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Imitate, don't innovate. Fix the service. The best PR is safe, frequent, and reliable service. Commodify all the transit. @headwaysmatter on Twitter.
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Bending Spoons buys dying tech brands and jacks up their prices to maximize pain for their remaining customers. It is the final stage of enshittification before death
Milan-based Bending Spoons, which buys and seeks to revitalize tech brands like AOL, raised $710M led by T. Rowe Price at an $11B pre-money valuation (Sara Fischer/Axios)
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October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Bending Spoons buys dying tech brands and jacks up their prices to maximize pain for their remaining customers. It is the final stage of enshittification before death
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Here we go @ridleydm.bsky.social, @headwaysmatter.bsky.social, @gwollman.bsky.social, @princessmom122.bsky.social, @savvysteph.bsky.social:
NEC ridership by station, origin/destination pair, and distance:
railpassengers.org/site/assets/...
NEC ridership by station, origin/destination pair, and distance:
railpassengers.org/site/assets/...
railpassengers.org
December 11, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Here we go @ridleydm.bsky.social, @headwaysmatter.bsky.social, @gwollman.bsky.social, @princessmom122.bsky.social, @savvysteph.bsky.social:
NEC ridership by station, origin/destination pair, and distance:
railpassengers.org/site/assets/...
NEC ridership by station, origin/destination pair, and distance:
railpassengers.org/site/assets/...
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The relationship this state has with it's respective outsourced non profits is one of the most dysfunctional, disillusioning things I have ever had the misfortune of learning about
November 7, 2024 at 1:03 AM
The relationship this state has with it's respective outsourced non profits is one of the most dysfunctional, disillusioning things I have ever had the misfortune of learning about
It is safe to say that the more you understand the details - both the theory and implementation - of GPS, the more amazed you are that it works
every day, I too grieve the fact that Kurt Cobain never experienced GPS
October 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM
It is safe to say that the more you understand the details - both the theory and implementation - of GPS, the more amazed you are that it works
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Someone set a reminder to check if this reporter is employed with a high paying job doing PR for DeBeers in a few years
October 25, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Someone set a reminder to check if this reporter is employed with a high paying job doing PR for DeBeers in a few years
Wildly corrupt and incompetent officials lower state capacity, but probably still better than the nonprofit felon industrial complex
I say with only modest irony that the biggest mistake Democrats ever made was dismantling their own crooked machines.
October 25, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Wildly corrupt and incompetent officials lower state capacity, but probably still better than the nonprofit felon industrial complex
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that's correct, we are going back (to efficiently and incorruptibly delivering high quality and innovative municipal services)
October 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
that's correct, we are going back (to efficiently and incorruptibly delivering high quality and innovative municipal services)
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I'm always amazed at how often drivers tacitly admit that they should not be trusted with driving. If lowering the speed limit by 5 mph has the potential to send you into a violent rage, you should not be allowed behind the wheel of a multi-ton death machine!
"Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th) is not on the committee but spoke against the lower speed limit. He asked committee members to consider the unintended consequences and a possible increase in road rage."
October 22, 2024 at 6:10 PM
I'm always amazed at how often drivers tacitly admit that they should not be trusted with driving. If lowering the speed limit by 5 mph has the potential to send you into a violent rage, you should not be allowed behind the wheel of a multi-ton death machine!
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It's like that IQ distribution meme. You don't need to overthink it. And if you are (or under thinking it), then that's a red flag. It's such a basic premise.
October 22, 2024 at 5:50 PM
It's like that IQ distribution meme. You don't need to overthink it. And if you are (or under thinking it), then that's a red flag. It's such a basic premise.
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A negative opinion on camera traffic enforcement is a reliable signal that a person's other opinions are also bad
October 22, 2024 at 5:33 PM
A negative opinion on camera traffic enforcement is a reliable signal that a person's other opinions are also bad
Seems bad!
"Germany Is Giving Up Hope of Achieving Any Growth in 2024"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-30/germany-is-giving-up-hope-of-achieving-any-growth-at-all-in-2024?sref=vuYGislZ&embedded-checkout=true
"Germany Is Giving Up Hope of Achieving Any Growth in 2024"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-30/germany-is-giving-up-hope-of-achieving-any-growth-at-all-in-2024?sref=vuYGislZ&embedded-checkout=true
Germany Is Giving Up Hope of Achieving Any Growth in 2024
Germany’s government is poised to cut its prediction for Europe’s biggest economy and now expects no expansion at all this year, according to people familiar with the matter.
bloomberg.com
September 30, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Seems bad!
"Germany Is Giving Up Hope of Achieving Any Growth in 2024"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-30/germany-is-giving-up-hope-of-achieving-any-growth-at-all-in-2024?sref=vuYGislZ&embedded-checkout=true
"Germany Is Giving Up Hope of Achieving Any Growth in 2024"
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-09-30/germany-is-giving-up-hope-of-achieving-any-growth-at-all-in-2024?sref=vuYGislZ&embedded-checkout=true
This plus average speed cameras (networked ALPRs that issue a ticket if a car is seen at a different location faster than the legal-best-time trip time)
Finland has this basically perfect. ubiquitous but loudly signposted speed cameras, with fines levied as a percentage of real time income bsky.app/profile/jame...
people (on here) yelled at me about this when i said it before but a) you need traffic enforcement and b) speed cameras are vastly preferable to cops.
September 30, 2024 at 2:13 PM
This plus average speed cameras (networked ALPRs that issue a ticket if a car is seen at a different location faster than the legal-best-time trip time)
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I hate “leftists” who think black people don’t deserve safety because of “muh disparate impact” and you are the prime example. Cameras are a race neutral way to enforce traffic restrictions. Place them everywhere
September 30, 2024 at 12:11 PM
I hate “leftists” who think black people don’t deserve safety because of “muh disparate impact” and you are the prime example. Cameras are a race neutral way to enforce traffic restrictions. Place them everywhere
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Placing cameras there protects the people there regardless of their income.
Most the citizens aren’t drivers and want less speeding to protect their safety.
It’s helping them not targeting them.
Most the citizens aren’t drivers and want less speeding to protect their safety.
It’s helping them not targeting them.
September 30, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Placing cameras there protects the people there regardless of their income.
Most the citizens aren’t drivers and want less speeding to protect their safety.
It’s helping them not targeting them.
Most the citizens aren’t drivers and want less speeding to protect their safety.
It’s helping them not targeting them.
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By comparison Berlin Hauptbahnhof was seen as expensive at €700m.
Berlin's New Train Station: A Glass Armadillo for Germany's Capital
Berlin's new main train station -- the biggest in Europe -- opens this week. The 700-million railway project has several innovations including extra quiet tracks and high-tech loudspeakers, but for m...
www.spiegel.de
September 28, 2024 at 12:34 AM
By comparison Berlin Hauptbahnhof was seen as expensive at €700m.
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In the Bay it’s hard for me to justifiably how much we spent on the SF bus terminal.
got a lovely park on the roof though. but not sure if that justifies $2.4b.
I guess if they eventually bring high speed rail in (for billions more) it’ll seem worth it.
got a lovely park on the roof though. but not sure if that justifies $2.4b.
I guess if they eventually bring high speed rail in (for billions more) it’ll seem worth it.
September 28, 2024 at 12:30 AM
In the Bay it’s hard for me to justifiably how much we spent on the SF bus terminal.
got a lovely park on the roof though. but not sure if that justifies $2.4b.
I guess if they eventually bring high speed rail in (for billions more) it’ll seem worth it.
got a lovely park on the roof though. but not sure if that justifies $2.4b.
I guess if they eventually bring high speed rail in (for billions more) it’ll seem worth it.
Washington Union Station $8 billion renovation
September 28, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Washington Union Station $8 billion renovation
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It seems likely that this campaign of sustained and endemic fraud may have led to billions of dollars of Alzheimer's research going to waste
Fraud, So Much Fraud
www.science.org
September 27, 2024 at 7:23 PM
It seems likely that this campaign of sustained and endemic fraud may have led to billions of dollars of Alzheimer's research going to waste
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Germany did for three months (June-August 2022) and the impacts of the 9€ ticket can be and have been studied in detail. tl;dr: meh.
Which world class transit systems are fare free?
Zero fare transit improves the experience of all riders by making boarding frictionless, it also improves the safety of drivers and transit personnel by removing fare conflicts. Transferring spending from fare enforcement to funding zero fare is straightforward.
September 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Germany did for three months (June-August 2022) and the impacts of the 9€ ticket can be and have been studied in detail. tl;dr: meh.
Which world class transit systems are fare free?
Zero fare transit improves the experience of all riders by making boarding frictionless, it also improves the safety of drivers and transit personnel by removing fare conflicts. Transferring spending from fare enforcement to funding zero fare is straightforward.
September 27, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Which world class transit systems are fare free?
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The amount of fares collected is negligible because Albuquerque does not have very many people riding public transportation.
If you tried that on a transit system in a city where everyone relies on public transportation whether they use it or not, you’d have a massive problem.
If you tried that on a transit system in a city where everyone relies on public transportation whether they use it or not, you’d have a massive problem.
September 27, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The amount of fares collected is negligible because Albuquerque does not have very many people riding public transportation.
If you tried that on a transit system in a city where everyone relies on public transportation whether they use it or not, you’d have a massive problem.
If you tried that on a transit system in a city where everyone relies on public transportation whether they use it or not, you’d have a massive problem.
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Albuquerque is not a city to emulate if you're looking to build a functional mass transit system!
September 27, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Albuquerque is not a city to emulate if you're looking to build a functional mass transit system!
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We live in a world of tradeoffs, we do not have infinite money, and given the marginal additional dollar it's pretty clear that the right place to invest it is expanding service. Not complicated!
September 27, 2024 at 4:13 PM
We live in a world of tradeoffs, we do not have infinite money, and given the marginal additional dollar it's pretty clear that the right place to invest it is expanding service. Not complicated!
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I am once again begging you all to look at your local transit agency’s overall budget, funding sources, and unfunded needs before spreading this nonsense.
Zero fare transit improves the experience of all riders by making boarding frictionless, it also improves the safety of drivers and transit personnel by removing fare conflicts. Transferring spending from fare enforcement to funding zero fare is straightforward.
September 27, 2024 at 12:44 PM
I am once again begging you all to look at your local transit agency’s overall budget, funding sources, and unfunded needs before spreading this nonsense.