Andrew Lynch | vanshnookenraggen
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Artist, Cartographer, Historian, Transit Activist.
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Co-founder of QueensLink @queenslink.org
Opinions are my own.
https://linktr.ee/Vanshnookenraggen
Co-founder of QueensLink @queenslink.org
Opinions are my own.
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The G train has been making waves recently, but let's not forget the BEST solution: Building QueensLink!! If we #BuildtheQueensLink the MTA can extend the G train ALL TIMES!! That's TWO extensions for the price of ONE! 🚉🌳
February 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The G train has been making waves recently, but let's not forget the BEST solution: Building QueensLink!! If we #BuildtheQueensLink the MTA can extend the G train ALL TIMES!! That's TWO extensions for the price of ONE! 🚉🌳
The Buffalo Bills don't deserve to win the Super Bowl until NFTA is extended to Orchard Park.
"The Federal Transit Administration has signed off on the final environmental review for the NFTA-Metro Transit Expansion Project, clearing a major hurdle and moving the project one step closer to reality."
www.wgrz.com/article/traf...
www.wgrz.com/article/traf...
NFTA light-rail extension gets green light from federal transit agency
Federal officials have approved NFTA-Metro’s light-rail expansion plan, a key step toward extending service to Tonawanda, Amherst, and UB’s North Campus.
www.wgrz.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:37 AM
The Buffalo Bills don't deserve to win the Super Bowl until NFTA is extended to Orchard Park.
Do it. He'll be dead by the time it's open and we'll just change it back.
Punchbowl reports Trump will release Gateway funds if Schumer agrees to rename Dulles and Penn Station for Trump.
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
Trump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him
Trump offered to release the funding for the Gateway infrastructure project if Schumer agrees to support renaming Dulles and Penn Station after Trump.
punchbowl.news
February 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Do it. He'll be dead by the time it's open and we'll just change it back.
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Punchbowl reports Trump will release Gateway funds if Schumer agrees to rename Dulles and Penn Station for Trump.
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
Trump wants Dulles and Penn Station renamed for him
Trump offered to release the funding for the Gateway infrastructure project if Schumer agrees to support renaming Dulles and Penn Station after Trump.
punchbowl.news
February 5, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Punchbowl reports Trump will release Gateway funds if Schumer agrees to rename Dulles and Penn Station for Trump.
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
punchbowl.news/article/whit...
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Telling that none of the “why not both?” crowd responding to TCP’s A Better Billion are donating their time as transit advocates (or making income sacrifices to work for nonprofits or the government). The people actually doing the work are telling you they don’t think we can get the money for both.
January 30, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Telling that none of the “why not both?” crowd responding to TCP’s A Better Billion are donating their time as transit advocates (or making income sacrifices to work for nonprofits or the government). The people actually doing the work are telling you they don’t think we can get the money for both.
I guess we are going to need to create a new Guardian Angels to patrol dog owners who don't clean up after their animals.
February 5, 2026 at 4:52 AM
I guess we are going to need to create a new Guardian Angels to patrol dog owners who don't clean up after their animals.
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What it comes down to for me is that everyone I know who works in transit thinks free buses are a bad idea, while everyone who doesn't work in transit thinks it's a good idea. So it sounds good if you don't think critically about it, which is good for a campaign and bad for real policy.
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
What it comes down to for me is that everyone I know who works in transit thinks free buses are a bad idea, while everyone who doesn't work in transit thinks it's a good idea. So it sounds good if you don't think critically about it, which is good for a campaign and bad for real policy.
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I think it’s bad that the left has lately been treating material conditions as synonymous prices, alone. There are many other, often more impactful ways, to improve people’s material conditions beyond price reductions.
January 30, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I think it’s bad that the left has lately been treating material conditions as synonymous prices, alone. There are many other, often more impactful ways, to improve people’s material conditions beyond price reductions.
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A greatly expended rapid transit system across New York City is a key component in tackling our city's affordability issues.
Forget Free Buses: Mayor Mamdani Should Instead Seek 'Audacious' Subway Expansion - Streetsblog New York City
The same billion-dollar outlay that Mayor Mamdani hopes to allocate for fare-free buses should be spent instead on rewriting the subway map.
buff.ly
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 PM
A greatly expended rapid transit system across New York City is a key component in tackling our city's affordability issues.
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The optimal solution is the one that allows me to win fights online
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The optimal solution is the one that allows me to win fights online
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The report, and my piece, don't even get into the mechanism that could really tie this vision together: value capture financing.
Build the subways, pay for them with the value uplift of nearby upzoned properties, let developers build a ton of housing, repeat.
Build the subways, pay for them with the value uplift of nearby upzoned properties, let developers build a ton of housing, repeat.
January 30, 2026 at 6:15 PM
The report, and my piece, don't even get into the mechanism that could really tie this vision together: value capture financing.
Build the subways, pay for them with the value uplift of nearby upzoned properties, let developers build a ton of housing, repeat.
Build the subways, pay for them with the value uplift of nearby upzoned properties, let developers build a ton of housing, repeat.
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Citylab and @benschneider.bsky.social covered A Better Billion, too. They also had the wisdom to include the killer gif @27a01.bsky.social made showing how the system expands over time.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Forget Free NYC Buses: Just Build 41 Miles of New Subways
Fare-free bus service in New York City would cost around $1 billion per year. A new report proposes spending that on a “transformative” transit expansion instead.
www.bloomberg.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Citylab and @benschneider.bsky.social covered A Better Billion, too. They also had the wisdom to include the killer gif @27a01.bsky.social made showing how the system expands over time.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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never fails to amaze that the conspiratorial right correctly deduced that the nation was being run by a secret cabal of elite pedophiles, were so justifiably horrified that they marshaled their forces to topple the institutions of power, and then voted for the pedophiles three times in a row.
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 PM
never fails to amaze that the conspiratorial right correctly deduced that the nation was being run by a secret cabal of elite pedophiles, were so justifiably horrified that they marshaled their forces to topple the institutions of power, and then voted for the pedophiles three times in a row.
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I am now off the clock, so I am officially, formally, incredibly thrilled that 'A Better Billion' is now in the world. And it's absolutely surreal to help with something that ends up with a feature in The New York Times. -- transitcosts.com/a-better-bil...
A Better Billion
transitcosts.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I am now off the clock, so I am officially, formally, incredibly thrilled that 'A Better Billion' is now in the world. And it's absolutely surreal to help with something that ends up with a feature in The New York Times. -- transitcosts.com/a-better-bil...
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It’s totally true that free buses isn’t a good policy and those funds would be better spent on improving services
January 30, 2026 at 12:34 PM
It’s totally true that free buses isn’t a good policy and those funds would be better spent on improving services
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41 miles of new subway for the cost of free buses. Here’s an audacious, expansive plan to expand the subway’s reach & catalyze housing to attack the affordability crisis. An incredible effort from NYU Marron team. Excited for this to be out in the world:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
Free Buses? How About Expanding the Subway by 41 Miles Instead?
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 2:37 PM
41 miles of new subway for the cost of free buses. Here’s an audacious, expansive plan to expand the subway’s reach & catalyze housing to attack the affordability crisis. An incredible effort from NYU Marron team. Excited for this to be out in the world:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/n...
I swear to God that being a conservative should be listed in the DSM-5.
January 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I swear to God that being a conservative should be listed in the DSM-5.
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Together, we must defend democracy and defeat authoritarianism.
January 22, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Together, we must defend democracy and defeat authoritarianism.
Men will literally fly 10,000 miles to make empty performative statements rather than go to therapy.
January 20, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Men will literally fly 10,000 miles to make empty performative statements rather than go to therapy.
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Complain all you like, but the refs didn't cost the Bills that game. The hard truth is that they were a fundamentally weaker team this year, especially on the O Line. But they kept rolling the dice cuz they thought Allen would save them. Protect Allen and give him weapons, that's how you win.
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Complain all you like, but the refs didn't cost the Bills that game. The hard truth is that they were a fundamentally weaker team this year, especially on the O Line. But they kept rolling the dice cuz they thought Allen would save them. Protect Allen and give him weapons, that's how you win.
Complain all you like, but the refs didn't cost the Bills that game. The hard truth is that they were a fundamentally weaker team this year, especially on the O Line. But they kept rolling the dice cuz they thought Allen would save them. Protect Allen and give him weapons, that's how you win.
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Complain all you like, but the refs didn't cost the Bills that game. The hard truth is that they were a fundamentally weaker team this year, especially on the O Line. But they kept rolling the dice cuz they thought Allen would save them. Protect Allen and give him weapons, that's how you win.
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“If they say that they're a Leo, I go, ‘Great,’” he said. “‘I can't wait to rent to you. You're your own boss. I don't have to do nothing. You'll change every light bulb. You'll never call us.’”
Can 100% confirm.
laist.com/news/housing...
Can 100% confirm.
laist.com/news/housing...
This LA landlord asks renters for their astrological sign. Is that legal?
Dave Goldstein says Scorpio tenants are “particular” and Libras are “gold.” Housing rights attorneys say there’s no specific law against asking, but it’s legally dicey.
laist.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“If they say that they're a Leo, I go, ‘Great,’” he said. “‘I can't wait to rent to you. You're your own boss. I don't have to do nothing. You'll change every light bulb. You'll never call us.’”
Can 100% confirm.
laist.com/news/housing...
Can 100% confirm.
laist.com/news/housing...
