Doug
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Doug
@doug.city
· May 13
One of the fun things about knowing a lot about something is seeing people on social media authoritatively saying absolutely wacky stuff about it. (This is probably less fun if your area of expertise is vaccines or something.)
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The most interesting thing about the Edmund Fitzgerald is that it was built and owned by Northwestern Mutual.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The most interesting thing about the Edmund Fitzgerald is that it was built and owned by Northwestern Mutual.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
Insurance company that owns an ore freighter is primo midcentury investment diversification.
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REMINDER: Next month, starting December 8, the F and the M will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens on weekdays. Here's everything you need to know!
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
REMINDER: Next month, starting December 8, the F and the M will swap routes between Manhattan and Queens on weekdays. Here's everything you need to know!
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
Learn more: mta.info/fmswap
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The final ridership numbers for last week are in, and Wednesday's total ridership clocks in at 4,601,948.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The final ridership numbers for last week are in, and Wednesday's total ridership clocks in at 4,601,948.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
That's new post-COVID number to beat, and the first day above 4.6 million since the first week of March 2020.
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Recent subway ridership records:
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Recent subway ridership records:
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
Busiest post-COVID day, Wednesday, 10/29: 4,589,477
Busiest post-COVID Friday, 10/31: 4,428,750
Busiest post-COVID Sunday, 11/2: 2,825,658
2nd busiest post-COVD Saturday, 11/1: 3,093,309
This is how people get around NYC.
I appreciate the convenience of early voting but I do feel a bit like I’m missing out on the fun today.
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I appreciate the convenience of early voting but I do feel a bit like I’m missing out on the fun today.
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hard pill to swallow for some technologists/futurist tech fetishists out there that the most efficient, greenest form of land transportation was invented 200 years ago and it just keeps reinventing itself
Love this Eco friendly message brought to you by Japanese Railways.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
hard pill to swallow for some technologists/futurist tech fetishists out there that the most efficient, greenest form of land transportation was invented 200 years ago and it just keeps reinventing itself
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a very somber “50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald” week to all who commemorate when the gales of November came early
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
a very somber “50th anniversary of the wreck of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald” week to all who commemorate when the gales of November came early
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AFC: AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION AND YOU (1969) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqO9tnRlcY
November 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
AFC: AUTOMATIC FARE COLLECTION AND YOU (1969) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqO9tnRlcY
Spot the “ghost” trains that no longer run!
Track or treat! We hope our riders have a spooktacular Halloween 👻🎃
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Spot the “ghost” trains that no longer run!
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So not only does the massive transit package passed last night fill the funding gap, it *boosts* ops funding by roughly the size of the gap, eliminates parking minimums within a half mile of rail stations, and gives the new regional transit board sweeping powers to do public development
Crain’s is good about revenue sources and splits
www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tra...
I believe the parts not discussed above (parking reform, land development authority, etc.) are largely retained from May
www.chicagobusiness.com/politics/tra...
I believe the parts not discussed above (parking reform, land development authority, etc.) are largely retained from May
Last-minute, $1.5B transit compromise being debated in Springfield
The transit revenue package relies on increasing the transit sales tax in the six-county region and transportation related sources. It also includes a steep tollway hike.
www.chicagobusiness.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So not only does the massive transit package passed last night fill the funding gap, it *boosts* ops funding by roughly the size of the gap, eliminates parking minimums within a half mile of rail stations, and gives the new regional transit board sweeping powers to do public development
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Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
October 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy Halloween! 🎃👻
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The Illinois Senate last night passed significant transit & intercity passenger rail funding, with the House already having passed their version. Now on to Governor Pritzker to become law.
Aside from NY’s Congestion Pricing, this is the best state response to fiscal cliff threats.
Aside from NY’s Congestion Pricing, this is the best state response to fiscal cliff threats.
This is exceptionally good news to wake up to.
Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit
Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pac...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
The Illinois Senate last night passed significant transit & intercity passenger rail funding, with the House already having passed their version. Now on to Governor Pritzker to become law.
Aside from NY’s Congestion Pricing, this is the best state response to fiscal cliff threats.
Aside from NY’s Congestion Pricing, this is the best state response to fiscal cliff threats.
This is exceptionally good news to wake up to.
Illinois lawmakers approve $1.5B legislative package to buoy mass transit
Lawmakers agreed on a tax package to stave off a $200 million-plus fiscal cliff next year that would likely result in major cuts to bus and rail service at the Chicago Transit Authority, Metra and Pac...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This is exceptionally good news to wake up to.
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From the Transportation Library's Instagram - the C&O's Chessie and her family Peake, Nip, and Tuck for #NationalCatDay. www.instagram.com/p/DQaAaRzEiXO/
October 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From the Transportation Library's Instagram - the C&O's Chessie and her family Peake, Nip, and Tuck for #NationalCatDay. www.instagram.com/p/DQaAaRzEiXO/
Happy Subway Day! Not looking a day over 120!
🎂 Happy birthday, #NYCSubway! 121 years ago #OnThisDay in 1904, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway opened with 28 stations along a 9.1-mile line extending from City Hall to 145th Street. This #NYTMCollection silent film, shot just months after the subway opened, shows its early days.
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Happy Subway Day! Not looking a day over 120!
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As we say farewell to the MetroCard, we've teamed up with iconic NYC vendors for some MetroCard-themed items!
Limited-edition items from Carvel, Golden Krust, ALIDORO, Zabar's, Stretch Pizza, and Gong cha will be available through December 2025: mta.info/metrocardfarewell
#MetroCardFarewell
Limited-edition items from Carvel, Golden Krust, ALIDORO, Zabar's, Stretch Pizza, and Gong cha will be available through December 2025: mta.info/metrocardfarewell
#MetroCardFarewell
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As we say farewell to the MetroCard, we've teamed up with iconic NYC vendors for some MetroCard-themed items!
Limited-edition items from Carvel, Golden Krust, ALIDORO, Zabar's, Stretch Pizza, and Gong cha will be available through December 2025: mta.info/metrocardfarewell
#MetroCardFarewell
Limited-edition items from Carvel, Golden Krust, ALIDORO, Zabar's, Stretch Pizza, and Gong cha will be available through December 2025: mta.info/metrocardfarewell
#MetroCardFarewell
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I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
The curious, contentious history of pumpkin spice lattes
Starbucks didn’t invent them. But it’s possible that Tori Amos or a Midwest grandma did.
snackstack.net
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am here to reveal the truth about pumpkin spice lattes, by way of *deep* archival research (and 3,600 words)
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
snackstack.net/2025/10/21/t...
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Albany, here we come!
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that Metro-North plans to add a round-trip train between Grand Central & Albany on the Hudson Line, with additional stops at Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station. Planning is currently underway with an anticipated launch of Spring 2026.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that Metro-North plans to add a round-trip train between Grand Central & Albany on the Hudson Line, with additional stops at Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station. Planning is currently underway with an anticipated launch of Spring 2026.
October 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Albany, here we come!
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that Metro-North plans to add a round-trip train between Grand Central & Albany on the Hudson Line, with additional stops at Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station. Planning is currently underway with an anticipated launch of Spring 2026.
Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that Metro-North plans to add a round-trip train between Grand Central & Albany on the Hudson Line, with additional stops at Rhinecliff, Hudson, and Albany-Rensselaer Station. Planning is currently underway with an anticipated launch of Spring 2026.
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For decades, everyone has been wondering: would the Pittsburgh Skybus actually have worked? 50 years after the project was canceled, we have the tools* (Subway Builder) to find out.
(*This is, at best, half-serious.)
(*This is, at best, half-serious.)
October 20, 2025 at 4:30 AM
For decades, everyone has been wondering: would the Pittsburgh Skybus actually have worked? 50 years after the project was canceled, we have the tools* (Subway Builder) to find out.
(*This is, at best, half-serious.)
(*This is, at best, half-serious.)
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Seattle bike riders! Looking for confirmation of some work being started/done in University District on eastbound Northeast Campus Parkway bike lane barriers.
If you see work start/end, would appreciate confirmation and a pic!
If you see work start/end, would appreciate confirmation and a pic!
October 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Seattle bike riders! Looking for confirmation of some work being started/done in University District on eastbound Northeast Campus Parkway bike lane barriers.
If you see work start/end, would appreciate confirmation and a pic!
If you see work start/end, would appreciate confirmation and a pic!
We've got extensions opening to an automated metro, a streetcar, and light rail. Really covering all the options here.
This month is kind of a funny grab bag of weird extensions to US train sytems. Besides the Honolulu skyline extension opening today, the Kansas City Streetcar is being extended to UKMC next Friday, and Dallas Area Rapid Transit is opening the Silver Line next Saturday
October 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
We've got extensions opening to an automated metro, a streetcar, and light rail. Really covering all the options here.
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I'll do a proper write-up for Snack Stack soon, but my initial takeaways from this research:
1. Pumpkin spice lattes (and other coffee) were around for YEARS before Starbucks "invented" them in 2003
2. It started as a small-town, mostly MIDWEST thing, more nostalgic/kitschy than hip
1. Pumpkin spice lattes (and other coffee) were around for YEARS before Starbucks "invented" them in 2003
2. It started as a small-town, mostly MIDWEST thing, more nostalgic/kitschy than hip
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'll do a proper write-up for Snack Stack soon, but my initial takeaways from this research:
1. Pumpkin spice lattes (and other coffee) were around for YEARS before Starbucks "invented" them in 2003
2. It started as a small-town, mostly MIDWEST thing, more nostalgic/kitschy than hip
1. Pumpkin spice lattes (and other coffee) were around for YEARS before Starbucks "invented" them in 2003
2. It started as a small-town, mostly MIDWEST thing, more nostalgic/kitschy than hip
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in new @findingspress.org paper, PhD candidate shirin qiam
(now at Minneapolis Met Council). uses a deep learning model and post processing pipeline that outlines surface parking lots. Tulsa has a lot, Oakland surprisingly little.
findingspress.org/article/1452...
(now at Minneapolis Met Council). uses a deep learning model and post processing pipeline that outlines surface parking lots. Tulsa has a lot, Oakland surprisingly little.
findingspress.org/article/1452...
October 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
in new @findingspress.org paper, PhD candidate shirin qiam
(now at Minneapolis Met Council). uses a deep learning model and post processing pipeline that outlines surface parking lots. Tulsa has a lot, Oakland surprisingly little.
findingspress.org/article/1452...
(now at Minneapolis Met Council). uses a deep learning model and post processing pipeline that outlines surface parking lots. Tulsa has a lot, Oakland surprisingly little.
findingspress.org/article/1452...