburbs. You can sometimes see evidence they planned the streets like SF then got removed, but in like the random-est places like the 76 off the highway. See the lines continue straight?
January 13, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Broken Sidewalks & Hostile Design 🪡🧵
January 13, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Broken Sidewalks & Hostile Design 🪡🧵
Kansas City: 508,090 pop / 319 sqmi = 1593 pop/sqmi
Redwood City: 84,292 pop / 35 sqmi = 2408 pop/sqmi
Yet KC has a FREE streetcar. But RWC has more billionaires.
SamTrans is even redesigning El Camino right now. They should be planning to reinstall the streetcar we had, this time to Palo Alto.
Redwood City: 84,292 pop / 35 sqmi = 2408 pop/sqmi
Yet KC has a FREE streetcar. But RWC has more billionaires.
SamTrans is even redesigning El Camino right now. They should be planning to reinstall the streetcar we had, this time to Palo Alto.
January 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Kansas City: 508,090 pop / 319 sqmi = 1593 pop/sqmi
Redwood City: 84,292 pop / 35 sqmi = 2408 pop/sqmi
Yet KC has a FREE streetcar. But RWC has more billionaires.
SamTrans is even redesigning El Camino right now. They should be planning to reinstall the streetcar we had, this time to Palo Alto.
Redwood City: 84,292 pop / 35 sqmi = 2408 pop/sqmi
Yet KC has a FREE streetcar. But RWC has more billionaires.
SamTrans is even redesigning El Camino right now. They should be planning to reinstall the streetcar we had, this time to Palo Alto.
And people's biggest misconception is that subrbs can't justify public transit. 1. Historically, whether San Francisco or China, etc, transit went in before, and urban planning and density followed. 2. "Car hells" like the Inland Empire are still denser than places with good buses like Portland.
I live in an apartment and park my car outside. There's no way I can afford a new EV even with a $7,500 discount, and I wouldn't have anywhere to charge it if I did. The #1 thing that would reduce my emissions is better transit service. But no one in local or state gov seems interested.
January 9, 2026 at 9:13 PM
And people's biggest misconception is that subrbs can't justify public transit. 1. Historically, whether San Francisco or China, etc, transit went in before, and urban planning and density followed. 2. "Car hells" like the Inland Empire are still denser than places with good buses like Portland.
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I live in an apartment and park my car outside. There's no way I can afford a new EV even with a $7,500 discount, and I wouldn't have anywhere to charge it if I did. The #1 thing that would reduce my emissions is better transit service. But no one in local or state gov seems interested.
January 9, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I live in an apartment and park my car outside. There's no way I can afford a new EV even with a $7,500 discount, and I wouldn't have anywhere to charge it if I did. The #1 thing that would reduce my emissions is better transit service. But no one in local or state gov seems interested.
What shift from Dems? They have only ever helped ratchet to the right on immigration in our life times.
January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What shift from Dems? They have only ever helped ratchet to the right on immigration in our life times.
Intentional, but to what end? The special evil isn’t new. If they’re seeing it now, it seems like an important time to explain the disease not the symptom.
January 9, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Intentional, but to what end? The special evil isn’t new. If they’re seeing it now, it seems like an important time to explain the disease not the symptom.
Always has been. Obama used ICE more than Bush. And Trump came to power because Clinton refused to have a plan for the economy other than scolding “undesirables” for not learning to code themselves. A Green New Deal jobs program would’ve solved all of this.
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Always has been. Obama used ICE more than Bush. And Trump came to power because Clinton refused to have a plan for the economy other than scolding “undesirables” for not learning to code themselves. A Green New Deal jobs program would’ve solved all of this.
@governor.ca.gov
You won’t believe who controls the state transportation budget!
Did you know, virtually all highway funds can be redirected to public transit? So all these highway widenings worsening our carbon footprint could be paying for trains.
You won’t believe who controls the state transportation budget!
Did you know, virtually all highway funds can be redirected to public transit? So all these highway widenings worsening our carbon footprint could be paying for trains.
January 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
@governor.ca.gov
You won’t believe who controls the state transportation budget!
Did you know, virtually all highway funds can be redirected to public transit? So all these highway widenings worsening our carbon footprint could be paying for trains.
You won’t believe who controls the state transportation budget!
Did you know, virtually all highway funds can be redirected to public transit? So all these highway widenings worsening our carbon footprint could be paying for trains.
SF Cheonggyecheon when? 😭
January 5, 2026 at 10:23 PM
SF Cheonggyecheon when? 😭
To add to your thread and expand my point, SFH were artificially pushed by the red scare government specifically to reduce leftist sympathy and create a reactionary minor landowning class. The designation of SFH as a code even comes from Berkeley, CA enforcing racial covenants. Book is Abolish Rent.
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 AM
To add to your thread and expand my point, SFH were artificially pushed by the red scare government specifically to reduce leftist sympathy and create a reactionary minor landowning class. The designation of SFH as a code even comes from Berkeley, CA enforcing racial covenants. Book is Abolish Rent.
It’s no coincidence every major car manufacturer of their era, Ford, Volkswagen, Tesla, have direct ties to Nazi sympathy. People that drive and hide in SFHs are paranoid of their neighbors. The reverse is true, too. Most people that ride the subway voted for Zohran.
January 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
It’s no coincidence every major car manufacturer of their era, Ford, Volkswagen, Tesla, have direct ties to Nazi sympathy. People that drive and hide in SFHs are paranoid of their neighbors. The reverse is true, too. Most people that ride the subway voted for Zohran.
Cars are regress.
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Cars are regress.
The LA streetcars alone were the largest system of electric rail at the time. Join every electric system in California from the early 20th with it, we were miles ahead of the game at an ecologically and socioeconomically balanced transit system. Then we let cars take over.
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 AM
The LA streetcars alone were the largest system of electric rail at the time. Join every electric system in California from the early 20th with it, we were miles ahead of the game at an ecologically and socioeconomically balanced transit system. Then we let cars take over.
The Sacramento Northern system used to take both passengers and freight from San Francisco/Oakland all the way to Sacramento or even Chico by electric rail. And we tore it all down for the same oil interests that have terrorized the world longer than my lifetime.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrame...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrame...
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM
The Sacramento Northern system used to take both passengers and freight from San Francisco/Oakland all the way to Sacramento or even Chico by electric rail. And we tore it all down for the same oil interests that have terrorized the world longer than my lifetime.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrame...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrame...
We’ve been relying on extracting resources from other areas, both within America and the Global South, at their economic and public health expenses, when we had the long term solution set up long before cars even became popular. Muni has been powered by water for 90 years. We just need more wire.
Want to reduce US reliance on oil? Fund transit and electrify our trains!
January 4, 2026 at 8:56 AM
We’ve been relying on extracting resources from other areas, both within America and the Global South, at their economic and public health expenses, when we had the long term solution set up long before cars even became popular. Muni has been powered by water for 90 years. We just need more wire.
There’s a lot more simple links won’t cover. But Harvard has deep ties to SATs, Stanford has deep ties with IQ. SATs kept non whites out of Ivies. IQ justified euthanasia. Both part of Eugenics. And that’s just the beginning.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
January 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
There’s a lot more simple links won’t cover. But Harvard has deep ties to SATs, Stanford has deep ties with IQ. SATs kept non whites out of Ivies. IQ justified euthanasia. Both part of Eugenics. And that’s just the beginning.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/f...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
But, jsyk, it is also more than just bad science. IQ and SATs were born out of the eugenics movement.
January 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
But, jsyk, it is also more than just bad science. IQ and SATs were born out of the eugenics movement.
I feel it’s only my enemy in tests/interviews. A huge hurdle, but once over that hurdle I’m often told I’m good at balancing more variables or perspectives, finding more particular insights, etc. Just it isn’t pure deficiency!
January 3, 2026 at 8:48 AM
I feel it’s only my enemy in tests/interviews. A huge hurdle, but once over that hurdle I’m often told I’m good at balancing more variables or perspectives, finding more particular insights, etc. Just it isn’t pure deficiency!