The Tempo machines unfortunately just print a ticket for the Tempo and don't let you add money to your Clipper card.

Isn't the government shut down? How is this essential business?

Thanks for sharing Dan! Larry was very influential for a generation of GA Tech students. His class and book shaped my understanding of Atlanta.

This does not mean transit agencies should stop considering environmental justice in their decisions! In June, 12 state AGs issued multistate guidance affirming the necessity and legality of environmental justice initiatives oag.ca.gov/system/files...

I also think people have a hard time leaving positions with a lot of proximity to power. The power feeds the ego and you can tell yourself that it would be worse if you weren't there, that your little interventions are making things better. And losing access to that power feels like a real loss

And when I was there the farebox data on the older GL cars weren't regularly uploaded. Sometimes it was months behind. On buses the farebox data is uploaded during fueling but that isn't needed on GL cars. And I think it required moving the cars in the yard close enough to connect to the wifi.

It is really hard to measure ridership on the GL because of the many ways that people pay/don't. There are (at least were) APCs on the type 9 cars, but if I remember correctly when I left (2021) there was no automated way to get the data. It required manually downloading the data from the cars

I would ask opmi@mbta.com

I wonder about the Boston data. 2022 is when the Green Line extension opened. Did ridership go down or did they change how they calculated ridership? In the past I would have known the answer to this question!

I am guessing/hoping yes, but that it can't be done until the old Clipper system is turned off (everyone transitioned over).

Agree we need improvements on the supply side, AND we could make changes on the demand side (pricing, land use, etc) to increase transit usage.

It is a bullhorn at this point and people are just pretending not to hear it.

I think infill makes more sense than extensions! It's the transit access that can create the displacement and the increment tax financing is the signal it is happening and starts the speculation. So key to get policies in place beforehand, landbank for affordable housing, etc.

This is a useful book about the mistakes of Atlanta and their tax increment financing district for the Beltline. No transit yet and lots of displacement. www.ucpress.edu/books/red-ho...

Arg, even more complicated. 4- route still exists, but just don't stop here anymore.

I had been wondering how they were going to handle the signage in this case. Part of what is confusing is there are 3 types of changes happening and all could be happening at the same stop. 1- route eliminated, 2-route name same but now going to a different place, 3- no changes.

New Mexico is beautiful!

They also need to significantly improve the ability to add cash to a Clipper card in East Oakland. Otherwise people won't get the benefits of the free transfers.

as much as anything, Andrew Cuomo's campaign represents the bipartisan consensus at the top that consequences and standards are for other, lesser, working class plebes. destined to suffer what they must for the outcomes others merely would prefer. But No Kings should mean No Nobles either.